Paolo Virzì
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Biography
Paolo Virzi was born in LivornoLivorno
Livorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :...
, Italy in 1964, the son of a police officer in the Carabinieri
Carabinieri
The Carabinieri is the national gendarmerie of Italy, policing both military and civilian populations, and is a branch of the armed forces.-Early history:...
and a former singer. After spending his early childhood in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
in the north of Italy, Virzi’s family moved back to Livorno
Livorno
Livorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :...
where he grew up in the working class area of “Le Sorgenti”. As a small boy, he started to cultivate his lifelong passion for literature: Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
and Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
were among his favourite authors and their classic “coming of age” novels would later serve as a model for his future screenplays.
As a teenager, Virzi’s versatility was already in evidence as he threw himself into writing, directing and acting in plays for drama companies in Livorno
Livorno
Livorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :...
. He formed an artistic partnership with his schoolmate Francesco Bruni
Francesco Bruni
Francesco Bruni was an Italian engraver. He engraved a plate of The Assumption of the Virgin after Guido Reni.-References:...
, who would later become his trusted co-screenwriter. For a time, Paolo attended Literature and Philosophy classes at Pisa University and shot some short films and a few longer features that have since vanished in the annals of time. He then left Livorno for Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, where he studied screenwriting at the historic Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
The Centro sperimentale di cinematografia was established in 1935 in Italy and aims to promote the art and technique of cinematography and film....
film school, graduating in 1987. His teachers included prestigious film director, Gianni Amelio
Gianni Amelio
Gianni Amelio is an Italian film director.-Biography:Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano, province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence with his mother and his grandmother...
and the screenwriter of some of the greatest Italian movies of all time, Furio Scarpelli
Furio Scarpelli
Furio Scarpelli , also called Scarpelli, was an Italian screenwriter, famous for his collaboration on numerous Commedia all'italiana films with Agenore Incrocci, forming the duo Age & Scarpelli....
: Scarpelli was to play a crucial role in Virzi’s life, becoming his mentor and his guide, his “maestro” in other words. Paolo co-wrote with Scarpelli the screenplay for Giulian Montaldo’s “Tempo di Uccidere
Tempo di uccidere
Tempo di uccidere is a 1989 dramatic film starring Nicolas Cage. It is directed by Giuliano Montaldo. The film is set in 1936, when Ethiopia was an Italian colony, and was filmed in Zimbabwe...
”, based on the novel by Ennio Flaiano
Ennio Flaiano
Ennio Flaiano , was an Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist and drama critic...
and starring Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage is an American actor, producer and director, having appeared in over 60 films including Raising Arizona , The Rock , Face/Off , Gone in 60 Seconds , Adaptation , National Treasure , Ghost Rider , Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans , and...
. Between the late 80s and early 90s, he also co-wrote the screenplays of Turnè (On Tour) (1990) directed by Gabriele Salvatores
Gabriele Salvatores
Gabriele Salvatores , is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter.-Biography:Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directed several avant-garde pieces until 1989.In that year, he directed his...
, Condominio (1991) directed by Felice Farina
Felice farina
Felice Farina is an Italian director.Felice Farina is a Rome based artist. He grew through the ferment of Roman avant-garde theatre, both as an actor and backstage, developing - at the same time - a strong interest in animation and special/optical effects for film making...
and Centro Storico (1982) directed by Roberto Giannarelli. He also worked with the famous Neapolitan writer Raffaele La Capria
Raffaele La Capria
Raffaele La Capria is an Italian writer, known especially for the three novels which were collected as Tre romanzi di una giornata.-Biography:...
on a TV movie directed by Alberto Negrin and adapted from the novel Una questione privata (A Private Affair) by Beppe Fenoglio
Beppe Fenoglio
Beppe Fenoglio was an Italian writer. His work was published in a critical edition after his death, but controversy remains about his book Il partigiano Johnny , often considered his best work, which was published posthumously in 1968.The works of...
, starring young British actor and star of Room with a View
A Room with a View (film)
A Room with a View is a 1985 British drama film directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant. The film is a close adaptation of E. M...
, Rupert Graves
Rupert Graves
Rupert Graves is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his role as DI Lestrade in the critically acclaimed television series Sherlock.-Early life:...
.
Career
Encouraged by Italian film producer Angelo RizzoliAngelo Rizzoli
Angelo Rizzoli was an Italian publisher and film producer.- Early life :Orphaned at a young age and raised in poverty, Rizzoli rose to prosperity...
