Nico Cirasola Explained
| Nico Cirasola |
| Birth Place: | Gravina in Puglia, Italy |
| Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Occupation: | Film director, screenwriter, producer and actor |
Nico Cirasola (27 May 1951 – 3 April 2023) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor.
Life and career
Born in Gravina in Puglia, a film buff since childhood, in 1982 Cirasola wrote the book Da Angelo Musco a Massimo Troisi - Il cinema comico meridionale ("From Angelo Musco to Massimo Troisi - The Southern Comedy Cinema").[1] After directing the never completed Super 8 film Tuta blu, he made his official feature film debut in 1989 with the road movie Odore di pioggia, starring Renzo Arbore.
Cirasola's films were all self-produced independent productions, always set in Apulia, and often characterized by satirical and political commitments.[2] His works include Bell’Epoker (2003), a satire about the 1991 Teatro Petruzzelli fire, Focaccia Blues (2009), a documentary about a successful focaccia shop in Altamura which forced the local McDonald's shop to close due to lack of customers, and Rudy Valentino - Divo dei divi (2017), a film starring Claudia Cardinale and Alessandro Haber about a little-known 1923 trip of Rudolph Valentino in his hometown.[3] Cirasola was also active as a character actor.
Filmography
- As Actor
- Smell of Rain (1989)
- Un altro giorno ancora, directed by Tonino Zangardi (1995)
- The Summer of Bobby Charlton, directed by Massimo Guglielmi (1995)
- My name is Nico Cirasola, directed by Giovanni Piperno (1998), documentary
- Albania blues (2000)
- Sangue vivo, directed by Edoardo Winspeare (2000)
- Francesca and Nunziata, directed by Lina Wertmüller (2001), TV movie
- Bell'epoker (2003)
- Mr. Gi Bi (2010), short film
- If you are like this I say yes, directed by Eugenio Cappuccio (2011)
- The Wholly Family, short film, directed by Terry Gilliam (2011)
- The confectioner, directed by Luigi Sardiello (2012)
- As director and screenwriter
- Smell of Rain (1989)
- Stonde, Stonde, Seneca's nettles, an episode of the film Corsica (1991)
- Da do da (1994)
- Albania blues (2000)
- Bell'epoker (2003)
- Focaccia blues (2009)
- Mr. Gi Bi (2010), short film
- Rudy Valentino - Star of stars (2017)
Death
Cirasola died on 3 April 2023, at the age of 71.
External links
Notes and References
- News: Redazione . Cinema pugliese in lutto: è scomparso il regista Nico Cirasola . 5 April 2023 . . 3 April 2023 . it.
- News: Silvestri . Silvana . Politica e ironia, le sottili armi affilate di Nico Cirasola . 5 April 2023 . . 3 April 2023 . en.
- News: Gaeta . Antonella W. . E' morto Nico Cirasola, il regista pugliese aveva 71 anni . 5 April 2023 . La Repubblica. 3 April 2023 . it.
