Gianni Amelio

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, Amelio got interested in cinema, writing as film critic for a local magazine. In 1965 he moved to Rome, where he worked as operator and assistant director for figures such as Liliana Cavani and Vittorio De Seta. He also worked for television, directing documentaries and advertisements. Amelio's first important work is the TV film "Sun City", directed in 1973 for RAI TV and inspired to Tommaso Campanella's work. This was followed by "The Cinema According to Bertolucci" (1976) a documentary about "1900" shooting, and the thriller "Special Effects" (1978). Two years later he directed the mystery "Death at Work" (1978), which won prizes at Locarno and Hyères festivals. "The Little Archimedes"…

Directed

1. Hammamet (2020) — Director
2. Tenderness (2017) — Director
3. Lord of the Ants (2022) — Director
4. Battlefield (2024) — Director
5. The Stolen Children (1992) — Director
6. The Keys to the House (2004) — Director
7. Intrepido: A Lonely Hero (2013) — Director
8. Lamerica (1994) — Director
9. The Way We Laughed (1998) — Director
10. The First Man (2011) — Director
11. Open Doors (1990) — Director
12. The Missing Star (2006) — Director
13. Via Panisperna Boys (1989) — Director
14. Blow to the Heart (1982) — Director
15. Happy to Be Different (2014) — Director
16. The End of the Game (1970) — Director
17. The Cinema According to Bertolucci (1976) — Director
18. The City of the Sun (1973) — Director
19. The Little Archimedes (1980) — Director
20. Pastime (2019) — Director
21. Death at Work (1978) — Director
22. Special Effects (1978) — Director
23. Someone Else's Home (2017) — Director
24. Class Register. First Book 1900-1960 (2015) — Director
25. Class Register. Second Book 1968-2000 (2015) — Director
26. The Sailing Ships (1982) — Director
27. Sabatoventiquattromarzo (1984) — Director
28. No Pain — Director

Also appeared in

1. The End of the Game (1970) — l'accompagnatore
2. Colpiti al cuore (2019) — Self
3. Joannis Amelii, animula vagula blandula (1992) — Self
4. Voi siete qui (2011) — Self (voice)