Mario Morra

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Mario Morra (born 1935) is an Italian film editor, director and screenwriter.

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Born in Rome, Morra began working as an assistant editor in the early 1960s, and made his debut as film editor in 1964. [1] He gradually established himself up as one of the most representative of his profession, very active in art films as well as in less ambitious works. [1] In 1990 he was nominated to BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso . [2]

In the 1970s and 1980s, Morra was also director or writer of several successful documentaries and Mondo films, often in collaboration with Antonio Climati like Turbo Time a documentary about the world of car and motorcycle racing.. [1]

Selected filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registi. Gramese, 2002.
  2. "Tornatore all'oscar britannico". La Repubblica . 15 February 1991. Retrieved 3 March 2014.