Alberto Negrin

Alberto Negrin
Born (1940-01-02) 2 January 1940 (age 84)
Casablanca, Morocco
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter
Years active1965–present

Alberto Negrin (born 2 January 1940) is an Italian film director and screenwriter, known for his historical, nostalgic and political films.[1][2]

Negrin started his career as a fine art photographer.[3] In 1962 he debuted as an assistant stage director, collaborating with Orazio Costa and Giorgio Strehler.[3]

In a career spanning over four decades, Negrin has directed over 30 films and series, including the giallo film Enigma rosso (1978), Mussolini and I (1985), starring Bob Hoskins, Anthony Hopkins and Susan Sarandon, the TV miniseries The Secret of the Sahara (1987) (with Ben Kingsley), Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1989) (with Burt Lancaster), Tower of the Firstborn, Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano (2002), Il Cuore nel Pozzo (2005) and Mi Ricordo Anna Frank.[4] Negrin is also known for his long-standing association with composer Ennio Morricone, who composed music for thirteen Negrin's feature films since 1987.

The historical drama film Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano earned him a Telegatto Award for Best TV movie. Il Cuore nel Pozzo, a film about the Foibe massacres and Istrian–Dalmatian exodus, was watched by 17 million people on its first broadcast in Italy.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Docudrama on European Television: A Selective Survey, Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, Derek Paget Springer, August 13th, 2016
  2. ^ Mediterranean Frontiers: Borders, Conflict and Memory in a Transnational World, Dimitar Bechev, Kalypso Nicolaidis, November 30th 2009
  3. ^ a b Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
  4. ^ Films directed by Alberto Negrin letterboxd.com, retrieved on July 22nd, 2016