Lucio Pellegrini (born 20 October 1965) is an Italian director and screenwriter.

Early life

On 20 October 1965, Pellegrini was born in

Asti Asti ( , ; ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of 74,348 inhabitants (1–1–2021) located in the Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, about east of Turin, in the plain of the Tanaro, Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti and ...

, Italy.

Career

Pellegrini started his career in 1992 as a television writer, collaborating with

RAI (), commercially styled as since 2000 and known until 1954 as (RAI), is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terrestrial and subscription television channels a ...

Mediaset Mediaset S.p.A. is an Italian mass media and television production and distribution company that is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. The company is controlled by the holding company MFE – MediaForEurope (the original ...

and

MTV MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...

.Roberto Poppi. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi''. Gremese 2002. p. 329. After directing a short film (''Biodegradabile'', 1997) and several commercial shorts, in 1999 he made his feature film debut with the comedy film ''E allora mambo!'', which got him a nomination for

Silver Ribbon The (plural: ''Nastri d'Argento''; English: Silver Ribbon) is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' (Italian National Union of Film Journalists). Awards are given annually in ...

for

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * As ...

Filmography

* ''E allora mambo!'' (1999) * ''Tandem'' (2000) * '' Now or Never'' (2003) * ''La vita è breve ma la giornata è lunghissima'' (co-directed with

Gianni Zanasi Gianni Zanasi is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. Early life and education Gianni Zanasi was born in Vignola in 1965. After studying philosophy at the University of Bologna, he enrolled in a school of theatrical writing and ...

, 2005) * '' Unlikely Revolutionaries'' (2010) * '' The Perfect Life'' (2011) * ''È nata una star?'' (2012)

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* 1965 births Living people Italian film directors Italian television directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters People from Asti 20th-century Italian people {{italy-film-bio-stub