Known For
Directing
Born
May 26, 1956
Place of Birth
Casalmaggiore, Cremona, Lombardy, Italy
Credits
35 titles
Davide Ferrario
Biography
Davide Ferrario (born 26 June 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and author. Born in Casalmaggiore, Cremona, Ferrario graduated in Anglo-American literature, then he began to work in film distribution, and he contributed to import in Italy many indie films by John Sayles, Jim Jarmusch, Susan Seidelman, Godfrey Reggio. He also collaborated as a film critic with the cinema magazine Cineforum, and he wrote a monograph about Rainer Werner Fassbinder. After collaborating to several screenplays, Ferrario made his directorial debut in 1987 with the short film Non date da mangiare agli animali, and in 1989 he directed his first feature film, the neo-noir The End of the Night. His 2004 film After Midnight entered the Forum section at the 54th Berlin International Film Festival, in which Ferrario won the Caligari Film Prize and the Don Quixote Award. Also a novelist, his 1995 debut novel Dissolvenza al nero was later adapted into a film, Fade to Black by Oliver Parker.
Known For
Filmography
Behind a Portrait. The Italian Treasures from Accademia Carrara
Producer
Italo Calvino nelle città
Director
Zamora
Portiere
Umberto Eco: A Library of the World
Writer
A guardia di una fede
Producer
Boys
Screenplay
Handbook of Movie Theaters' History
Producer
Blood on the Crown
Director
Torino 20venti - Storie da un altro mondo
Himself
Nuovo cinema paralitico
Director
Star stuff
Producer
Cento anni
Screenplay
Sexxx
Producer
La zuppa del demonio
Screenplay
La luna su Torino
Writer
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
Piazza Garibaldi
Producer
Tutta colpa di Giuda
Writer
Primo Levi's Journey
Director
Fade to Black
Novel
Se devo essere sincera
Director
After Midnight
Producer
Mondonuovo
Himself
I-TIGI a Gibellina - Racconto per Ustica
Director
Guardami
Director
In principio erano le mutande
Screenplay
Homo Cinematographicus
Self
Children of Hannibal
Story
Sul 45° parallelo
Director
We All Fall Down
Screenplay
Partigiani
Director
Materiale resistente
Director
Love Burns
Director
La fine della notte
Reporter
Matewan
Gianni