Giacomo Battiato

Giacomo Battiato (born October 18, 1943 in Verona ) is an Italian director and screenwriter .

Life

Battiato came to Milan as a teenager and found work as a literary editor for the Mazzotta publishing house in the mid-1960s ; In 1967 he published an Antologia della letteratura e poesia del decadentismo . In the following years he turned to advertising and released the experimental short film La gabbia in 1969 ; In 1973 expressionism followed for television , which was awarded the Mifed Grand Prize .

Also in 1973 he directed his first feature film; for the RAI he shot Dentro la casa della vecchia signora and in the following years several successful films. In 1983 he made his cinema debut with the fantasy film Duell der Beste. He also directed the opera, worked on television cultural programs and has written three novels so far.

In 2008 Battiato won the Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma with his film Resolution 819 .

Filmography (selection)

1973: Expressionism (documentary film)
1973: Dentro la casa della vecchia signora
1979: Martin Eden (Martin Eden) (four-part television series)
1983: Duel of the best (I paladini)
1988: Stradivarius
1999–2000: Alone against the Mafia , 8th and 9th seasons
2005: Karol - A man who became Pope (Karol, un uomo diventato Papa)
2006: Karol - Pope and Man (Karol, un Papa rimasto uomo)
2008: Resolution 819
2015: Max & Hélène
2019: The Name of the Rose (TV series)

Novels

1996: Fuori dal cielo
2000: L'amore nel palma della mano
2010: 39 colpi di pugnale; Gaffi, 238 pp.

Web links

Giacomo Battiato in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Battiato at mymovies (Italian)

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME	Battiato, Giacomo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	October 18, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Verona , Italy

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