, Virzi made his directorial début in 1994, with "La Bella Vita", originally titled "Dimenticare Piombino" (Forgetting Piombino) after the Tuscan city the film is set in. Loosely based on Mario Monicelli
Mario Monicelli
Mario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana , three times nominated for Oscar.-Biography:...
’s Italian comedy style classic, “Romanzo Popolare", (incidentally scripted by Age and Scarpelli), Virzi’s first feature film stars Sabrina Ferilli
Sabrina Ferilli
Sabrina Ferilli is an Italian theater and movie actress.- Selected filmography :* Natale a Beverly Hills * Tutta la vita davanti * Natale A New York * Dalida...
and Massimo Ghini
Massimo Ghini
Massimo Ghini is an Italian actor. He has worked with Franco Zeffirelli, Giorgio Strehler, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, and Gabriele Lavia, among others. He is married to actress Nancy Brilli, and is the father of four children....
, and tells the story of a love triangle set against the backdrop of the irreversible identity crisis of the Italian working class. The movie was presented at the 1994 Venice International Film Festival and won the Ciak d’Oro prize, the Nastro d’Argento (Silver Ribbon) award and the prestigious David di Donatello
David di Donatello
David di Donatello, named after Donatello's David, is a movie award assigned each year for cinematic performances and production by Ente David di Donatello, part of Accademia del Cinema Italiano. It is the Italian equivalent to the Academy Award. There are 24 categories as of 2006.- History :The...
Award in the “Best New Director” category. With this début, Paolo revealed his exceptional talent in directing actors.
In his next film Ferie D'Agosto (1995), featuring a stunning cast (Silvio Orlando
Silvio Orlando
Silvio Orlando is an Italian actor.Orlando was born in Naples. He worked with numerous Italian directors such as Nanni Moretti, Daniele Luchetti, Carlo Mazzacurati, Gabriele Salvatores and others...
, Laura Morante
Laura Morante
Laura Morante is an Italian film actress.She was born in Santa Fiora, province of Grosseto , and is the niece of renowned Italian novelist Elsa Morante.-Career:...
, Ennio Fantastichini, Sabrina Ferilli
Sabrina Ferilli
Sabrina Ferilli is an Italian theater and movie actress.- Selected filmography :* Natale a Beverly Hills * Tutta la vita davanti * Natale A New York * Dalida...
and Piero Natoli), the island of Ventotene
Ventotene
Ventotene, in Roman times known as Pandataria or Pandateria from the Greek Pandoteira, is one of the Pontine Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of Gaeta right at the border between Lazio and Campania, Italy...
sets the scene for a feud between two families on holiday. In this comedy, Virzi reflects on the political revolution that took place in Italy after the introduction of the majority electoral system, Silvio Berlusconi’s entry into politics and the subsequent transformation of a country called
to choose between one of two opposed political formations. FERIE D’AGOSTO won the David Award for Best Film of the year.
Ovosodo
Ovosodo
Ovosodo is a 1997 Italian comedy film, written and directed by Paolo Virzi....
(Hardboiled Egg) (1997), named after a neighbourhood in Livorno
Livorno
Livorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :...
, is one of Virzi’s most personal films. The lead role is played by Edoardo Gabbriellini, one of the new Italian film talents discovered by Virzi. Despite of its strong ties to local accents and lifestyle, “Ovosodo” received wide acclaim from critics and audiences alike: the jury of the Venice International Film Festival presided over by Jane Campion
Jane Campion
Jane Campion is a filmmaker and screenwriter. She is one of the most internationally successful New Zealand directors, although most of her work has been made in or financed by other countries, principally Australia – where she now lives – and the United States...
, awarded Paolo Virzi the Jury Grand Prix
Jury Grand Prix
The Jury Grand Prix is a Silver Bear award given by the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival to one of the feature films in competition...
.
In 1999, Virzi directed Baci e Abbracci (Kisses and Hugs), a blend of fable, social comedy and a Christmas tale à la Dickens. Yet its most obvious reference is to Gogol’s “The Inspector General” that had already inspired Luigi Zampa
Luigi Zampa
Luigi Zampa was an Italian film-maker.- Biography :Son of a worker, Zampa studied film making from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome....
’s “Anni Ruggenti” in 1962. Baci e Abbracci is an ensemble piece about a group of ex-factory workers who try to start up an ostrich farm in the middle of Tuscany. In this movie, Virzi once again portrays Italian provincial society seduced by the irresistible appeal of modernity. His younger brother, Carlo Virzì, who plays the frontman of a band called “Snaporaz”, is in fact the author of the music of several of Virzi’s films and made his own film début in 2006 with “L’Estate del mio Primo Bacio”, written and scripted by Paolo.
