Mario Brenta

Mario Brenta (2014)

Mario Brenta (born April 17, 1942 in Venice ) is an Italian film director and screenwriter .

Life

Brenta was trained at the film school "22 Dicembre" founded by Ermanno Olmi and Tullio Kezich and was first assistant director to Eriprando Visconti at the age of 20 , which was followed by further engagements until 1969. After moving to Rome , he worked for television, often in cooperation with Carlo Tuzii , with whom he contributed to Racconta la tua storia and Sotto processo, as well as with Alberto Moravia . After writing a script for Tuzii and another, he made his first own film in 1974, the stylistically interesting Vermisàt , which was awarded the Grolla d'Oro in Saint Vincent , but which left the general public at a loss. After documentary work, etc. a. through his mentor Olmi, he was back in the cinemas in 1989 with the feature film Maicol , which was dedicated to his documentary work ; Finally, in 1994 he made Barnabo delle montagne based on the story by Dino Buzzati , which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival . This film, too, showed his calm, slow narrative style, permeated with stunningly beautiful images.

At the AsoloArtFestival in 2010 he presented his film about Titian . Brenta teaches at various universities, such as the University of Padua .

Filmography (selection)

Director

• 1974: Veremisàt
• 1981: Effetto Olmi (documentary)
• 1989: Maicol
• 1994: Barnabo delle montagne

Screenwriter

• 1972: Every Sunday morning (Turre le domeniche mattina)

Web links

• Mario Brenta in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Brenta at mymovies (Italian)
• Brenta retrospective 2006 in Amiens

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2971/year/1994.html
2. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, p. 73
3. ↑ http://www.actv.it/calledelapiet2010dikarinedevillersemariobrenta
4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2010 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.