Dario Argento is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and critic. His influential work in the horror genre during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, has led him to being referred to as the "Master of the Thrill" and the "Master of Horror".
Asia Argento is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with appearances in XXX (2002), Land of the Dead (2005) and Marie Antoinette (2006). Her other notable acting credits include Queen Margot (1994), Let's Not Keep in Touch (1994), Traveling Companion (1996), Last Days (2005) and Islands (2011). Argento is the recipient of several accolades, including two David di Donatello awards for Best Actress and three Italian Golden Globes. Her directorial credits include The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) and Misunderstood (2014).
Gianni Amelio is an Italian film director.
Ettore Scola was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film A Special Day and over the course of his film career was nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
Fabrizio Bentivoglio is an Italian cinema and theatre actor and screenwriter.
Paolo Sorrentino is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. His 2013 film La Grande Bellezza won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe, and the Bafta Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In Italy he was honoured with eight David di Donatello and six Nastro d'Argento.
The Nastro d'Argento is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani the association of Italian film critics.
Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker. Born in Rome, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, in 1996 Garrone won the Sacher d'Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film Silhouette, that became one of the three episodes that are on his first long feature, Terra di Mezzo in 1997.
The Nastro d'Argento is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.
Transylvania is a 2006 French drama film starring Asia Argento. In 2006, Director Tony Gatlif and composer Delphine Mantoulet won the Georges Delerue Prize at the Flanders International Film Festival for the score, and Gatlif was nominated for the Grand Prix award. Transylvania premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival in France on 28 May, and premiered in the United States on 16 March 2007 at the Cleveland International Film Festival and in the United Kingdom at the Cambridge Film Festival on 6 July 2007.
Young Husbands is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. For this film Armando Nannuzzi won a Silver Ribbon for Best Cinematography.
Ida Di Benedetto is an Italian actress and film producer.
August Vacation is a 1995 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Virzì.
Le acrobate is a 1997 Italian drama film directed by Silvio Soldini and starring Licia Maglietta and Valeria Golino. It was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1997 in the Directors' Fortnight section.
No Skin is a 1994 Italian drama film written and directed by Alessandro D'Alatri. It entered the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section at the 47th Cannes Film Festival. For this film D'Alatri won the David di Donatello, the Nastro d'Argento and the Ciak d'oro for best screenplay.
In the Beginning There Was Underwear is a 1999 Italian romantic comedy film written and directed by Anna Negri. It was screened in the "Forum" section at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.
Teresa Saponangelo is an Italian film, television and stage actress.
The Grey Zone is a 1997 Italian drama film written and directed by Franco Bernini. It entered into the competition at the International Critics' Week of the 50th Cannes Film Festival. The film won the Grolla d'oro for best screenplay.
The Dust of Naples is a 1998 Italian comedy film written and directed by Antonio Capuano.
Nostalgia is a 2022 Italian-French drama film based on a 2016 novel by Ermanno Rea, co-written and directed by Mario Martone.
