Luciano Lucignani

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Luciano Lucignani (born January 11, 1922 in Rome , † October 11, 2008 ibid, Italy ) was an Italian theater and film director and screenwriter .

Life

Lucignani graduated from the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico with a degree in directing in 1948 and devoted himself primarily to theater work, where he played John Ford's Schade that she is a whore (with Raoul Grassilli and Giorgio Albertazzi in the leading roles) 1949 presented a highly acclaimed production. He has achieved many other stage successes over the years, including Bertolt Brecht's mother Courage , La Mandragola by Niccolò Machiavelli , Aeschylus ' Orestie and Un amore a Roma by Ercole Patti .

From 1946 on, Lucignani worked as a film critic at L'unità for ten years ; he also gave acting courses at the CSC and the Accademia d'Arte . Between 1956 and 1977, Lucignani wrote six screenplays for films and worked as a director on four occasions, always in collaboration with colleagues. Among them is the interesting L'alibi from 1968, which he staged together with his long-time companions Vittorio Gassman and Adolfo Celi and takes an autobiographical, satirical look at their own careers. Lucignani made numerous contributions to RAI cultural programs .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1962: Erotica (L'amore difficile) (one episode)
  • 1966: Merry Nights (Le piacevoli notti) (co-director and screenplay)
  • 1968: L'alibi
  • 1969: Twelve plus one (Una su 13) (co-director)

script

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Discogs: Luciano Lucignani , Italian , accessed August 15, 2012
  2. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Gremese Editore, Rome 2002, p. 251
personal data
SURNAME Lucignani, Luciano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian theater and film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 2008
Place of death Rome , Italy