Lino Del Fra

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Lino Del Fra (actually Pasqualino Del Fra , born June 20, 1929 in Rome , † July 20, 1997 ibid.) Was an Italian documentary filmmaker and film director .

Life

Del Fra was an assistant in moral philosophy and education at the University of Rome , secretary for his home country of the FICC, the international organization of cinema operators, from 1952 to 1954 and a film critic for publications such as Cinema Nuovo , Bianco e Nero and Avanti .

From 1960 he made documentaries and short films, which were not only interesting in terms of content, but also received critical acclaim. In 1961 he received the Golden Lion for Fata Morgana , created in collaboration with Jean Rouch ; also the Bronze Bear for Lettere dal Friuli and others for Spettacolo di gala and Come favolosi fuochi d'artificio . During these years he also wrote a screenplay for a feature film and made his debut as a director with his contribution to I misteri di Roma .

His 1963 Stalin documentary led to arguments with the producer, so Del Fra withdrew his name from the finished film. In the mid-1970s he made two feature films based on his own script, which benefited from his documentary style and his enthusiasm for critical examination of world political views. His film Antonio Gramsci - The Years in Prison about the imprisonment of the Marxist theorist and politician of the same name received the Golden Leopard in Locarno in 1977 . In 1982 he shot a sequel to Pier Paolo Pasolini's Feast of Love, which he had written twenty years earlier . His older work Klon, however, soon disappeared from the cinemas.

Del Fra was married to his colleague Cecilia Mangini .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1960: La gita (documentary)
  • 1961: Fata Morgana (documentary film)
  • 1963: Stalin (documentary)
  • 1974: La torta in cielo
  • 1977: Antonio Gramsci - The Years in Prison (Antonio Gramsci - I giorni del carcere)
  • 1982: Camizi d'amore '80 (TV movie)
  • 1994: clone

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 142.
  2. ↑ cf. Pasolini e Cecilia Mangini. pierpaolopasolini.eu (Italian, accessed December 23, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Del Fra, Lino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Del Fra, Pasqualino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian documentary filmmaker and film director
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1997
Place of death Rome