Talk:Maurizio Zaccaro

Maurizio Zaccaro (born May 8, 1952, Milan, Italy), is an Italian film director, cinematographer, editor and screenwriter.

Biography

Maurizio Zaccaro was born in Milan. After ending his study at the Milan Film School (1977) took on work in Ermanno Olmi Film Factory and at the same time developed several short movies. But with the debut of his movie Where the night begin- Dove comincia la notte, (1990), a horror film, he received the David di Donatello Award for Best Director and stepped into the business of film-making. This first movie, entirely shooted in United States is also one of the few that he didn't write himself. Two years later his second movie Kalkstein – The Valley of stone (1992) followed, though not released abroad, and another couple of years later the oustanding Article 2- l’Articolo 2 (1994), a movie in a style reminiscent of the movies of Italian Neorealism with an almost poetic-like atmosphere. L’ Articolo 2 won the Solinas award for best screenplay. In 1996, Zaccaro made the war movie The game bag – il Carniere, which also won David di Donatello for best supporting actor award. Later he directed an other important movie as A respectable man,- Un uomo perbene a movie on the terrible legal-thriller on Enzo Tortora, a well known anchorman of Italian television. a respectable man Won the Pasinetti award in Venice Film Festival 1999, an other David di Donatello for best supporting actor award and a Silver Ribbon for best screenplay. Zaccaro then showed his ability to direct TV movies as well. It resulted in the two successful fictions Cuore (2001) and I ragazzi della via Pal (2003). Some others of his most successfull tv films were Al di là delle frontiere (2004), Mafalda di Savoia (2005) and Il bambino della domenica (2007). All these movies share a real and powerfull atmosphere and numerous critics consider them to be materpieces.