Marco Ferreri

Marco Ferreri

Marco Ferreri at Festival de Cannes (1991)
Born (1928-05-11)11 May 1928
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Died 9 May 1997(1997-05-09) (aged 68)
Paris, France
Occupation Film director, screenwriter, actor
Spouse(s) Jacqueline Lamothe

Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, who began his career in the 1950s directing three films in Spain, followed by 24 Italian films until his death in 1997.

Biography

He was born in Milan. His best known film is La Grande Bouffe from 1973, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret and Ugo Tognazzi. He was an atheist.[1]

He died in Paris of a heart attack. Upon his death, Gilles Jacob, artistic director of the Cannes International Film Festival, said: "The Italian cinema has lost one of its most original artists, one of its most personal authors (...) No one was more demanding nor more allegorical than he in showing the state of crisis of contemporary man."

Awards

His 1979 film Chiedo asilo won him the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] In 1991, his film La casa del sorriso won the Golden Bear at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.[3] Two years later, his film Diario di un vizio was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.[4]

Partial filmography

Director

Screenwriter

Actor

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tonino Lasconi, Dieci per amore, Edizioni Paoline, 2001, p. 31.
  2. ↑ "Berlinale: 1980 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
  3. ↑ "Berlinale: 1991 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
  4. ↑ "Berlinale: 1993 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
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