Years active 1956-present Name Ugo Gregoretti | Role Film director | |
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Born 28 September 1930 (age 93) ( 1930-09-28 ) Rome, Italy Occupation Film director
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Screenwriter Spouse Fausta Capece Minutolo del Sasso e di san Valentino (m. 1964) Children Lucio Gregoretti, Orsetta Gregoretti, Gian Lorenzo Gregoretti, Filippo Gregoretti Movies RoGoPaG, Omicron, Le belle famiglie, The World's Most Bea, Rich and Poor Similar People Lucio Gregoretti, Jean‑Luc Godard, Ugo Tognazzi, Roberto Rossellini, Adolfo Celi | ||
TV shows La Sicilia del Gattopardo | ||
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Ugo Gregoretti (born 28 September 1930) is an Italian film, television and stage director, actor, screenwriter, author and television host. He has directed 20 films since 1956.
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Born in Rome, Gregoretti entered RAI in 1953, working as a documentarist and a director. In 1960 he won the Premio Italia Award for the television documentary La Sicilia del Gattopardo. In 1962 he made his film debut with the comedy-drama I nuovi angeli. Since 1978 he started his activity on stage as director of prose and opera rapresentations. His activity as director is mainly characterized by a sensitivity to the political and social issues combined to a peculiar use of irony and satire. He was president of the Turin Permanent Theatre from 1980 to 1989 and in 1995 he was nominated president of the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. In 2010 he was awarded with a special Lifetime Nastro d'Argento for his career.