Guido Chiesa
Guido Chiesa (born November 18, 1959 in Turin ) is an Italian director .
Life
Chiesa had lived in the US since 1983 and worked with Jim Jarmusch on Stranger Than Paradise and Down By Law ; then he began staging his first short films and video clips. He also wrote books. After returning to his native country, he shot his first full-length feature film in 1992, Il caso Martello , with which he won the Grolla d'oro .
In addition, he works irregularly for the cinema, mainly short and documentary films . His films are characterized by passionate research and often deal with recent Italian history.
In 2008 he directed the lavish television miniseries Quo vadis? .
Filmography (selection)
- 1992: The Martello Case (Il caso Martello)
- 1994: Babylon - murderous lies (Babylon (la paura è la migliora amice dell'uomo))
- 2004: Lavorare con lentezza
- 2008: Quo vadis? (Television miniseries)
- 2010: Io sono con te
Web links
- Website of the artist
- Chiesa at mymovies
- Guido Chiesa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 108
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chiesa, Guido |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turin |