Fabio Carpi (19 January 1925 – 26 December 2018)[1] was an Italian director, screenwriter, and author.
Fabio Carpi | |
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| Born | 19 January 1925 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 26 December 2018 (aged 93) |
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter |
Life and career
editBorn in Milan in the 1940s, Carpi began his career as a film critic for the newspapers Libera Stampa and L'Unità.[2] He moved to Brazil in 1951 where he started collaborating on some screenplays. He returned to Italy in 1954, and until 1971, he was active as a screenwriter for notable directors such as Antonio Pietrangeli, Dino Risi, and Vittorio De Seta.[2] He won a Nastro d'Argento for the screenplay of Nelo Risi's Diary of a Schizophrenic Girl [3]in 1971. From 1957 he was also a critically acclaimed novelist and essayist.[2] His novel, Patchwork, won the Bagutta Prize in 1998.[4]
After a 1968 documentary short, in 1972 Carpi made his feature film debut with the drama Corpo d'amore.[2] His films were referred to as "figuratively accurate, literary, often metaphorical and difficult to understand", and "deep explorations of the human psyche".[2]
Selected filmography
edit- A Flea on the Scales (1953, only screenwriter)
- The Peaceful Age (1974)
- Basileus Quartet (1983)
- Barbablù, Barbablù (1987)
- Necessary Love (1991)
- Next Time the Fire (1993)
References
edit- ^ "Addio Fabio Carpi, il cinema necessario di un autore innamorato della parola". Bookciakmagazine (in Italian). 31 December 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
- ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
- ^ ""Patchwork" di Carpi premiato con il Bagutta". Corriere della Sera. 30 November 1998. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
External links
edit- Fabio Carpi at IMDb
