Alessandro Genovesi
Alessandro Genovesi (born 10 January 1973) is an Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and actor.
Alessandro Genovesi
Funweek.it · YouTube: 10 Giorni con i suoi: Fabio De Luigi, Valentina Lodovini, Giulia Bevilacqua, Dino Abbrescia – View/save archived versions on archive.org · CC BY 3.0
- Name
- Alessandro Genovesi
- Born
- 10 January 1973
- Birthplace
- Milan, Italy
- Occupation
- Director Screenwriter
- Nationality
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Alessandro Genovesi (born 10 January 1973) is an Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and actor.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Alessandro Genovesi. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q3610041 · wikipedia · Alessandro Genovesi
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Alessandro Genovesi • Born — 10 January 1973 • Birthplace — Milan, Italy • Occupation — Director Screenwriter
Life and career
Life and career
Born in Milan, Genovesi started his professional career on stage, first as an actor and later as a playwright and a director. He had his breakout in 2007, with the play Happy Family he wrote and directed; the play won several awards, and in 2010 it was adapted in a film of the same title directed by Gabriele Salvatores in which Genovesi served as a screenwriter and assistant director. Genovesi made his directorial film debut in 2011 with The Worst Week of My Life, which was a box office success and led to a sequel, still directed by Genovesi.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Director — Screenwriter — Actor — Notes • 2010 — Happy Family — Assistant — Based on Genovesi's play of the same name • Angel of Evil — Cameo • 2011 — The Worst Week of My Life — Based on the British sitcom of the same name • 2012 — Love Is Not Perfect • 2013 — The Worst Christmas of My Life • 2014 — Soap Opera • 2015 — What a Beautiful Surprise • Belli di papà • 2016 — Tommaso • 2018 — My Big Gay Italian Wedding — Based on the American play of the same name • 2019 — When Mom Is Away • 2020 — When Mom Is Away... With the Family • 2021 — Ridatemi mia moglie — TV minisieries. based on the British TV minisieries I Want My Wife Back. Also co-creator • 7 Women and a Murder — Based on the French film 8 Women • 2024 — The Tearsmith • Una famiglia sottosopra • 2025 — When Mom Is Away... With the In-laws
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Photography
11,392 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Aleksandr LapshinPhotographer
- Aleksandra VailokaitienėPhotographer
- Alessandra SanguinettiPhotographer
- Alessandro BertolottiPhotographer
- Alessandro GognaPhotographer
- Alex Agbaglo AcolatsePhotographer
- Alex BoydPhotographer
- Alex BrandonPhotographer
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Alessandro Genovesi?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.