Pasquale Pozzessere (born in 1957) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Pasquale Pozzessere | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
| Occupation(s) | film director, screenwriter |
Life and career edit
Born in Lizzano, Taranto in the mid-1980s Pozzessere abandoned his medicine university studies to enter the cinema industry working as a script supervisor for Pupi Avati and as assistant director of Francesco Maselli.[1] After directing a number of short films,[1] he made his feature film debut in 1992, with Verso Sud, for which he was nominated to a David di Donatello for Best New Director[2] and won the Grolla d'oro in the same category.[3] The film also won the Grand Prix at the Annecy Film Festival.[4]
Filmography edit
- Verso Sud (1992)
- Father and Son (1994)
- An Eyewitness Account (1997)
- La vita che verrà (TV, 1999)
- La porta delle sette stelle (2005)
- La provinciale (TV, 2006)
- Cocapop (2010)
- Mine (2016)
References edit
- ^ a b Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
- ^ Maria Pia Fusco (6 June 1993). "' IL GRANDE COCOMERO' E' IL FILM DELL' ANNO". La Repubblica. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ Maria Pia Fusco (1 November 1992). "GROLLE D' ORO PER DIVI E NON". La Repubblica. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ Sipario , Edizioni 530-534. 1993.
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