Elio Ruffo

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Elio Lorenzo Ruffo (born January 1, 1921 in Bovalino ; † June 16, 1972 ibid) was an Italian film and documentary director .

Life

Ruffo, coming from a family determined by Republican ideas and Masonic traditions, studied law and worked for some time as a journalist for various newspapers. Then he got into film from the late 1940s, working as an assistant to Mario Sequi , Giorgio Simonelli and others. The first documentaries were also produced with SOS Africa and Modelle vestite . In 1955, Tempo d'amarsi, a self-produced and self-written feature film, was shown in Italian cinemas in which he addressed the social problems of his home region of Reggio Calabria . It was not until twelve years later that he presented a successor with Una rete piena di sabbia . He was unable to carry out numerous other projects.

Ruffo is not to be confused with the painter of the same name.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1949: SOS Africa (documentary film)
  • 1954: Tempo d'amarsi
  • 1967: Una rete piena di sabbia

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Gremese Editore, Rome 2002, p. 375
personal data
SURNAME Ruffo, Elio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ruffo, Elio Lorenzo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film and documentary director
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Bovalino
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1972
Place of death Bovalino