Antonello Grimaldi

Antonello Grimaldi (actually Antonio Luigi Grimaldi, born August 14, 1955 in Sassari, Sardinia ) is an Italian film director.

Life

Grimaldi studied in his native city of Sassari Jura. From 1980 to 1983, he received a directing course at the Gaumont film school in Rome. His directorial debut was in 1985 with the produced by Renzo Rossellini episode film Juke Box. After working as a journalist and experience as a program manager at RAITre he laid in 1988 before his first independent feature film Nulla ci può fermare. The third film Il cielo è semper più blu of 1995 managed to go abroad on festivals and eventually into the British cinema. In Germany, he was shown at the 1996 Berlinale in the Panorama section. After two more movies followed some Italian TV productions. In 2008 he made ​​his most successful film Quiet Chaos with Nanni Moretti in the lead role. Moretti also wrote the screenplay. The film was invited to the Berlinale competition in 2008 and nominated for numerous David di Donatello. He won the Italian film prize finally in the categories of Best Music, Best Song and Alessandro Gassman received the award for Best Supporting Actor. For some productions Grimaldi worked as an overall manager, other than an actor.

Mid-1980s had already founded the film company "Vertigo", which produces documentaries and advertising films Grimaldi.

Filmography (selection)

• 2000: An impossible crime ( Un delitto impossibile )
• 2004: The Legend Continues (La moglie cinese )
• 2008: Quiet Chaos ( Caos calmo )