Grazia Volpi
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Grazia Volpi | |
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| Born | Rosanna Grazia Volpi 29 March 1941 |
| Died | 7 February 2020 (aged 78) Viareggio, Italy |
| Occupation | Film Producer |
| Years active | 1968-2020 |
| Spouse | Roberto Perpignani |
Grazia Volpi (29 March 1941 – 7 February 2020), was an Italian film producer. She was one of the first women in Italy who achieved the position of film producer.
Biography[edit]
She started working in the late 1960s as general organizer and production manager on the set of the Taviani brothers' films.[1]
Then she became coordinator of "Una Cooperativa Cinematografica", a production company created by the Taviani brothers in 1973. In 1975 she made her debut as a film producer for the Aata cooperative with the films Quanto è bello lu murire acciso by Ennio Lorenzini and The Suspect by Francesco Maselli.[2]
In 2012 she won the David di Donatello for the best producer for the film Caesar Must Die, directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.
Personal life and death[edit]
She was married to film editor Roberto Perpignani. Volpi died on 7 February 2020, at the age of 78.[3]
Partial filmography[edit]
- Quanto è bello lu murire acciso (1975)
- The Suspect (1975)
- Young Distance (1988)
- The Sun Also Shines at Night (1990)
- Fiorile (1993)
- Seven Sundays (1994)
- State Secret (1995)
- The Elective Affinities (1996)
- You Laugh (1998)
- Rosa and Cornelia (2000)
- The Lark Farm (2007)
- The Father and the Foreigner (2011)
- Caesar Must Die (2012)
- Wondrous Boccaccio (2015)
References[edit]
- ^ "Masterclass con la produttrice Grazia Volpi". cinemaconigiovani.it. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Grazia Volpi". news.cinecitta.com. 11 January 2002. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Morta Grazia Volpi, produttrice dei Taviani". news.cinecitta.com. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
External links[edit]
- Grazia Volpi at IMDb
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