Vittorio Carpignano

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Vittorio Ettore Carpignano (born May 8, 1918 in Montechiaro d'Asti ) is an Italian documentary filmmaker .

Life

Carpignano was a student at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia from 1938 to 1940 and was a winner of the Littoriali della Cultura e dell'Arte in 1939. After graduating in photography , he devoted himself to documentary film .

He founded the company Recta Films , for which works such as Spighe bianche , Acque fecondo or Incontro con Roma and many others were created. Even Luciano Emmer , his brother in law, worked for the production company. Shortly after the Second World War , Carpignano was exceptionally active for a feature film; with Emilio Cordero he directed Inquietudine in 1946 . He only shot again in 1953: a few scenes for Gli eroi dell'Artide . In 1955 he wrote the script for a historical adventure film . He also worked for television such as the popular Carosello show .

In 1957 he won the award for the best educational short film at the Cork Film Festival .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1946: Inquietudine (co-director)
  • 1950: Quando le Pleiadi tramontano (documentary, prize 1951 at the Venice Festival )
  • 1955: Robin Hood, the black cavalier (Il principe della maschera rossa) (screenplay)

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 95
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  4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated January 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.corkfilmfest.org
personal data
SURNAME Carpignano, Vittorio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carpignano, Vittorio Ettore (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Montechiaro d'Asti