The financial troubles of Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori is an Italian film producer and politician.Born in Florence, he is the son of Mario Cecchi Gori. He has produced numerous films, most notably Il Postino , which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.He was also senator from the Italian People's Party.He owned...
, producer and distributor of Virzi’s first films, slowed down the making of My name is Tanino
My Name is Tanino
My Name is Tanino is a 2002 comedy film directed by Paolo Virzì. The picaresque plot is about Tanino, an Italian liberal arts student who falls in love with a young American tourist met in Sicily and decides to track her down in the United States....
(2002). Shot between Sicily, Canada and the United States, the shooting of the film was beset with difficulties: the screenplay written by Virzi, Francesco Bruni
Francesco Bruni
Francesco Bruni was an Italian engraver. He engraved a plate of The Assumption of the Virgin after Guido Reni.-References:...
and the writer Francesco Piccolo
Francesco Piccolo
Francesco Piccolo is an Italian author of novels, short stories and screen plays.Piccolo was born at Caserta. His novels and short story collections include Allegro occidentale, E se c'ero dormivo, Il tempo imperfetto, and Storie di primogeniti e figli unici ; l'Italia spensierata ; and La...
had to be rewritten several times during the filming to counter financial cutbacks. The main actor was once again a newcomer, Corrado Fortuna, who plays a young man who escapes from his native Sicily to go to the United States in pursuit of the American dream.
Virzi’s next feature, Caterina va in città (Caterina in the Big City
Caterina in the Big City
Caterina va in città is an Italian movie directed by Paolo Virzì and written by Virzì and Francesco Bruni.-Plot:...
) (2003), is dedicated to Rome, a city loved and hated by the director, with its enthralling discoveries and its bitter set-backs. Young newcomer Alice Teghil
Alice Teghil
Alice Teghil is an Italian film actress who was born on 23 January 1989 in Rome, Italy. She has starred as Caterina in the 2003 Italian teen drama Caterina in the Big City which appeared at the Sundance film festival.-References:...
plays the part of Caterina, a naive, provincial girl with a candid and disoriented view of the world. The film’s young heroine is flung from the quiet town of Montalto di Castro into the Roman labyrinth, because her father – a frustrated small town intellectual engagingly played by Italian film and TV star, Sergio Castellitto
Sergio Castellitto
Sergio Castellitto is an Italian actor and director.Castellitto attended the academy of dramatic art and dedicated himself to theatre soon after, working with many famous actors such as Luigi Squarzina, Aldo Trionfo and Enzo Muzii...
– decides to move to the big city. Margherita Buy
Margherita Buy
Margherita Buy is an Italian actress born in Rome on 15 January 1962.-Overview:After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her breakthrough role in Duccio Tessari's Una grande storia d'amore , which was followed by roles in Daniele Luchetti's two projects Domani...
won the David di Donatello
David di Donatello
David di Donatello, named after Donatello's David, is a movie award assigned each year for cinematic performances and production by Ente David di Donatello, part of Accademia del Cinema Italiano. It is the Italian equivalent to the Academy Award. There are 24 categories as of 2006.- History :The...
and the Nastro d’Argento awards for Best Actress in 2004 in the role of Caterina’s mother, while Alice Teghil won the Guglelmo Biraghi award.
N (Io e Napoleone) (2006), adapted from the novel by Ernesto Ferrero, is Virzi’s attempt at combining the Italian style comedy genre, with a historic period piece. The film focuses on the relationship between intellectuals and power and the nineteenth century plot is peppered with allusions to the present day: the parallel between Napoleon and Sivio Berlusconi is at times quite explicit. N features an international cast starring Elio Germano
Elio Germano
Elio Germano is an Italian actor.Born in Rome, he debuted, aged twelve, in the Castellano e Pipolo's movie Ci hai rotto papà...
(assigned his first starring roles by Virzi and winner of Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
in 2010), Monica Bellucci
Monica Bellucci
Monica Anna Maria Bellucci is an Italian actress and fashion model.-Early life:Bellucci was born in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy as the only child of Luigi Bellucci, who was born in the British protectorate of Zanzibar, East Pakistan...
and Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil is a French film, television and theatre actor.-Early life and education:He was born in Algiers, French Algeria.-Career:...
.
