Nico Cirasola

Nico Cirasola
Nico Cirasola
Born	27 May 1951; Gravina in Puglia, Italy
Died	3 April 2023 (aged 71); Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
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

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

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

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

References

^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.

External links

Nico Cirasola at IMDb
Nico Cirasola on AllMovie

[ma-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.

[cor-2] Redazione (3 April 2023). "Cinema pugliese in lutto: è scomparso il regista Nico Cirasola". La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.

[re-3] 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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