Domenico Procacci (born 8 February 1960) is an Italian film producer.
Life and career
Born in
Bari
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, Procacci debuted as a producer in the late 1980s, when he co-founded with
Renzo Rossellini and others the production company Vertigo.
In 1990 he founded the company
Fandango
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, which debuted with a box office hit,
Sergio Rubini
Sergio Rubini (born 21 December 1959) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Rubini was born in Grumo Appula, Apulia, but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theatre, he debuted in a feature f ...
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* ''La stazione'', or The Station (1990 film), ''The Station'' (1990 film), an Italian comedy-drama by Sergio Rubini
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''.
[ He soon specialized in producing small-budget ]art film
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s directed by young directors.[ In 1992, he started a long collaboration with ]Rolf de Heer
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Procacci won four David di Donatello Awards for best producer, and four ]Silver Ribbon
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s in the same category.
In 2014, Procacci had a son with Kasia Smutniak, whom he married in September 2019.
Selected filmography
* 1990 - '' The Station''
* 1992 - '' Flight of the Innocent''
* 1993 - '' Bad Boy Bubby ''
* 1994 - ''Like Two Crocodiles
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Plot
A successful art dealer, the bastard son of an Italian aristocrat, returns to his family home to aveng ...
''
* 1994 - '' The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin''
* 1996 - '' Bits and Pieces''
* 1996 - '' The Quiet Room''
* 1997 - '' The Grey Zone''
* 1998 - '' Radiofreccia''
* 1998 - '' Dance Me to My Song''
* 1998 - '' Ecco fatto''
* 1998 - '' The Ice Rink''
* 1998 - '' The Room of the Scirocco''
* 1999 - '' But Forever in My Mind''
* 2000 - '' Johnny the Partisan''
* 2001 - ''The Monkey's Mask
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* 2001 - '' The Last Kiss''
* 2001 - '' Dark Blue World''
* 2001 - ''Dust
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* 2001 - ''He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
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* 2002 - '' The Tracker''
* 2002 - '' The Embalmer''
* 2002 - '' Respiro''
* 2002 - '' Maximum Velocity (V-Max)''
* 2003 - '' Remember Me, My Love''
* 2003 - '' Alexandra's Project ''
* 2003 - '' Secret File''
* 2003 - '' Break Free ''
* 2004 - '' First Love''
* 2004 - ''The Consequences of Love
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* 2004 - '' Working Slowly (Radio Alice)''
* 2005 - ''Tickets
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''
* 2005 - '' Mario's War''
* 2006 - '' Our Land''
* 2006 - '' Ten Canoes''
* 2006 - ''The Family Friend
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''
* 2007 - '' Dr. Plonk''
* 2007 - ''Silk
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''
* 2007 - '' The Right Distance''
* 2007 - '' Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!''
* 2008 - '' Quiet Chaos''
* 2008 - '' The Past Is a Foreign Land''
* 2008 - ''Seven Pounds
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''
* 2008 - '' Gomorrah''
* 2008 - '' Un giorno perfetto''
* 2009 - ''The White Space
''The White Space'' () is a 2009 Italian drama film directed by Francesca Comencini. It entered the main competition at the 66th Venice International Film Festival.
Cast
* Margherita Buy as Maria
*Giovanni Ludeno as Fabrizio
* Gaetano Bruno ...
''
* 2009 - ''Cosmonaut
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''
* 2010 - '' Kiss Me Again''
* 2010 - '' Loose Cannons''
* 2010 - '' Barney's Version''
* 2010 - '' La passione''
* 2011 - '' Qualunquemente''
* 2011 - '' The Perfect Life''
* 2011 - '' The Forgiveness of Blood''
* 2011 - '' We Have a Pope''
* 2011 - '' The Last Man on Earth''
* 2011 - '' Drifters''
* 2012 - '' Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood''
* 2012 - '' Magnificent Presence''
* 2012 - ''Reality
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* 2013 - '' The Fifth Wheel''
* 2014 - '' A Woman as a Friend''
* 2014 - ''I Can Quit Whenever I Want
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''
* 2015 - '' Mia Madre''
* 2016 - '' Era d'estate''
* 2016 - '' Sun, Heart, Love''
* 2018 - '' The Happiest Man in the World''
* 2019 - '' Bangla il film''
* 2020 - '' The Predators''
* 2021 - '' Three Floors''
* 2022 - '' Bangla - La serie''
* 2022 - '' The Hummingbird''
* 2023 - '' A Brighter Tomorrow''
* 2023 - '' An Endless Sunday''
References
External links
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1960 births
David di Donatello winners
Italian film producers
Living people
Nastro d'Argento winners
Ciak d'oro winners
People from Bari
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