Virzi’s next project, the ensemble piece Tutta la vita davanti
Tutta la vita davanti
Tutta la vita davanti is an Italian movie directed by Paolo Virzì and written by Virzì and Francesco Bruni.-Cast:* Isabella Ragonese — Marta* Sabrina Ferilli — Daniela* Massimo Ghini — Claudio...
, is one of his most scathing and bitter films. In this grotesque comedy with its apocalyptic vision of the world of work, the real main issue of the movie set in a call center, is the theme of insecurity: in jobs, in love, in life. The cast sees Isabella Ragonese
Isabella Ragonese
-Selected filmography:- External links :...
as the determined and plucky protagonist, Sabrina Ferilli
Sabrina Ferilli
Sabrina Ferilli is an Italian theater and movie actress.- Selected filmography :* Natale a Beverly Hills * Tutta la vita davanti * Natale A New York * Dalida...
(in an unusual role for her) and Micaela Ramazzotti. The film won a clutch of awards, including the Silver Ribbon and the Italian Globo d’Oro for Best Film, the Ciak d’Oro for Best Film and Best Director, as well as many prizes awarded to the actors of the movie: Sabrina Ferilli
Sabrina Ferilli
Sabrina Ferilli is an Italian theater and movie actress.- Selected filmography :* Natale a Beverly Hills * Tutta la vita davanti * Natale A New York * Dalida...
(Ciak d’Oro, Silver Ribbon, Globo d’Oro), Isabella Ragonese
Isabella Ragonese
-Selected filmography:- External links :...
(Guglelmo Biraghi prize as Best Newcomer of the Year) and Micaela Ramazzotti (Kinèo Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role).
In October 2008, the Annecy cinéma italien awarded Paolo Virzi the Sergio Leone Award in recognition for his overall career achievement. In August of the same year, Virzi and his film crew returned to his hometown of Livorno to shoot “L’Uomo che aveva picchiato la testa”, a documentary about local singer-songwriter Bobo Rondelli. The film was produced by Motorino Amaranto, the film production company Virzi founded in 2001.
Again with Motorino Amaranto and with Indiana Production once again in Livorno, in 2009 Virzi shot La prima cosa bella
The First Beautiful Thing
The First Beautiful Thing is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010...
- The first beautiful thing - , released in Italy on 15 January 2010. The film stars Micaela Ramazzotti, Valerio Mastandrea
Valerio Mastandrea
Valerio Mastandrea is an Italian film actor. Mastandrea was born at Garbatella, Rome, Italy. He is a former philosophy student turned actor.-Awards:...
, Claudia Pandolfi and Stefania Sandrelli
Stefania Sandrelli
Stefania Sandrelli is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the commedia all'Italiana, starting from 1960s. She was 15 years old when she starred in Divorce, Italian Style, as Marcello Mastroianni's cousin, Angela.She was born in Viareggio, Tuscany. She had a long relationship with...
- the unforgettable protagonist of memorable Italian films, such as Bertolucci’s “The Conformist
The Conformist
The Conformist is a novel by Alberto Moravia published in 1951, which details the life and desire for normalcy of a government official during Italy's fascist period. It is also known for the 1970 film adaptation by Bernardo Bertolucci....
” and Pietro Germi
Pietro Germi
Pietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di...
’s “Divorce, Italian Style
Divorce, Italian Style
Divorce, Italian Style is a 1961 Italian comedy film directed by Pietro Germi. The screenplay was written by Ennio De Concini, Pietro Germi, Alfredo Giannetti, and Agenore Incrocci; based on the novel Un delitto d'onore by Giovanni Arpino...
”. The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen- seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer of 1971, at the annual Summer beauty pageant held at Livorno’s most popular bathing establishment. Anna is unexpectedly crowned “Most Beautiful Mother”, unwittingly stirring the violent jealousy of her husband. From then on chaos strikes the family and for Anna, Bruno and his sister Valeria, it is the start of an adventure that will end only thirty years later. Bruno ends up living in Milan after managing to escape from Livorno and his mother. He will return to his hometown at the end of the film to be at his mother’s side during her very last days.
The film received 18 nominations for the David di Donatello
David di Donatello
David di Donatello, named after Donatello's David, is a movie award assigned each year for cinematic performances and production by Ente David di Donatello, part of Accademia del Cinema Italiano. It is the Italian equivalent to the Academy Award. There are 24 categories as of 2006.- History :The...
