Alessandro D'Alatri (born 24 February 1955) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and former actor. Born in

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, as a teenager D'Alatri was active as a stage and film actor and worked with

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, Giorgio Strehler,

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among others. In 1970s he decided to focus on directing, and after a long apprenticeship as a director of commercials, that led him to be awarded for best AD director at the 1987

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, in 1991 he directed a first feature film, ''

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'', for which he won the

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for Best New Director. The following '' No Skin'' was both a critical and a commercial success, and gave D'Alatri a

, a Nastro d'Argento and a

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for best screenplay. His 1998 film '' The Garden of Eden'', an apocryphal history of

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, was entered into the main competition at the

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Filmography

* 1991: ''

'' * 1994: '' No Skin'' * 1998: '' The Garden of Eden'' * 2002: '' Casomai'' * 2005: '' The Fever'' * 2006: '' Commediasexi'' * 2010: ''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Alatri, Alessandro 1955 births Italian screenwriters Writers from Rome Film directors from Rome Italian male film actors Living people Male actors from Rome Italian male screenwriters