Antonietta De Lillo
Italian film director (born 1960)
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Antonietta De Lillo (born 6 March 1960) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and documentarist.
Antonietta De Lillo | |
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De Lillo at the 2021 Bergamo Film Meeting | |
| Born | 6 March 1960 (age 66) Naples, Italy |
| Occupation | Film director |
Life and career
Born in Naples, De Lillo started her career collaborating with various publications as a photographer and later as a journalist.[1][2] After studying at the DAMS department of the University of Bologna, she moved to Rome, where she entered the film industry as assistant operator.[1]
De Lillo made her film debut co-directing with Giorgio Magliulo the 1986 comedy Una casa in bilico,[1] which got the duo a nomination for David di Donatello for best new directors.[3] After directing several documentaries and another film with Magliulo (Matilda, 1990), in 1995 she made her solo feature film debut with Vittoria's Tales.[1][4]
Following a segment in the anthology film The Vesuvians, in 2001 De Lillo directed It's Not Right, which entered the main competition at the Locarno Film Festival[5] and for which she was nominated for the Nastro d'Argento for best story.[1] Her 2004 historical drama The Remains of Nothing premiered out of competition at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.[1][6] For the film she received a nomination for Nastro d'Argento for best screenplay.[1] In the following years, she directed several biographical documentaries, notably La pazza della porta accanto about poet Alda Merini and Fulci Talks about Lucio Fulci.[1]
Selected filmography
- Una casa in bilico (1986)
- Matilda (1990)
- Vittoria's Tales (1995)
- The Vesuvians (segment: Maruzzella, 1997)
- It's Not Right (2001)
- The Remains of Nothing (2004)
- All Human Rights for All (segment: Articolo 20, 2008)
- La pazza della porta accanto (documentary, 2013)
- Let's Go (documentary, 2014)
- Oggi insieme, domani anche (documentary, 2015)
- Il signor Rotpeter (2017)
- Fulci Talks (documentary, 2020)
- The Eye of the Hen (documentary, 2024)
