Anna Pavignano

Anna Pavignano (* 1955 in Borgomanero , Italy ) is an Italian writer and screenwriter .

Live and act

Anna Pavignano first began to study medicine, but finally decided to change her subject and started studying psychology. With 22 years they learned in the recording of RAI telecast Non stop - Ballata senza manovratore the actor Massimo Troisi know, with his three-member troupe "La smorfia" were some satirical skits at the best in this TV show. From then on Anna Pavignano and Massimo Troisi were not just lovers, but merged into an artistic unit: When Troisi switched to film in 1981 and worked there both as an actor and director, Anna Pavignano was the scriptwriter of his productions several times.

When Troisi died, he had just finished his greatest film hit , The Postman , with British director Michael Radford , on which Pavignano had worked as one of several authors. For the performance shown there, she received, together with Troisi, Radford Furio Scarpelli and Giacomo Scarpelli, an Oscar nomination in 1996 and another nomination for the BAFTA award. Troisi's death marked a serious turning point in Anna Pavignano's life, and she initially turned her back on film until the beginning of the new millennium. In 2001 she resumed her film work and preferred to write manuscripts for productions by Alessandro D'Alatri , but also several times for such Radfords in the 2010s. Anna Pavignano has also worked as a writer since the mid-2000s and has so far published several novels. With her first work Da domani mi alzo tardi , she worked on the relationship with Troisi in a semi-biographical manner.

Filmography

• 1981: Ricomincio da tre
• 1982: A Neapolitan Story (Scusate il ritardo)
• 1987: The ways of the Lord are finite (Le Vie del Signore sono finite)
• 1989: Passi d'amore
• 1990: Ma non per semper
• 1991: I thought it was love (Pensavo fosse amore invece era un calesse)
• 1994: The Postman (Il postino)
• 2002: Casomai - Do we dare ?! (Casomai)
• 2010: Sul mare
• 2013: Something Good: The Mercury Factor
• 2014: Elsa & Fred
• 2017: La musica del silenzio
• 2019: I ragazzi dello Zecchino d'oro

Works (selection)

• 2007: Da domani mi alzo tardi. ISBN 978-88-7641-766-5
• 2009: In bilico sul mare. ISBN 978-88-7641-852-5
• 2012: Una cosa che ti scoppia nel cuore
• 2012: Venezia, un sogno
• 2013: Tutto quello che vorrei. ISBN 978-88-477-2964-3
• 2017: La Svedese

Web links

• Interview with Anna Pavignano (Italy)
• Short biography on topipittori.it (Italy.)
• Anna Pavignano in the Internet Movie Database (English)