Lino Del Fra

Lino Del Fra (20 June 1927 – 19 July 1997) was an Italian director, screenwriter and film critic.[1][2]

Biography

Born in Rome, Del Fra graduated in philosophy and pedagogy from the Sapienza University of Rome, and started his career as a film critic, collaborating among others with the newspaper L'Avanti and the cinema magazines Cinema Nuovo and Bianco e Nero.[3] He began his career as a documentary filmmaker in 1960.[3] As a documentarist, he is best known for the 1962 film All'armi, siam fascisti!, he co-directed with Lino Miccichè and his wife and usual collaborator Cecilia Mangini.[3]

In 1961, he won the San Marco Lion at the Venice International Film Festival for the short film Fata Morgana, which deals with southern Italian emigrants to Northern Italy.[3]

After directing a segment of the anthology film I misteri di Roma, Del Fra made his narrative feature film debut in 1973, with Cake in the Sky.[3] He won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival for the 1977 film Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison.[4]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Povoledo, Elisabetta (January 24, 2020). "A Legendary Documentary Maker Closes 'an Open Wound'". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "La torta in cielo (1973) di Lino Del Fra - Recensione | Quinlan.it". December 25, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e Poppi, Roberto (2002). "Del Fra, Lino". I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore. p. 142. ISBN 978-88-8440-171-7.
  4. ^ "The filmmaker Cecilia Mangini, pioneer of the Italian documentary, dies at the age of 93 – Las Noticias de Chihuahua – Entrelíneas". Latest News, Breaking News, Top News Headlines. January 23, 2021.
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