Mimmo Calopresti

Mimmo Calopresti

Mimmo Calopresti (actually Domenico Calopresti , born January 4, 1955 in Polistena , Province of Reggio Calabria ) is an Italian documentary filmmaker and film director .

Life

In 1985 Calopresti won the Cinema Giovani di Torino festival with the video production A proposita di sbavature ; in the same year he began working on the audiovisual archive of the Movimento Operaio . He realized some documentaries, including the Ripresi that was created in the Turin prison and Alla Fiat era so about the auto union . With his flair for social issues, he worked more and more for television. In 1996, he debuted with The second time the feature film , which he also writer wrote and starred. Around ten papers followed by 2010. His films have been nominated for awards several times; with Is love just a word? In 1998 he won the Nastro d'Argento for the best original story. Since that film, Calopresti has also been producing himself; very occasionally he appears as an actor with colleagues.

Filmography (selection)

• 1996: The second time (La seconda volta)
• 1998: is love just a word? (La parola amore esiste)
• 2000: I love the sound of the sea (Preferisco il rumore del mare)
• 2003: A camel is more likely to go through the eye of a needle ... (Il est plus facile pour un chameau ...) (Production only)
• 2006: Volevo sole vivere (documentary)

Web links

• Mimmo Calopresti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Calopresti at mymovies (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.cinemaitaliano.info/pers/001370/mimmo-calopresti.html
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 28, 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. 
3. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, p. 83