Laura Muscardin is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Life
Muscardin was awarded a graduate degree in modern history from the
University of Rome.
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Career
She made her debut in the cinema industry as assistant director for the feature film ''Una vita scellerata'' (A Violent Life) by Giacomo Battiato
Giacomo Battiato (born 18 October 1943 in Verona) is an Italian film director and writer.
One guide to Italian cinema says he:''The History of the Italian Cinema'' (Princeton University Press, 2009), p. ??
Born in Verona and married to Anna Z ...
. After directing the short ''Il cuore – Le coeur'' (The Heart) in 1998, in 2001 she directed her first feature film ''Giorni'' (Days), a romantic film about a man dying of AIDS, featuring Thomas Trabacchi and Riccardo Salerno. In 2002 the movie was awarded as Best Film at the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Seattle Queer Film Festival (formerly known as the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival) is an annual film festival in Seattle. The 28th Annual Seattle Queer Film Festival will take place October 12-22, 2023. It is the largest LGBTQIA+ film festiv ...
and won a special mention at the Milano International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, and the director was awarded as Emerging Talent at the L.A Outfest.
In 2007 she directed the feature film ''Billo: Il grand Dakhaar'', a comedy about immigration about a Senegalese fashion designer, played by real-life designer Thierno Thiam, torn between women in Rome and back home.Youssou N’Dour
Youssou N'Dour (, ; also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' described him as, "perhaps the m ...
who also composed the original score.[ The film was awarded as Best Feature Film at the Temekula Film Festival (California) and at the Festivals of Italian Cinema in Paris and Villerupt (in the former the jury was headed by ]Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau (; 23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, director, and socialite. She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. Mo ...
).
Afterwards she directed in 2009 the French TV series ''La vie est à nous'' and in 2011 the third season of the Italian TV series Tutti pazzi per amore.
She has also directed a making-of documentary about Roberto Rossellini's film ''Rome, Open City
''Rome, Open City'' (), also released as ''Open City'', is a 1945 Italian Italian neorealism, neorealist war film, war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Sergio Amidei, Celeste Negarville and Federico Fellini. Set in Rom ...
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Filmography
*''Tutti pazzi per amore 3 (All Crazy About Love 3)'' - d. 26 episodies (2011)
*''Tutti pazzi per amore (All Crazy About Love) 1st and 2nd season'' – second unit d. TV series 52 episodies (2008–2010)
*''La vie est à nous (France)'' – d. TV series, episodies (2009)
*''Billo – Il grand Dakhaar'' – d. feature film (2007)
*''Figli di Roma città aperta (Children of Rome Open City)'' – d. documentary (2005)
*''Giorni (Days)'' – d. feature film (2001)
*''Viva Verdi (Verdi Forever)'' – d. documentary (2003)
*''Baci da Roma (Love and Kisses from Rome)'' – d. documentary (2000)
*''Carla si è chiusa in bagno (Carla Has Locked Herself in the Bathroom)'' – d. short (1999)
*''Le coeur – Il cuore (The Heart)'' – d. short (1998)
*''Charlie e il serpente (Charlie and the Snake)'' – d. short (1996)
*''Vernichtung Baby – co d. with Giovanni Piperno'' – documentary (1995)
*''Tea on the Set – co d. with Giovanni Piperno'' – documentary (1995)
*''Black Taxi – co d. with Giovanni Piperno'' – documentary (1993)
References
External links
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Italian women film directors
Italian women screenwriters
Italian screenwriters