Alberto Negrin
Born (1940-01-02) 2 January 1940
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter
Years active1965–present

Alberto Negrin (born 2 January 1940) is an Italian film director and screenwriter, known for his historical, nostalgic and political films.[1][2]

Negrin started his career as a fine art photographer.[3] In 1962 he debuted as an assistant stage director, collaborating with Orazio Costa and Giorgio Strehler.[3]

In a career spanning over four decades, Negrin has directed over 30 films and series, including the giallo film Enigma rosso (1978), Mussolini and I (1985), starring Bob Hoskins, Anthony Hopkins and Susan Sarandon, the TV miniseries The Secret of the Sahara (1987) (with Ben Kingsley), Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1989) (with Burt Lancaster), Tower of the Firstborn, Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano (2002), Il Cuore nel Pozzo (2005) and Mi Ricordo Anna Frank.[4] Negrin is also known for his long-standing association with composer Ennio Morricone, who composed music for thirteen Negrin's feature films since 1987.

The historical drama film Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano earned him a Telegatto Award for Best TV movie. Il Cuore nel Pozzo, a film about the Foibe massacres and Istrian–Dalmatian exodus, was watched by 17 million people on its first broadcast in Italy.

Theater

  • Atomo, storia di una scelta (1965)
  • Il bandito (1966)
  • Sentite, buona gente, Peppino Marotto, poeta orgolese (film-documento) (1967)
  • Colui che dice di sì e colui che dice di no (1969)
  • Operai (film per il "Piccolo") (1969)
  • Interrogatorio alla Avana (1972)

Filmography

  • Platero y yo (1968)
  • Inchieste televisive in America Latina (1968)
  • Il gatto con gli stivali (1969)
  • Kennedy contro Hoffa (1970)
  • La rosa bianca (1971)
  • Astronave Terra (1971)
  • La risposta di Peppino Manca (1971)
  • Racket (1972)
  • Lungo il fiume e sull'acqua (1972, TV miniseries)
  • Il Picciotto 1973)
  • L'Olandese scomparso (1974)
  • Processo per l'uccisione di Raffaele Sonzogno giornalista romano (1975)
  • Mayakowskji (1976)
  • La spia del regime (1976)
  • Il delitto Notarbartolo (1977)
  • Volontari per destinazione ignota (1977)
  • Red Rings of Fear (1978)
  • La promessa (1979)
  • Bambole: scene di un delitto perfetto (1980)
  • Le multinazionali (1980)
  • La quinta donna (1982)
  • Mussolini and I (1985)
  • The Secret of the Sahara (1987)
  • Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1989)
  • Missus (1994)
  • Tower of the Firstborn (1999)
  • Nanà (2001)
  • Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano (2001)
  • Ics - L'amore ti dà un nome (2003)
  • Il Cuore nel Pozzo (2005)
  • Bartali: The Iron Man (2006)
  • L'ultimo dei Corleonesi (2007)
  • Pane e libertà (2009)
  • Mi Ricordo Anna Frank (2009)
  • L'isola (2012)
  • Un mondo nuovo (2014), TV series
  • Qualunque cosa succeda (2014), TV miniseries
  • Tango per la libertà (2016), TV miniseries

References

  1. Docudrama on European Television: A Selective Survey, Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, Derek Paget Springer, August 13th, 2016
  2. Mediterranean Frontiers: Borders, Conflict and Memory in a Transnational World, Dimitar Bechev, Kalypso Nicolaidis, November 30th 2009
  3. 1 2 Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
  4. Films directed by Alberto Negrin letterboxd.com, retrieved on July 22nd, 2016

Alberto Negrin at IMDb

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