Alessandro Camon (born 7 June 1963) is an Academy Award nominated screenwriter and film producer.

Life and career

Born in

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, Italy, he currently lives in Los Angeles. Camon is a graduate of the

University of Padua The University of Padua (, UNIPD) is an Italian public research university in Padua, Italy. It was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from the University of Bologna, who previously settled in Vicenza; thus, it is the second-oldest ...

, School of Philosophy, and received a masters in film from

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...

in Los Angeles. Camon wrote '' The Messenger'' with writer/director

Oren Moverman Oren Moverman (; born July 4, 1966) is an Israeli-American Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, film director, and Emmy Award-winning film producer. He has directed the films '' The Messenger'', ''Rampart'', '' Time Out of Mind'', and '' The Di ...

. The film won the Silver Bear for best screenplay and the Peace Film Award at the

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale (), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europ ...

, as well as the Grand Prize and the International Critics Prize at the

Deauville Film Festival The Deauville American Film Festival () is a yearly film festival devoted to American cinema, which has taken place since 1975 in Deauville, France. It was established by Lionel Chouchan, André Halimi, and then Mayor of Deauville Michel d ...

. It was nominated in the Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor categories by the

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of adva ...

. Camon's producing credits include ''

The Cooler ''The Cooler'' is a 2003 American crime drama film directed by Wayne Kramer, from a screenplay by Frank Hannah and Kramer. The film stars William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Shawn Hatosy, Ron Livingston, Estella Warren, Paul Sorvino, and Alec Bald ...

'', '' Thank You For Smoking'', ''

Owning Mahowny ''Owning Mahowny'' is a 2003 Canadian film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin and John Hurt. The film is based on the true story of Brian Molony, a Toronto bank employee who embezzled more than $10 million to feed his g ...

'' '' Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans'' and '' Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps''. Camon started his career in Italy as a film critic. He has written several books and articles on film, both in Italian and English. His stage play ''Time Alone'', dealing with solitary confinement, grief, and forgiveness, premiered in Los Angeles in September 2017, with

Tonya Pinkins Tonya Pinkins is an American actress and filmmaker. Her award-winning debut feature film ''Red Pill'' was an official selection at the 2021 Pan African Film Festival, won the Best Black Lives Matter Feature and Best First Feature at The Mykonos ...

and Alex Hernandez playing the two leads. It received the award for outstanding new play from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. Camon's second play, ''Scintilla'', which premiered in April 2023, is about a wildfire in contemporary California, and a group of people facing the hard decision whether to evacuate or shelter in place. Camon also wrote the screenplay for The Listener, directed by Steve Buscemi, and starring Tessa Thompson. The film, which chronicles the night shift of a helpline operator, was selected for the Venice Film Festival "Giornate degli Autori", and the Tribeca Film Festival. Camon is the son of novelist Ferdinando Camon and newspaper columnist Gabriella Imperatori and is married to film producer Suzanne Warren (''

The Last King of Scotland ''The Last King of Scotland'' is a novel by journalist Giles Foden, published by Faber and Faber in 1998. Focusing on the rise of Ugandan President Idi Amin and his reign as dictator from 1971 to 1979, the novel, which interweaves fiction and ...

'', ''

Hacksaw Ridge ''Hacksaw Ridge'' is a 2016 epic biographical war film directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan, based on the 2004 documentary '' The Conscientious Objector'' directed by Terry Benedict. Set in World War II, A ...

'').

References

External links

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The Mafia and the disappearing father
* https://web.archive.org/web/20080707084141/http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/feature/2005/10/07/jesus/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20090302081946/http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/feature/2004/06/07/torture/index.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20090124092045/http://www.nyoffice.net/talent/writers/Camon.Alessandro_resume.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20091209031044/http://www.themessengermovie.com/ * https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/alessandro-camon/ * http://www.salon.com/writer/alessandro_camon/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20161112081310/https://www.adbusters.org/article/call-of-duty/ * http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/time-alone-theater-1046865 * http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-cm-tonya-pinkins-20171018-story.html * http://www.univision.com/los-angeles/kmex/noticias/criminalidad-y-justicia/tiempo-a-solas-lo-que-la-violencia-y-la-justicia-les-dejo-a-una-madre-y-a-un-pandillero * http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles-theater/news/first-person-alessandro-camon-on-time-alone_82678.htm * http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-theater-students-20180317-story.html
Review: SCINTILLA at Road Theatre

Interview: Alessandro Camon is Bringing the Urgency of the Climate Crisis to the Stage With SCINTILLA
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