Antonietta De Lillo

Antonietta De Lillo
Born6 March 1960 (1960-03-06) (age 64)
Naples, Italy
NationalityItalian
OccupationFilm director

Antonietta De Lillo (born 6 March 1960) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and documentarist.

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 documetaries 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)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Secchi Frau, Fabio. "Antonietta De Lillo: Colazione da Antonietta". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  2. ^ Addonizio, Antonio; Capuano, Antonio (1997). "Antonietta De Lillo". Loro di Napoli: il nuovo cinema napoletano 1986-1997. Edizioni della battaglia. pp. 133-.
  3. ^ Grassi, Giovanna (12 April 1987). "Scola e Avati in lotta per il David di Donatello". Corriere della Sera. p. 15.
  4. ^ D'Arcangelo, Dino (18 March 1996). "Alla scoperta del dolore". La Repubblica. p. 31.
  5. ^ Tricomi, Antonio (7 August 2001). "A Locarno dalla parte dei bambini". La Repubblica. p. 14.
  6. ^ Young, Deborah (12 October 2004). "The Remains Of Nothing". Variety. Retrieved 20 July 2024.