Award in 2010, winning three prizes for Best Screenplay (by Paolo Virzi with Francesco Bruni
Francesco Bruni
Francesco Bruni was an Italian engraver. He engraved a plate of The Assumption of the Virgin after Guido Reni.-References:...
and Francesco Piccolo
Francesco Piccolo
Francesco Piccolo is an Italian author of novels, short stories and screen plays.Piccolo was born at Caserta. His novels and short story collections include Allegro occidentale, E se c'ero dormivo, Il tempo imperfetto, and Storie di primogeniti e figli unici ; l'Italia spensierata ; and La...
), for Best Actress (Micaela Ramazzotti) and Best Actor (Valerio Mastandrea
Valerio Mastandrea
Valerio Mastandrea is an Italian film actor. Mastandrea was born at Garbatella, Rome, Italy. He is a former philosophy student turned actor.-Awards:...
).
In July 2010, La prima cosa bella
The First Beautiful Thing
The First Beautiful Thing is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010...
- The first beautiful thing - won 4 Silver Ribbon awards: Director of the Best Film of the Year (Paolo Virzi), Best Actress Micaela Ramazzotti and Stefania Sandrelli
Stefania Sandrelli
Stefania Sandrelli is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the commedia all'Italiana, starting from 1960s. She was 15 years old when she starred in Divorce, Italian Style, as Marcello Mastroianni's cousin, Angela.She was born in Viareggio, Tuscany. She had a long relationship with...
, Best Screenplay Paolo Virzi, Francesco Bruni
Francesco Bruni
Francesco Bruni was an Italian engraver. He engraved a plate of The Assumption of the Virgin after Guido Reni.-References:...
, Francesco Piccolo
Francesco Piccolo
Francesco Piccolo is an Italian author of novels, short stories and screen plays.Piccolo was born at Caserta. His novels and short story collections include Allegro occidentale, E se c'ero dormivo, Il tempo imperfetto, and Storie di primogeniti e figli unici ; l'Italia spensierata ; and La...
) and Best Costume Design to the Oscar winner Gabriella Pescucci.
The film attended many prestigious international film festivals:
- Open Roads, New York
- Shangai International Film Festival
- Annecy Cinéma Italien Film Festival
- NICE Italian Film Festival, San Francisco
The European Film Academy
European Film Academy
The European Film Academy is an initiative of a group of European filmmakers who came together in Berlin on the occasion of the first presentation of the European Film Awards in November 1988.- European Film Academy :...
shortlisted Paolo Virzi for the Best European Director award.
In September 2010, the Italian Film Industry Association (ANICA) selected La prima cosa bella
The First Beautiful Thing
The First Beautiful Thing is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010...
- The first beautiful thing - as Italy’s Official Academy Award Entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
.
On November 9, 2010, La prima cosa bella
The First Beautiful Thing
The First Beautiful Thing is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010...
- The first beautiful thing - opened the Cinema Italian style Film Festival in Los Angeles.
In January 2011, the film was presented at the Palm Springs International Film Festival
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Palm Springs International Film Festival is a film festival held in Palm Springs, California. It was started in 1989 and is held annually in January...
.
La prima cosa bella
The First Beautiful Thing
The First Beautiful Thing is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010...
- The first beautiful thing was the Italian Oscar nomination as Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist.
On January 17, 2009, Paolo Virzi married the actress Micaela Ramazzotti. Their first son (Paolo’s second child) Jacopo, was born on the 1st of March 2010.
Since April 2010, Paolo has a photographic blog on Luca Sofri’s “Il Post” blog site.
Filmography
- On Tour (1990)
- La bella vita (1994)
- Ferie d'agosto (1995)
- OvosodoOvosodoOvosodo is a 1997 Italian comedy film, written and directed by Paolo Virzi....
(1997) - Baci e abbracci (1999)
- My Name is TaninoMy Name is TaninoMy Name is Tanino is a 2002 comedy film directed by Paolo Virzì. The picaresque plot is about Tanino, an Italian liberal arts student who falls in love with a young American tourist met in Sicily and decides to track her down in the United States....
(2002) - Caterina in the Big CityCaterina in the Big CityCaterina va in città is an Italian movie directed by Paolo Virzì and written by Virzì and Francesco Bruni.-Plot:...
(2003) - N (Io e Napoleone) (2006)
- Tutta la vita davantiTutta la vita davantiTutta la vita davanti is an Italian movie directed by Paolo Virzì and written by Virzì and Francesco Bruni.-Cast:* Isabella Ragonese — Marta* Sabrina Ferilli — Daniela* Massimo Ghini — Claudio...
(2008) - La prima cosa bellaThe First Beautiful ThingThe First Beautiful Thing is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010...
- The first beautiful thing - (2010)