Marilù Parolini
Maria Ludovica (Marilù) Parolini (1931–2012) was an Italian photographer and screenwriter. Parolini moved to Paris in 1957 and worked as a secretary at Cahiers du cinéma from 1960 to 1962. There she met members of the French New Wave and worked as a set photographer for Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Jacques Rivette and Agnès Varda, taking some of the most iconic photographs of the New Wave.
Also recorded as Maria Ludovica Parolini · Mary-Lou Parolini
Marilù Parolini
- Name
- Marilù Parolini
- Born
- 18 September 1931
- Birthplace
- Cremona, Italy
- Birth Name
- Maria Ludovica Parolini
- Died
- 21 April 2012
- Place of death
- Castell’Arquato, Italy
- Occupation
- Photographer, screenwriter
- Spouse
- Jacques Rivette (divorced)
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Languages
- Italian
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Maria Ludovica (Marilù) Parolini (1931–2012) was an Italian photographer and screenwriter. Parolini moved to Paris in 1957 and worked as a secretary at Cahiers du cinéma from 1960 to 1962. There she met members of the French New Wave and worked as a set photographer for Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Jacques Rivette and Agnès Varda, taking some of the most iconic photographs of the New Wave.
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Marilù Parolini (1931–2012) was an actress, photographer and screenwriter, of Italian and Italian nationality. The actress was born in Cremona and died in Castell'Arquato.
Languages used include Italian. Works are held at Harvard Film Archive.
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During this period, she appeared in Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin's cinéma vérité documentary Chronique d'un été (1961). She later returned to Italy and worked with Pier Paolo Pasolini and Bernardo Bertolucci, with whom she also collaborated as a screenwriter. She also worked with directors Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet. She was married to Rivette and collaborated on his improvisational scripts on several films, including L'amour fou (1969), Duelle and Noroît (both 1976). They later divorced but maintained their professional relationship. Parolini was the subject of the documentary L'amica delle rondini (Friend of the Swallows, 2009).
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• Name — Marilù Parolini • Born — 18 September 1931 • Birthplace — Cremona, Italy • Birth Name — Maria Ludovica Parolini • Died — 21 April 2012 • Place of death — Castell’Arquato, Italy • Occupation — Photographer, screenwriter • Spouse — Jacques Rivette (divorced) • Years Active — 1957–1992
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The authorities additionally record the headings Maria Ludovica Parolini and Mary-Lou Parolini. Her recorded language was Italian. She married Jacques Rivette.
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1931
Marilù Parolini was born in 1931 at Cremona.
2012
Marilù Parolini died in 2012 at Castell'Arquato.
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- 1.Le HuffPost : actualités et infos décalées en continu, en France et dans le monde. Le HuffPost.
- 2.di Laurea, Tesi. L'amica delle rondini. Marilù Parolini dalla scena al ricordo. Memorie e visioni di cinema e fotografia. Anno Accademico. 2013.
- 3.Pozzi, Irene. L'amica delle rondini. Marilù Parolini dalla scena al ricordo. Memorie e visioni di cinema e fotografia. Università Ca' Foscari Venezia. February 22, 2013.
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