Fabio Garriba Explained

Fabio Garriba
Birth Date:13 November 1944
Birth Place:Soave, Italy
Death Place:Verona, Italy
Occupation:Actor

Fabio Garriba (13 November 1944 – 9 August 2016) was an Italian stage, film and television actor.

Life and career

Born in Soave, Garriba started his career on stage, and in 1969 he made his film debut in Dziga Vertov Group's Wind from the East.[1] He later worked with prominent directors such as Roberto Rossellini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Ettore Scola, Marco Bellocchio and Luigi Magni.[1] [2] He also had leading roles in films directed by his twin brother Mario, notably the Golden Leopard winner On the Point of Death.[1] [2]

Garriba also worked as assistant director for Bernardo Bertolucci, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Marco Ferreri and Carmelo Bene. His only work as director, the short film I parenti tutti, was screened at the 68th Venice International Film Festival alongside his brother's works in the retrospective "Orizzonti 1960-1978".[2] Garriba also published several collections of poetries.[2]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1970Wind from the East
1971Anche per Django le carogne hanno un prezzo
1971Er più: storia d'amore e di coltello
1971On the Point of Death
1972Il sorriso della iena
1972Storia di confine
1972The Scientific Cardplayer
1972Slap the Monster on Page One Roveda
1972Agostino d'Ippona Marcellino TV movie
1972La cosa buffa Benito
1972I bandoleros della dodicesima ora
1972I racconti di Canterbury N. 2
1973Canterbury n. 2: Nuove Storie d'amore del '300
1973Those Dirty Dogs Mexican Bandit
1973Giorni d'amore sul filo di una lama
1974La via dei babbuini Orazio
1975Quant'è bella la Bernarda, tutta nera, tutta calda Friar (segment "Frate Fontanarosa")
19761900 Peasant at Attila's execution
1979Ammazzare il tempo
1980La terrazza Giorgio Campi, registe
1985Piccoli fuochi (final film role)

Notes and References

  1. Book: Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli Attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. 8884402131. 261–2. Garriba, Fabio.
  2. News: Angela Bosetto. Addio Fabio Garriba, il poeta del cinema. 21 August 2016. L'Arena. 12 August 2016. 26 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160826125412/http://www.larena.it/home/spettacoli/personaggi/addio-fabio-garriba-il-poeta-del-cinema-1.5062505. dead.