Saverio Costanzo

Saverio Costanzo (born September 28, 1975 in Rome ) is an Italian director and screenwriter .

Career

Costanzo is the son of the writer Maurizio Costanzo and the brother of the director and screenwriter Camilla Costanzo . He studied communication science and sociology at the University of Rome . After completing his studies in Brooklyn in 1998 with a thesis on Italian-Americans , he lived for a few years in New York , where he worked as a cameraman and documentary filmmaker .

He made his debut in 2004 with his film Private . His second feature film In memoria di me was presented at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival in 2007 . Together with Paolo Giordano , he wrote the screenplay for the film The Solitude of Prime Numbers , which began to be screened in 2009.

2004: Private
2007: In Memory of Me
2010: The loneliness of the prime numbers (La solitudine dei numeri primi)
2014: Hungry Hearts
2018: My ingenious girlfriend (L'amica geniale) (TV series based on the novel of the same name by Elena Ferrante )

Saverio Costanzo won 17 awards, including the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival for his film Private, and was nominated for 26 other awards.

↑ Saverio Costanzo, biography. February 13, 2007, archived from the original on July 24, 2009 ; Retrieved January 11, 2017 (Italian).
↑ In Memoria Di Me, Berlinale 2007. (PDF; 280 kB) p. 2 , accessed on December 26, 2009 .
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^ Film festival in Locarno: Golden Leopard to Italian film "Private"! August 14, 2004, accessed December 26, 2009 .