Lorenzo Ricciardi

Lorenzo Ricciardi (* 1930 in Milan ) is an Italian documentary filmmaker and author.

Life

Ricciardi lived an adventurous life after a troubled youth (among other things he was born in prison and his family's house burned down), in which he invested the money won playing roulette in a boat with which he sailed off African waters.

Ricciardi made a few documentaries about Africa, but was also involved in some works with fictional plot in exotic locations between 1959 and 1974. So he wrote u. a. on the script for Le orientali by Siro Marcellini and was assistant director to Gian Luigi Polidoros Le svedesi . In 1961 he directed the self-written Venere creola .

Ricciardi married the photographer Mirella Ricciardi in 1956 , who also took over the photographic management of his 1956 film in East Africa and with whom he published several books. The marriage had two daughters. The couple live in London and Italy .

Filmography

1960: The Swedes (Le svedesi) (assistant director)
1961: Palms, Sea and Proud Roosters (Venere creola) (Director, Screenplay)
1969: Slaves of Their Drives (Top Senation) (Screenplay)
1975: The last cry of the jungle (Ultima grida della savanna) (Technical Director)

Fonts

(With Mirella Ricciardi)

1981: Voyage of the "Mir El Lah"
1989: African Rainbow: Across Africa by Boat
1989: In Sindbad's footsteps. Dhow ride through Arabian waters. ISBN 3-89405-044-6

Web links

Literature by and about Lorenzo Ricciardi in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Lorenzo Ricciardi in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.spectator.co.uk/life/wild-life/7157038/wild-life-5/
^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Rom, Gremese 2002, p. 359
↑ Vanishing Africa: The Poignant Tale and Images of Mirella Ricciardi ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on afririal.com @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Ricciardi, Lorenzo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian documentary filmmaker and author
DATE OF BIRTH	1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Milan

[1] ttp://www.spectator.co.uk/life/wild-life/7157038/wild-life-5/

[2] Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Rom, Gremese 2002, p. 359

[3] Vanishing Africa: The Poignant Tale and Images of Mirella Ricciardi ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on afririal.com @1@ 2