Simona Paggi
Simona Paggi (* before 1970 in Milan ) is an Italian film editor .
Life
Paggi was born in the 1960s. After completing her school education, Paggi first received a diploma in photography and graphics from "ITSOS" and then attended the Milan film school "Albedo", where she focused on film editing and also graduated.
Paggi began working as an assistant editor in the 1980s, but also gained experience in sound editing and was hired for documentaries. The film Open Doors by Gianni Amelio was her first feature film production as an independent editor, and she was immediately nominated for the David di Donatello . Several joint projects followed with director Amelio until the 2000s. In total, Paggi has been involved in more than 75 productions so far. She worked with all the well-known Italian directors of the new generation.
In 1992 she won a David di Donatello for the film Stolen Children . Four more nominations followed. For her work on Life is Beautiful , she was nominated for the Best Editing category at the 1999 Academy Awards.
Filmography (selection)
- 1990: Open doors (Porte aperte)
- 1990: Matilda
- 1992: Stolen Children (Il ladro di Bambini)
- 1994: Lamerica (Lamerica)
- 1996: The Travel Companion (Compagna di viaggio)
- 1997: Life is beautiful (La vita è bella)
- 1997: Once We Were Strangers (Once We were Strangers)
- 1998: That's how we laughed (Così ridevano)
- 1999: Bergkristall - Lost in the Snow (Cristallo di rocca)
- 2001: Momo (Momo)
- 2002: Roberto Benignis Pinocchio (Pinocchio)
- 2004: The life I always wanted (La vita che vorrei)
- 2004: The house keys (Le chiavi di casa)
- 2006: The Missing Star (La stella che non c'è)
- 2010: Passione (Passione!)
- 2011: Terraferma (Terraferma)
- 2013: Suddenly Gigolo (Fading Gigolo)
- 2019: The Jesus Rolls
Web links
- Simona Paggi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Silvia Bizio, Claudia Laffranchi: Gli Italiani di Hollywood: il cinema italiano agli Academy Awards. Rome, Gremese 2002. pp. 118/119
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paggi, Simona |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |