Francesco Laudadio (2 January 1950 – 6 April 2005) was an Italian director, screenwriter and producer.

Life and career

Born in

Mola di Bari Cathedral. Mola di Bari, commonly referred to simply as Mola ( Barese: ), is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Bari, in the region of Apulia, in Southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. In recent times, the town was best known for h ...

, graduated in philosophy, Laudadio started his career as a

script supervisor A script supervisor (also called continuity supervisor or script) is a member of a film crew who oversees the continuity of the motion picture including dialogue and action during a scene. The script supervisor may also be called upon to ensure wa ...

and an assistant director, often working with

Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the ''commedia all'italiana'' ("Italian-style comedy"). He was nominated six times for an Academy Awards, Os ...

. His debut film ''

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'' won him the

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David (Donatello, bronze), David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (the Academy of Italian Cin ...

for

Best New Director ''Best New Director'' was an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle from its first inception in 1989 until discontinuing in 1996. There was no award in 1993. 1980s 1989 *Kenneth Branagh – ''Henry V'' **Runners-up: Steve Kloves – '' ...

Filmography

* ''

'' (1982) * '' Fatto su misura'' (1985) * '' Topo Galileo'' (1987) * '' The Raffle'' (1991) * '' Persone perbene'' (1992) * '' Esercizi di stile'' (1996, segment "Un addio nel west") * '' L'ultimo concerto'' (TV, 1996) * '' Il mastino'' (TV, 1997) * '' Inviati speciali'' (TV, 2001) * '' Signora'' (2004)

References

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* 1950 births 2005 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian film producers People from the Metropolitan City of Bari David di Donatello winners 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-bio-stub