Giacomo Scarpelli: Difference between revisions
Shire Reeve (talk | contribs) added Category:Italian historians using HotCat |
m →Early life: clean up, typo(s) fixed: Philosophy → philosophy |
||
| (43 intermediate revisions by 29 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{BLP sources|date=July 2017}} |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
[[File:Giacomo Scarpelli2.JPG|thumbnail]] |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
==Early life== |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
Scarpelli was born in Rome, Italy. He obtained a Ph.D. in philosophy at the [[University of Florence]], and carried out further research and studies in England and the United States. |
|||
==Career== |
|||
| ⚫ | As screenwriter, he served his apprenticeship with his father [[Furio Scarpelli]] |
||
| ⚫ | Scarpelli is a Fellow of the [[Royal Geographical Society]] and the [[Linnean Society of London]] and teaches [[Philosophy#History|History of Philosophy]] at the [[University of Modena and Reggio Emilia]]. He is the author of books about philosophy and science, including: ''Il Cranio di Cristallo. Evoluzione della specie e spiritualismo'' (1993), ''Il dio solo. Alle origini del monoteismo'' (1997), ''La scimmia, l’uomo e il superuomo. Nietzsche: evoluzioni e involuzioni'' (2008), ''Ingegno e congegno. Sentieri incrociati di filosofia e scienza'' (2011). He also published the essay "Hippos e Homo", about natural philosophy of horse (in "Passaggi", ed. by B. Cavarra e V. Rasini, 2011), and he edited works by Kant, Darwin, Bergson. |
||
| ⚫ | As a screenwriter, he served his apprenticeship with his father [[Furio Scarpelli]]. With the screenplay of ''[[Il Postino]]'' (The Postman, 1994) he earned an [[Academy Award|Oscar]] nomination<ref>S. Bizio, Italian Cinema at the Academy Award, Roma, Italia Cinema 2001, p.173.</ref> as well as a nomination at the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]. He wrote script for [[Ettore Scola]]: ''Romanzo di un giovane povero'' (1995) and ''La Cena'' (1998) (both winner of [[Grolla d'oro]] at the Festival of St. Vincent) and ''Concorrenza Sleale'' (2001, Unfair Competition) (Flaiano Prize). Other scripts by Giacomo Scarpelli are: ''[[Time to Kill (1989 film)|Tempo di uccidere]]'' (1989, ''Time to Kill'', directed by [[Giuliano Montaldo]], starring [[Nicolas Cage]]), ''Testimone a rischio'' (1997, An eyewitness account, directed by ''Pasquale Pozzessere''), ''Opopomoz'' (2003, a cartoon directed by ''Enzo D’Alò'') ''N. Io e Napoleone'' (2006, directed by [[Paolo Virzì]]), Christine Cristina (2009), the first film directed by [[Stefania Sandrelli]] and Tormenti (2011), from the graphic novel by his father [[Furio Scarpelli]]. |
||
==Notes== |
==Notes== |
||
| Line 10: | Line 15: | ||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
*{{IMDb name| |
*{{IMDb name|nm0769250}} |
||
{{authority control}} |
|||
{{CinemaofItaly}} |
|||
{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
|||
| NAME = Scarpelli, Giacomo |
|||
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |
|||
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = |
|||
| DATE OF BIRTH = 23 May 1956 |
|||
| PLACE OF BIRTH = |
|||
| DATE OF DEATH = |
|||
| PLACE OF DEATH = |
|||
}} |
|||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scarpelli, Giacomo}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scarpelli, Giacomo}} |
||
[[Category:1956 births]] |
[[Category:1956 births]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Writers from Rome]] |
||
| ⚫ | |||
[[Category:Italian screenwriters]] |
[[Category:Italian screenwriters]] |
||
[[Category:Italian |
[[Category:Italian male screenwriters]] |
||
[[Category:Italian male non-fiction writers]] |
|||
[[Category:20th-century Italian historians]] |
|||
[[Category:University of Florence alumni]] |
|||
{{Italy-writer-stub}} |
|||
[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia]] |
|||
[[Category:Living people]] |
|||
[[it:Giacomo Scarpelli]] |
|||
[[Category:21st-century Italian historians]] |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
Latest revision as of 16:06, 26 December 2023
 |
Giacomo Scarpelli (born 23 May 1956), son of Furio Scarpelli, is an Italian scholar in History of Philosophy and screenwriter.
Early life[edit]
Scarpelli was born in Rome, Italy. He obtained a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Florence, and carried out further research and studies in England and the United States.
Career[edit]
Scarpelli is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Linnean Society of London and teaches History of Philosophy at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He is the author of books about philosophy and science, including: Il Cranio di Cristallo. Evoluzione della specie e spiritualismo (1993), Il dio solo. Alle origini del monoteismo (1997), La scimmia, l’uomo e il superuomo. Nietzsche: evoluzioni e involuzioni (2008), Ingegno e congegno. Sentieri incrociati di filosofia e scienza (2011). He also published the essay "Hippos e Homo", about natural philosophy of horse (in "Passaggi", ed. by B. Cavarra e V. Rasini, 2011), and he edited works by Kant, Darwin, Bergson.
As a screenwriter, he served his apprenticeship with his father Furio Scarpelli. With the screenplay of Il Postino (The Postman, 1994) he earned an Oscar nomination[1] as well as a nomination at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. He wrote script for Ettore Scola: Romanzo di un giovane povero (1995) and La Cena (1998) (both winner of Grolla d'oro at the Festival of St. Vincent) and Concorrenza Sleale (2001, Unfair Competition) (Flaiano Prize). Other scripts by Giacomo Scarpelli are: Tempo di uccidere (1989, Time to Kill, directed by Giuliano Montaldo, starring Nicolas Cage), Testimone a rischio (1997, An eyewitness account, directed by Pasquale Pozzessere), Opopomoz (2003, a cartoon directed by Enzo D’Alò) N. Io e Napoleone (2006, directed by Paolo Virzì), Christine Cristina (2009), the first film directed by Stefania Sandrelli and Tormenti (2011), from the graphic novel by his father Furio Scarpelli.
Notes[edit]
- ^ S. Bizio, Italian Cinema at the Academy Award, Roma, Italia Cinema 2001, p.173.
