Gianni Amelio
Directing
Born: 1945-01-20 · Magisano, Catanzaro, Italy
Biography
Gianni Amelio (born 20 January 1945; Catanzaro) is an Italian film director. His film "The Way We Laughed" (1998) won a Golden Lion at the 55th Venice Film Festival. Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano, province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence with his mother and his grandmother. The absence of a paternal figures will be a constant in Amelio's future works. During his university studies of philosophy in Messina
🎬 Movies (30)
Battlefield
2024
Director
Lord of the Ants
2022
Director
Hammamet
2020
Director
Colpiti al cuore
2019
Self
Pastime
2019
Director
Tenderness
2017
Director
Someone Else's Home
2017
Director
Class Register. First Book 1900-1960
2015
Director
Class Register. Second Book 1968-2000
2015
Director
Happy to Be Different
2014
Director
Intrepido: A Lonely Hero
2013
Director
Voi siete qui
2011
Self (voice)
The First Man
2011
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The Missing Star
2006
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The Keys To The House
2004
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The Way We Laughed
1998
Director
Lamerica
1994
Director
Joannis Amelii, animula vagula blandula
1992
Self
The Stolen Children
1992
Director
Open Doors
1990
Director
Via Panisperna Boys
1989
Director
Sabatoventiquattromarzo
1984
Director
Blow to the Heart
1982
Director
The Sailing Ships
1982
Director
The Little Archimedes
1980
Director
Death at Work
1978
Director
Special Effects
1978
Director
The Cinema According to Bertolucci
1976
Director
The City of the Sun
1973
Director
The End of the Game
1970
Director