Carlo Virzì Explained
Carlo Virzì |
Birth Date: | 1972 6, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Livorno, Tuscany, Italy |
Occupation: | musician, screenwriter, director |
Yearsactive: | 1997–present |
Carlo Virzì (pronounced as /it/; born 2 June 1972) is an Italian musician, director and screenwriter.
Born in Livorno, Virzì was the singer and guitarist of the rock band Snaporaz from 1997 to 2001; he is also the composer of the soundtracks for many films of his brother Paolo Virzì.[1] His first film as director and screenwriter was L'estate del mio primo bacio (2006).[1]
In 2011, the Bari International Film Festival awarded him the Ennio Morricone Prize for the best composer for the film The First Beautiful Thing.
Filmography
Director
- L'estate del mio primo bacio (2006)
- The Greatest of All (Italian: I più grandi di tutti) (2012)
Screenwriter
Composer
- Ovosodo , directed by Paolo Virzì (1997, like Snaporaz)
- Hugs and kisses , directed by Paolo Virzì (1999, like Snaporaz)
- My Name Is Tanino , directed by Paolo Virzì (2002)
- Caterina in the Big City , directed by Paolo Virzì (2003)
- L'estate del mio primo bacio (2006)
- The First Beautiful Thing , directed by Paolo Virzì (2010)
- The Greatest of All (2012)
- Human Capital (Italian: Il capitale umano) , directed by Paolo Virzì (2014)
- God Willing (Italian: Se Dio vuole) (2015)
- Like Crazy (Italian: La pazza gioia) , directed by Paolo Virzì (2016)
- Friends by Chance, directed by Francesco Bruni (2017)
- The Leisure Seeker, directed by Paolo Virzì (2017)
- Magical Nights (Italian: Notti magiche), directed by Paolo Virzì (2018)
- Felicità (2023)
Notes and References
- News: Riccardo Marra. I più grandi di tutti!. 22 February 2015. Ustation. 12 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20150223003250/http://www.ustation.it/articoli/1718-i-piu-grandi-di-tutti. 23 February 2015. dead.