Giuseppe Ferrara
Giuseppe Ferrara ( born July 15, 1932 in Castel Fiorentino ) is an Italian film critic, documentary filmmaker and film director.
Life
Ferrara was inspired at an early age by the film, founded a film club and wrote his thesis in 1957 at the University of Florence on the " Nuovo Cinema Italiano ". After moving to Rome, he completed the course at the Centro Sperimentale di Director of Cinematography in 1959. In the following years came not only popular documentaries that dealt with political issues and current sociological problems, but also two books about the movies Luchino Visconti and Francesco Rosi. 1970 to 1976 was followed by a spectacle encyclopedia in 80 deliveries. He also wrote for numerous film periodicals and was a member of the Association of Film Critics.
In addition to his films for the Italian, he also worked for the Bulgarian and Cuban television until 1970 he began a new chapter of his work - Ferrara now directed feature films. In these he pursued his sociological topics politics, mafia, terrorism and drugs. This Cento giorni a Palermo with, Il caso Moro Giovanni Falcone and milestones created this kinoform.
For independent as possible financing his films Ferrara in 1969 founded the cooperative Cine 2000.
Twice Ferrara was awarded the Nastro d' Argento Italian Film Awards: 1961 experimental for the best short film in 1974 for best short film.