Alfredo Angeli
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Alfredo Angeli | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 August 1927 |
| Died | 25 November 2005 (aged 78) |
| Occupations | film director, screenwriter |
Alfredo Angeli (7 August 1927, in Livorno – 25 November 2005, in Rome[1]) was an Italian director and screenwriter.
Born in Livorno, Angeli entered the cinema industry in 1958, being the assistant director of Luigi Zampa in The City Stands Trial;[2] after having collaborated with, among others, Camillo Mastrocinque and Vittorio Cottafavi, in the early 1960s he started working as a director of commercial, and between the 1960s and the 1990s he directed over 3,000 commercials.[2] He made his feature film directorial debut in 1967, with the satirical The Strange Night,[2] which was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.[3] In 1981 he directed a RAI TV-series of great success, Benedetta & Company.[2]
