Miriam Pucitta
Miriam Pucitta (* 1964 in Bern , Switzerland ) is an Italian director , screenwriter and film producer .
Life
Miriam Pucitta was born in Switzerland to Italian guest workers. At the age of 9 she returned to Italy with her parents and attended the commercial school in Pistoia , which she graduated in 1983. From 1984 to 1988 she attended the painting class at the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno in Florence . She took part in several group exhibitions before becoming interested in the profession of film producer.
From 1989 to 1991 she attended the “Zelig” film school in Bozen , then left Italy again in 1991 and studied documentary film directing at the Munich University of Television and Film until 2000 . In addition to an acting seminar with John Costopoulos, she took part in writing seminars with Doris Dörrie . In 1993 she co-founded the “Film X” initiative, which presents young films to the public during a film week. After graduating from film school, she attended the European Film Institute's European Film Students' Graduate Placement Program and a scriptwriting seminar with Keith Cunningham.
In 1996 she made her theatrical directing debut in New York with Faustman , a soap opera by the theater ensemble ELA COMPANY from Munich. In the same year she founded “A piedi nudi - Barfuss Filmproduktion” in Munich together with the German director and cameraman Thomas Bresinsky.
Miriam Pucitta lives and works with her husband, the German director and film producer Michael Chauvistré , in Aachen in the joint production company Happy Endings Film . The couple have two children together.
Festival participation / awards
- 1996 Hof Film Festival :
Prize of the Kulturstiftung der Stadtsparkasse München at the 11th International Documentary Film Festival Munich
Nominated for the "Prix Europa"
- 1998 Hof Film Festival:
Festival Cinema Donna Florenz, Goethe-Institut
20th Biberacher Filmtage: Young Talent Award
Filmography (selection)
- 1990 Djamme
- 1990 Daniela (director)
- 1990 La Ruga (camera and director)
- 1991 Arabesque (camera and direction)
- 1991 Death on the Street (co-director)
- 1992 Vita da cani (book, camera, director)
- 1993 Zeit der Liebe (book, director, editor)
- 1994 Die Testen (assistant director, director: Thomas Bresinsky)
- 1995 You steal with your eyes (script, direction, editing)
- 1998 Se non mi vuoi / If you don't want me (graduation film at the HFF / Munich)
- 1999 Vino Santo (by Xaver Schwarzenberger / assistant director and dialogue coach)
- 1999–2000 Anschi and Karlheinz (children's series BR-Alpha / author and director)
- 2001 Ripley's Game (by Liliana Cavani / Dialogue Coach for John Malkovich , production assistant)
- 2002 Police Call 110 - My Last Will (Dialogue Coach and Translator for Francesco Salvi ).
- 2002–2003 Bianca (children's film / screenplay)
- 2006 The Father's Dream (Direction and Production)
- 2012 Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen (director, screenplay, editor)
- 2016 Beer Brothers (Director, Screenplay)
Web links
- Miriam Pucitta in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Miriam Pucitta at filmportal.de
- Happy Endings movie
Individual evidence
- ↑ Miriam Pucitta | Happy Endings movie. Retrieved on May 27, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Film starts: Miriam Pucitta. Retrieved May 27, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pucitta, Miriam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian director, screenwriter and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern , Switzerland |