Guido Guerrasio

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Guido Guerrasio (born July 9, 1920 in Milan - † May 3, 2015 ) was an Italian film journalist and documentary director .

Life

After graduating in literary studies, Guerrasio worked as a journalist until the end of the war , primarily in the field of film criticism for "Libro e Moschetto", "Cinema" and "Bianco e Nero". From 1945 to 1951 he was editor-in-chief of the periodicals "Cinetempo" and "Nuovo Cinema". From 1948 he made numerous short documentaries, he also worked as a writer of treatments and scripts, organized the film festival in his hometown and founded both the “Museo del Cinema” and the “Cineteca Lumière”. As a journalist, he continued to write numerous articles for newspapers and magazines.

From the late 1950s he was also responsible for full-length films as a director; In addition to his many collaborations for Mondo films , which he often sniffs and commented on, in 1962 he shot his only pure feature film, Dal sabato al lunedi, based on his own script. His last film was a report-style film about his compatriots' bedroom preferences.

In the 1990s, Guerrasio worked on various theater projects.

Awards

In 1970 Guerrasio received a Nastro d'Argento for his films on artistic subjects.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1962: Dal sabato al lunedi (& screenplay)
  • 1969: Grausames Afrika (Africa segreta) (co-director, commentary, editor)
  • 1971: Africa Ama (Africa ama) (co-director, commentary, editor)
  • 1974: Magia Nuda (Magia nuda) (co-director, screenplay, editor)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I Registi, Gremese 2002, pp. 224/225.
  2. ↑ Section “teatro” on his website ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.guidoguerrasio.it
personal data
SURNAME Guerrasio, Guido
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film journalist and documentary director
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 2015