Ugo Gregoretti (28 September 1930 – 5 July 2019) was an Italian film, television and stage director, actor,
screenwriter
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, author and television host. He directed 20 films during his career.
Biography
Born in
Rome
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, Gregoretti entered
RAI in 1953, working as a documentarist and a director.
In 1960 he won the
Premio Italia
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Award for the television documentary ''La Sicilia del Gattopardo''.
[ In 1962 he made his film debut with the comedy-drama ''I nuovi angeli''.][ Since 1978 he started his activity on stage as director of prose and ]opera
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representations.[ His activity as director was mainly characterized by a sensitivity to the political and social issues combined to a peculiar use of irony and satire.][ He was president of the Turin Permanent Theatre from 1980 to 1989 and in 1995 he was nominated president of the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico.]Nastro d'Argento
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for his career.
Filmography
* ''I nuovi angeli'' (1962)
* '' Ro.Go.Pa.G.'' (1963)
* ''Omicron
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'' (1963)
* ''Les plus belles escroqueries du monde
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Cast
*Mie Hama as Bar Hostess ...
'' (1964)
* '' Beautiful Families'' (1964)
*''Apollon: una fabbrica occupata'' (1969)
*''Contratto'' (1970)
*''Antifascisti a Roma'' (1972)
*''Vietnam, scene dal dopoguerra'' (1975)
*''Oltre la guerra, ad Hanoi'' (1975)
*''Dentro Roma'' (1976)
* '' La terrazza'' (only acting, 1980)
*''Comunisti quotidiani'' (1980)
*''Sabatoventiquattrimarzo'' (1984)
* '' It's Happening Tomorrow'' (only acting, 1988)
* ' (1990)
*''La primavera del 2002 - l’Italia protesta, l’Italia si ferma'' (2002)
*''Scossa'' (2011)
*''Io, il tubo e la pizza'' (unreleased, 2017)
References
External links
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1930 births
2019 deaths
Italian film directors
Italian male film actors
Italian screenwriters
Italian male screenwriters
Nastro d'Argento winners