Andrea Pallaoro
Andrea Pallaoro (born 6 February 1982) is an Italian filmmaker. Most known for his films Hannah (2017) and Monica (2022).
Andrea Pallaoro

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- Name
- Andrea Pallaoro
- Born
- 6 February 1982
- Birthplace
- Trento, Italy
- Education
- Hampshire College (BA) California Institute of the Arts (MFA)
- Occupation
- Filmmaker
- Nationality
- Italy
- Known for
- Medeas
- Languages
- Italian · English
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Andrea Pallaoro (born 6 February 1982) is an Italian filmmaker. Most known for his films Hannah (2017) and Monica (2022).
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• Name — Andrea Pallaoro • Born — 6 February 1982 • Birthplace — Trento, Italy • Education — Hampshire College (BA) California Institute of the Arts (MFA) • Occupation — Filmmaker
Early life
Early life
He was born in Trento, Italy. He left the city at the age of 17 to spend his senior year of high school abroad in Colorado. He earned a master’s degree in film directing from the California Institute of the Arts and a degree in Film from Hampshire College.
Career
Career
His short film Wunderkammer won six international awards and has been selected in the official competition of over fifty film festivals around the world, including at 2008 Sundance Film Festival. His film feature film debut, Medeas (2013), premiered at the Orizzonti section of the 70th Venice International Film Festival. Pallaoro won numerous international awards including Best Director at The Marrakech Film Festival, the Sergej Parajanov Award for Outstanding Poetic Vision at the Tbilisi International Film Festival, and the New Voices/New Visions Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Chayse Irvin received the award for best cinematographer's debut at Camerimage. His second feature and the first of an intended trilogy of films centering on a female lead, Hannah (2017), premiered at the main competition of the 74th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for Charlotte Rampling, alongside a nomination for the César Award for Best Foreign Film. Pallaoro holds an MFA in Film Directing from the California Institute of the Arts and a BA from Hampshire College. In 2013 and 2015 he was awarded a Yaddo Residency and is the recipient of the 2017 Jerome Foundation Filmmaking Grant. He has served in the jury of multiple international film festivals including the 75th Venice Film Festival, the Chicago International Film Festival, the Black Nights Tallinn International Film Festival and the Biografilm International Film festival.
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Personal life
Andrea lives between Los Angeles and New York.
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Feature films
Feature films
• Year — Title • 2013 — Medeas • 2017 — Hannah • 2022 — Monica • 2026 — The Echo Chamber
Short films
Short films
2008 - Wunderkammer

Andrea Pallaoro, Italian theatre director, screenwriter and film director. Picture taken in Tournai (on top of the belfry), Belgium.
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- 1.Pallaoro, Andrea. Enciclopedia Treccani.
- 2.I film restaurati di Venezia Classici alla 80. Mostra. La Biennale di Venezia. 24 luglio 2023.
- 3.Pallaoro, Andrea. Enciclopedia Treccani.
- 4.Monica. Film Independent.
- 5.I film restaurati di Venezia Classici alla 80. Mostra. La Biennale di Venezia. 24 luglio 2023.
- 6.Lorenzo Ciofani. Andrea Pallaoro, straniero in patria. Cinematografo. 5 luglio 2025.
- 7.Monica. Film Independent.
- 8.Monica, una vita (e una storia) di tutti: intervista al regista Andrea Pallaoro. Exibart. 15 novembre 2022.
- 9.Biennale Cinema 2018 - Giurie e premi. La Biennale di Venezia. 2018.
- 10.Monica. Film Independent.
- 11.Medeas. La Biennale di Venezia.
- 12.Pallaoro, Andrea. Enciclopedia Treccani.
- 13.Medeas. La Biennale di Venezia.
- 14.13e édition 2013 – Palmarès. Marrakech International Film Festival.
- 15.25th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Announces Festival Winners. Palm Springs International Film Festival. 2014.
- 16.Awards 2013. Camerimage.
- 17.Hannah. La Biennale di Venezia.
- 18.Andrea Pallaoro: professione filmaker. Cinematografo.
- 19.Tutti i premi della 74. Mostra. La Biennale di Venezia. 9 settembre 2017.
- 20.53rd Festival Award-Winning Films. Chicago International Film Festival. 22 ottobre 2017.
- 21.Hannah. Académie des César.
- 22.Monica. La Biennale di Venezia.
- 23.Monica. La Biennale di Venezia.
- 24.Monica, una vita (e una storia) di tutti: intervista al regista Andrea Pallaoro. Exibart. 15 novembre 2022.
- 25.Monica di Andrea Pallaoro vince il premio Arca CinemaGiovani come miglior film italiano a Venezia. Fenix Entertainment. 9 settembre 2022.
- 26.34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. GLAAD.
- 27.Film Independent Announces Nominations for the 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards. Film Independent. 5 dicembre 2023.
- 28.The Echo Chamber. La Biennale di Venezia.
- 29.The Echo Chamber. La Biennale di Venezia.
- 30.The Echo Chamber. La Biennale di Venezia.
- 31.The Echo Chamber di Pallaoro, nelle immagini del trailer un viaggio tra. ANSA. 20 agosto 2026.
- 32.I film restaurati di Venezia Classici alla 80. Mostra. La Biennale di Venezia. 24 luglio 2023.
- 33.The Echo Chamber. La Biennale di Venezia.
- 34.Andrea Pallaoro: professione filmaker. Cinematografo.
- 35.Ludovico Cantisani. Tragedia per sottrazione. Conversazione con Andrea Pallaoro. Artdigiland. 24 febbraio 2020.
- 36.Ludovico Cantisani. Tragedia per sottrazione. Conversazione con Andrea Pallaoro. Artdigiland. 24 febbraio 2020.
- 37.Andrea Pallaoro: professione filmaker. Cinematografo.
- 38.Ludovico Cantisani. Tragedia per sottrazione. Conversazione con Andrea Pallaoro. Artdigiland. 24 febbraio 2020.
- 39.Ludovico Cantisani. Tragedia per sottrazione. Conversazione con Andrea Pallaoro. Artdigiland. 24 febbraio 2020.
- 40.Ludovico Cantisani. Tragedia per sottrazione. Conversazione con Andrea Pallaoro. Artdigiland. 24 febbraio 2020.
- 41.Ludovico Cantisani. Tragedia per sottrazione. Conversazione con Andrea Pallaoro. Artdigiland. 24 febbraio 2020.
- 42.Monica, una vita (e una storia) di tutti: intervista al regista Andrea Pallaoro. Exibart. 15 novembre 2022.
- 43.Biennale Cinema 2018 - Giurie e premi. La Biennale di Venezia. 2018.
- 44.I film restaurati di Venezia Classici alla 80. Mostra. La Biennale di Venezia. 24 luglio 2023.
- 45.Juries Announced for the 54th Chicago International Film Festival. Chicago International Film Festival. 17 ottobre 2018.
- 46.Monica. Cinereach.
- 47.Andrea Pallaoro. Fenix Entertainment.
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