Paolo Quaregna
Paolo Quaregna (* 1946 in Turin ) is an Italian director.
Quaregna graduated in Economics in 1970 and eight years later with a degree in Literature, where he wrote about contemporary cinema. He taught economics at high school for a few years and wrote essays and theater and film reviews for various publications. In the mid-1970s he made some experimental educational films for children and in 1978 published the book Il bambino con la macchina di presa with Virginio Pevato . After further experimental films , Quaregna created various anthropological and sociological documentaries for the RAI from 1980 . Between 1981 and 1984 he also devoted himself to self-written and mostly self-produced short films and presented his first feature film with the popular success Una donna alla specchio , in which Stefania Sandrelli played the leading role; a second followed in 1999 with Dancing North . Documentation remained his main field of activity; Since 1988 he has been producing his own works with his company Dram Film . Felicità ad oltranza (1982) and Le Bon élève: le Mali et Nous (2006) are rated as outstanding among his documentaries . In 2010 he shot his third feature film, Madame Ba , in Mali .
Filmography (selection)
- 1984: Una donna alla specchio
- 1999: Dancing North
- 2010: Madame Ba
Web links
- Paolo Quaregna in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Paolo Quaregna biography on docume.org (Italian)
- Paolo Quaregna biography at Torino, città del cinema (Italian)
- Web presence of the production company Dream Film srl
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Rome, Gremese Editore, Rome 2002, p. 351
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quaregna, Paolo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turin |