Carlo Virzì (; born 2 June 1972) is an Italian musician, director and screenwriter. Born in Livorno, Virzì was the singer and guitarist of the rock band Snaporaz from 1997 to 2001; he is also the composer of the soundtracks for many films of his brother

Paolo Virzì Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer. Early life and work Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spending ...

. His first film as director and screenwriter was'' L'estate del mio primo bacio '' (2006). In 2011, the

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awarded him the Ennio Morricone Prize for the best composer for the film ''

The First Beautiful Thing ''The First Beautiful Thing'' ( it, La prima cosa bella) is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010. The film stars Micaela Ramaz ...

''.

Filmography

Director

* '' L'estate del mio primo bacio '' (2006) * '' The Greatest of All (Italian: I più grandi di tutti) '' (2012)

Screenwriter

* '' L'estate del mio primo bacio '' (2006) * ''

I liceali ''I liceali'' (English: the students of high school) is an Italian television teen drama ended in 2011. It is made of three seasons. Plot The show is about a group of students from a prestigious high school in Rome. See also *List of Italian t ...

(English: the students of high school) 2008, * '' The Greatest of All '' (2012)

Composer

* ''

Ovosodo Ovosodo (from ''Ovosodo'', a quarter in the historic center of Livorno, the city where the story takes place), also known as ''Hardboiled Egg'', is a 1997 Italian comedy film, written and directed by Paolo Virzì. Cast * Edoardo Gabbriellini: Pi ...

'', directed by

(1997, like Snaporaz) * ''

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'', directed by

(1999, like Snaporaz) * ''

My Name Is Tanino ''My Name Is Tanino'' is a 2002 comedy film directed by Paolo Virzì. The picaresque plot is about Tanino, an Italian liberal arts student who falls in love with a young American tourist he meets in Sicily and decides to track her down in the Un ...

'', directed by

(2002) * ''

Caterina in the Big City ''Caterina va in città'' (English title: ''Caterina in the Big City'') is a 2003 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Virzì and written by Virzì and Francesco Bruni. Plot Caterina (Alice Teghil) is the 13-year-old only child of Gianc ...

'', directed by

(2003) * '' L'estate del mio primo bacio '' (2006) * ''

'', directed by

(2010) * '' The Greatest of All '' (2012) * '' Human Capital (Italian: Il capitale umano) '', directed by

(2014) *'' God Willing'' (''Italian: Se Dio vuole'') (2015) * '' Like Crazy (Italian: La pazza gioia) '', directed by

(2016) *''Tutto quello che vuoi'' (2017) *''

The Leisure Seeker ''The Leisure Seeker'' is a 2017 comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, in his first full English-language feature. The film is based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Michael Zadoorian. It stars Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland, actin ...

'', directed by

(2017) *'' Magical Nights (Italian: Notti magiche)'', directed by

(2018)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Virzi, Carlo Living people People from Livorno Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers 1972 births People of Sicilian descent