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Fabio Carpi

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Fabio Carpi
Born19 January 1925
Milan, Italy
Died26 December 2018(2018-12-26) (aged 93)
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter

Fabio Carpi (19 January 1925 – 26 December 2018)[1] was an Italian director, screenwriter, and author.

Life and career

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Born in Milan in the 1940s, Carpi began his career as a film critic for the newspapers Libera Stampa and L'Unità.[2] He moved to Brazil in 1951 where he started collaborating on some screenplays. He returned to Italy in 1954, and until 1971, he was active as a screenwriter for notable directors such as Antonio Pietrangeli, Dino Risi, and Vittorio De Seta.[2] He won a Nastro d'Argento for the screenplay of Nelo Risi's Diary of a Schizophrenic Girl [3]in 1971. From 1957 he was also a critically acclaimed novelist and essayist.[2] His novel, Patchwork, won the Bagutta Prize in 1998.[4]

After a 1968 documentary short, in 1972 Carpi made his feature film debut with the drama Corpo d'amore.[2] His films were referred to as "figuratively accurate, literary, often metaphorical and difficult to understand", and "deep explorations of the human psyche".[2]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Addio Fabio Carpi, il cinema necessario di un autore innamorato della parola". Bookciakmagazine (in Italian). 31 December 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
  3. ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
  4. ^ ""Patchwork" di Carpi premiato con il Bagutta". Corriere della Sera. 30 November 1998. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
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