Adriano Aprà (18 November 1940 – 15 April 2024) was an Italian film critic, film historian, screenwriter, director, festival curator, academic and occasional actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Aprà graduated in law at Sapienza University, and made his debut as a film critic in 1960, collaborating with Edoardo Bruno's journal Filmcritica.[1][2] In 1966, he founded the magazine Cinema & film which he directed until 1970.[1][2] He served as director of the Salso Film & TV Festival between 1977 and 1989 and of the Pesaro International Film Festival between 1990 and 1998, and was president of the Cineteca Nazionale between 1998 and 2002.[1][3] He also collaborated with the Venice Film Festival, curating the 1981 retrospective dedicated to Howard Hawks.[2]