Alfredo Angeli (7 August 1927, in

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– 25 November 2005, in

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) was an Italian director and screenwriter. Born in

, Angeli entered the cinema industry in 1958, being the assistant director of

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in ''

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''; after having collaborated with, among others,

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and

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, in the early 1960s he started working as a director of commercial, and between the 1960s and the 1990s he directed over 3,000 commercials. He made his feature film directorial debut in 1967, with the satirical ''

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'', which was entered into the

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. In 1981 he directed a

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TV-series of great success, ''Benedetta & Company''.

Filmography

*1967: ''

'' *1976: '' Languid Kisses, Wet Caresses'' *1983: ''Benedetta & Company'' (TV) *1984: ''L'addio a Enrico Berlinguer'' (Co-director) *1997: ''Con rabbia e con amore'' *1999: ''Giochi pericolosi'' (TV) *2001: ''Un altro mondo è possibile''

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* 1927 births 2005 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters People from Livorno Italian television directors Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers {{italy-film-bio-stub