Edoardo Bruno (11 September 1928 – 16 September 2020) was an Italian film critic and film historian.

Life and career

Born in

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, Bruno graduated in law at

Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome (), formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", abbreviated simply as Sapienza ('Wisdom'), is a Public university, public research university located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1303 and is ...

.Roberti, Bruno (2003).
Bruno, Edoardo
. '' Enciclopedia del Cinema''.

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. He made his debut as a journalist and film critic in 1948, and collaborated with various magazines and newspapers, notably '' L'Avanti!'', ''Schermi'', ''Film''. In 1950 he founded the film critic journal ''Filmcritica'', which he directed for 70 years and 700 issues. He collaborated with the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...

, curing several retrospectives. In 1969, he directed his first and only film, ''

His Day of Glory ''His Day of Glory'' () is a 1969 Italian drama film directed by Edoardo Bruno. It was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Carlo Cecchi - Claude * Maria Manuela Carrilho - Marguerite * Raúl Martínez - Richard * ...

''. He served as professor of history of theatre and entertainment at the Universities of Palermo and

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, professor of film history and criticism at his

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and professor of film history at the

University of Florence The University of Florence ( Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Firenze'') (in acronym UNIFI) is an Italian public research university located in Florence, Italy. It comprises 12 schools and has around 50,000 students enrolled. History The f ...

. He died on 16 September 2020, at the age of 92.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruno, Edoardo 1928 births 2020 deaths People from Rome Italian film critics Italian essayists Italian film historians Italian male journalists Italian male essayists 20th-century Italian writers 20th-century Italian male writers 20th-century Italian essayists Sapienza University of Rome alumni Academic staff of the Sapienza University of Rome Academic staff of the University of Palermo Academic staff of the University of Salerno Academic staff of the University of Florence