Pasquale Pozzessere | |
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Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
Occupation(s) | film director, screenwriter |
Pasquale Pozzessere (born in 1957) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Born in Lizzano, Taranto in the mid-1980s Pozzessere abandoned his medicine university studies to enter the cinema industry working as a script supervisor for Pupi Avati and as assistant director of Francesco Maselli. [1] After directing a number of short films, [1] he made his feature film debut in 1992, with Verso Sud, for which he was nominated to a David di Donatello for Best New Director [2] and won the Grolla d'oro in the same category. [3] The film also won the Grand Prix at the Annecy Film Festival. [4]
Pasquale Pozzessere | |
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Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
Occupation(s) | film director, screenwriter |
Pasquale Pozzessere (born in 1957) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Born in Lizzano, Taranto in the mid-1980s Pozzessere abandoned his medicine university studies to enter the cinema industry working as a script supervisor for Pupi Avati and as assistant director of Francesco Maselli. [1] After directing a number of short films, [1] he made his feature film debut in 1992, with Verso Sud, for which he was nominated to a David di Donatello for Best New Director [2] and won the Grolla d'oro in the same category. [3] The film also won the Grand Prix at the Annecy Film Festival. [4]