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Nico Cirasola

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Nico Cirasola
Born27 May 1951 (1951-05-27)
Gravina in Puglia, Italy
Died3 April 2023 (2023-04-04) (aged 71)
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, producer and actor

Nico Cirasola (27 May 1951 – 3 April 2023) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

Life and career

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Born in Gravina in Puglia, a film buff since childhood, in 1982 Cirasola wrote the book Da Angelo Musco a Massimo Troisi - Il cinema comico meridionale ("From Angelo Musco to Massimo Troisi - The Southern Comedy Cinema").[1][2] After directing the never completed Super 8 film Tuta blu, he made his official feature film debut in 1989 with the road movie Odore di pioggia, starring Renzo Arbore.[1]

Cirasola's films were all self-produced independent productions, always set in Apulia, and often characterized by satirical and political commitments.[1] His works include Bell’Epoker (2003), a satire about the 1991 Teatro Petruzzelli fire, Focaccia Blues (2009), a documentary about a successful focaccia shop in Altamura which forced the local McDonald's shop to close due to lack of customers, and Rudy Valentino - Divo dei divi (2017), a film starring Claudia Cardinale and Alessandro Haber about a little-known 1923 trip of Rudolph Valentino in his hometown.[1][3] Cirasola was also active as a character actor.[1][2]

Filmography

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As Actor
  • Smell of Rain (Italian: Odore di pioggia) (1989)
  • Un altro giorno ancora, (Italian: L'estate di Bobby Charlton) directed by Tonino Zangardi (1995)
  • The Summer of Bobby Charlton, directed by Massimo Guglielmi (1995)
  • My name is Nico Cirasola, (Italian: Il mio nome è Nico Cirasola) directed by Giovanni Piperno (1998), documentary
  • Albania blues (2000)
  • Sangue vivo, directed by Edoardo Winspeare (2000)
  • Francesca and Nunziata, directed by Lina Wertmüller (2001), TV movie
  • Bell'epoker (2003)
  • Mr. Gi Bi (2010), (Italian: Signor Gi Bi) short film
  • If you are like this I say yes (Italian: Se sei così ti dico sì), directed by Eugenio Cappuccio (2011)
  • The Wholly Family, short film, directed by Terry Gilliam (2011)
  • The confectioner (Italian: Il pasticciere), directed by Luigi Sardiello (2012)
As director and screenwriter
  • Smell of Rain (Italian: Odore di pioggia) (1989)
  • Stonde, Stonde, Seneca's nettles, an episode of the film Corsica (1991)
  • Da do da (1994)
  • Albania blues (2000)
  • Bell'epoker (2003)
  • Focaccia blues (2009)
  • Mr. Gi Bi (2010), (Italian: Signor Gi Bi) short film
  • Rudy Valentino - Star of stars (2017)

Death

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Cirasola died on 3 April 2023, at the age of 71.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Silvestri, Silvana (3 April 2023). "Politica e ironia, le sottili armi affilate di Nico Cirasola". Il manifesto. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Redazione (3 April 2023). "Cinema pugliese in lutto: è scomparso il regista Nico Cirasola". La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b Gaeta, Antonella W. (3 April 2023). "E' morto Nico Cirasola, il regista pugliese aveva 71 anni". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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