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Emanuele Crialese

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  • Writer
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Emanuele Crialese
Although born in Rome in 1965, Emanuele Crialese has Sicilian roots, to which he pays tribute in film after film. In 1991 he leaves for the USA where he studies film direction at New York University. After making several shorts, he directs his first feature-length movie Once We Were Strangers (1997), in New York. The year was 1997, the film was in English and was awarded several prizes, among which the Valenciennes International Film Festival Award. He then decided to return to his homeland and met international success (both in festivals and art houses) with his first Italian work Respiro (2002), shot on Lampedusa Island in Sicily in 2002, with Vincenzo Amato and Valeria Golino in her most ambitious part to-date. In 2006, his next film Golden Door (2006), once again with Vincenzo Amato but without Valeria Golino (Charlotte Gainsbourg was better suited to play an English-speaking emigrant), examined the question of emigration to the States at the beginning of the 20th century, more particularly from the perspective of poor Sicilian peasants.
BornJuly 26, 1965
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BornJuly 26, 1965
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  • Awards
    • 40 wins & 41 nominations

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Vincenzo Amato, Emanuele Crialese, Filippo Pucillo, and Francesco Casisa in Golden Door (2006)
Emanuele Crialese in Golden Door (2006)
Valeria Golino and Emanuele Crialese in Respiro (2002)
Emanuele Crialese and Filippo Pucillo in Terraferma (2011)
Emanuele Crialese in Terraferma (2011)
Emanuele Crialese in Golden Door (2006)
Penélope Cruz and Emanuele Crialese at an event for L'immensità (2022)
Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato, and Emanuele Crialese at an event for Respiro (2002)

Known for

Respiro (2002)
Respiro
7.0
  • Director
  • 2002
Terraferma (2011)
Terraferma
6.7
  • Director
  • 2011
Charlotte Gainsbourg and Vincenzo Amato in Golden Door (2006)
Golden Door
6.8
  • Director
  • 2006
Vincenzo Amato and Jessica Whitney Gould in Once We Were Strangers (1997)
Once We Were Strangers
6.4
  • Director
  • 1997

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Director

  • Penélope Cruz and Luana Giuliani in L'immensità (2022)
    L'immensità
    • Director
    • 2022
  • Harris Dickinson in Trust (2018)
    Trust
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Terraferma (2011)
    Terraferma
    • Director
    • 2011
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg and Vincenzo Amato in Golden Door (2006)
    Golden Door
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Respiro (2002)
    Respiro
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Vincenzo Amato and Jessica Whitney Gould in Once We Were Strangers (1997)
    Once We Were Strangers
    • Director
    • 1997
  • Heartless
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1994

Writer

  • Penélope Cruz and Luana Giuliani in L'immensità (2022)
    L'immensità
    • Writer
    • 2022
  • Terraferma (2011)
    Terraferma
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 2011
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg and Vincenzo Amato in Golden Door (2006)
    Golden Door
    • Writer
    • 2006
  • Respiro (2002)
    Respiro
    • written by
    • 2002
  • Vincenzo Amato and Jessica Whitney Gould in Once We Were Strangers (1997)
    Once We Were Strangers
    • Writer
    • 1997
  • Heartless
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1994

Producer

  • Vincenzo Amato and Jessica Whitney Gould in Once We Were Strangers (1997)
    Once We Were Strangers
    • producer
    • 1997
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Personal details

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  • Born
    • July 26, 1965
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy
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    Member of the jury of the 2007 Venice Film Festival.
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      Frequently works with Vincenzo Amato

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