Salvatore Piscicelli

Salvatore Piscicelli
Born	(1948-01-04)4 January 1948 Pomigliano d'Arco, Campania, Italy
Died	21 July 2024(2024-07-21) (aged 76) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Resting place	Campo Verano, Rome
Occupation(s)	Film director and screenwriter

Salvatore Piscicelli (4 January 1948 – 21 July 2024) was an Italian director, screenwriter and film critic.

Life and career

Born in Pomigliano d'Arco, after activity as a film critic, Piscicelli started his film career with some documentary short films shot and set in his hometown.[1][2] His feature debut film, Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy, won several awards including the Silver Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.[1][2] His 1981 film Le occasioni di Rosa entered the 38th Venice International Film Festival.[3] In 2001, using only digital supports, he shot Quartetto, the first Italian film to follow the dictates of the avant-garde filmmaking movement "Dogma".[1] Piscicelli died in Rome on 21 July 2024, at the age of 76.[4]

Filmography

• Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy (1979)
• The Opportunities of Rosa (1981)
• Blues metropolitano (1985)
• Regina (1987)
• Baby Gang (1992)
• Il corpo dell'anima (1999)
• Quartetto (2001)
• At the End of the Night (2003)
• Vita segreta di Maria Capasso (2019)

References

1. Gianni Canova (2005). Enciclopedia del cinema. Garzanti, 2009. ISBN 881150516X.
2. Lino Miccichè. Storia del cinema italiano: 1977-1985. Bianco & Nero, 2001. ISBN 8831785370.
3. Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 887742429X.
4. Tricomi, Antonio (21 July 2024). "Morto il regista Salvatore Piscicelli, addio al maestro del cinema che ha ispirato Martone e Sorrentino". napoli.repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 21 July 2024.

External links

• Salvatore Piscicelli at IMDb