Neri Parenti

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Neri Parenti (born April 26, 1950 in Florence ) is an Italian film director and screenwriter .

Life

Parenti graduated with a degree in political science . From 1972 he worked as an assistant director and was often professionally connected to Pasquale Festa Campanile , but also worked for Salvatore Samperi , Steno and Giorgio Capitani . In 1979 he switched to the director's chair and presented his debut work, John Travolto ... da un insolito destino , who parodied and imitated Just Saturday Night . Parenti soon became Paolo Villaggio's regular director , whom he won through the film series around “Fantozzi” (seven films as “Giandomenico Fracchia”), the “Scuola di ladri” (two films) and in the long “Natale” series (eleven films from 2005 to 2011, with Christian De Sica ) accompanied and led. The extremely great joint success in and with these films in Italy (but hardly outside of it) made both Parenti and Villaggio believable in hardly any other than the stereotyped form. Some of these serious attempts are therefore considered underrated.

Parenti's style shows his fascination for American silent film comedians and vocal and destructive gags. Some anti-clerical jokes in his films nearly led to Parentis being excommunicated twice.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1979: teenage love (John travolto… da un unsolito destino)
  • 1981: The double hero (Fracchia, la belva umana)
  • 1982: A Spicy Dream (Sogni monstrupsamente proibiti)
  • 1985: Two idiots strike (Fracchia contro il conte Dracula)
  • 1986: I still can't get the door shut (Superfantozzi)
  • 1986: Stealing needs to be learned (Scuola di Ladri)
  • 1987: Crooks have a hard time (Scuola di ladri parte seconda)
  • 1988: Fantozzi retires (Fantozzi va retired )
  • 2006: Natale a New York
  • 2007: Natale in Croceria
  • 2008: Natale a Rio
  • 2009: Natale a Beverly Hills
  • 2011: Vacanze di natale a Cortina
  • 2013: Colpi di fulmine

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registi. Rom, Gremese 2002, p. 321
  2. ↑ Parenti at mymovies
  3. ↑ http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/associata/2012/12/12/Parenti-padre-cinepanettoni-scomunicato-due-volte_7944089.html
personal data
SURNAME Parenti, Neri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence