Ugo Gregoretti (28 September 1930 – 5 July 2019)[1] was an Italian film, television and stage director, actor, screenwriter, author and television host. He directed 20 films during his career.
Ugo Gregoretti | |
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| Born | 28 September 1930 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 5 July 2019 (aged 88) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Film director Actor Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1956–2019 |
Biography edit
Born in Rome, Gregoretti entered RAI in 1953, working as a documentarist and a director.[2] In 1960 he won the Premio Italia Award for the television documentary La Sicilia del Gattopardo.[2] In 1962 he made his film debut with the comedy-drama I nuovi angeli.[2] Since 1978 he started his activity on stage as director of prose and opera representations.[2] His activity as director was mainly characterized by a sensitivity to the political and social issues combined to a peculiar use of irony and satire.[2][3] He was president of the Turin Permanent Theatre from 1980 to 1989 and in 1995 he was nominated president of the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico.[4] In 2010 he was awarded with a special Lifetime Nastro d'Argento for his career.[5]
Filmography edit
- I nuovi angeli (1962)
- Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963)
- Omicron (1963)
- Les plus belles escroqueries du monde (1964)
- Beautiful Families (1964)
- Apollon: una fabbrica occupata (1969)
- Contratto (1970)
- Antifascisti a Roma (1972)
- Vietnam, scene dal dopoguerra (1975)
- Oltre la guerra, ad Hanoi (1975)
- Dentro Roma (1976)
- La terrazza (only acting, 1980)
- Comunisti quotidiani (1980)
- Sabatoventiquattrimarzo (1984)
- It's Happening Tomorrow (only acting, 1988)
- Maggio musicale (1990)
- La primavera del 2002 - l’Italia protesta, l’Italia si ferma (2002)
- Scossa (2011)
- Io, il tubo e la pizza (unreleased, 2017)
References edit
- ^ "È morto Ugo Gregoretti, una vita per il cinema e la tv". La Repubblica. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Felice Cappa; Piero Gelli; Marco Mattarozzi (1998). Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900. Dalai editore, 1998. ISBN 8880892959.
- ^ "Gregoretti, Ugo". Enciclopedia Treccani. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ "Accademia D' Amico arriva Gregoretti". Corriere della Sera. 30 November 1995. p. 36.
- ^ "Nastri d'Argento 2010, omaggio a Trovajoli, Occhini e Gregoretti". MegaModo. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2013.