Roberto De Paolis
Roberto De Paolis (born in 1980) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer.
Roberto De Paolis
- Born
- 1980
- Birthplace
- Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- Film director
- Nationality
- Italy
- Education
- London Film School
- Languages
- Italian
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Roberto De Paolis (born in 1980) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer.
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Roberto De Paolis (born 1980) is a film director, film producer and photographer, of Italian nationality. The film director was born in Rome. Roberto De Paolis was educated at London Film School. Languages used include Italian.
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• Born — 1980 • Birthplace — Rome, Italy • Occupation — Film director
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Born in Rome, De Paolis studied filmmaking at the London Film School, and later trained in acting under coach Beatrice Bracco. Active since 2003 as a fine art photographer and a video artist, he entered the film industry as an actor, appearing in a supporting role in the 2004 film Movimenti. After directing two short films which were both screened at the Venice Film Festival, Bassa Marea (2009) and Alice (2010), he co-founded with Carla Altieri the production company Young Films. In 2017, De Paolis made his directorial feature debut with Pure Hearts, which premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar. The film got De Paolis a David di Donatello nomination for Best Directorial Debut and a Nastro d'Argento nomination for Best New Director. His following film, Princess, served as opener of the Horizons section at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. For this film De Paolis was nominated for the David di Donatello for Best Producer and for the Nastro d'Argento for Best Original Story.
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• El paraíso (2023) • Anywhere Anytime (2024)
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• Pure Hearts (2017) • Princess (2022) • Serpenti (2026)
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- 1.Ranocchi, Veronica. Roberto De Paolis: Un cuore puro. Mymovies.it.
- 2.Windsor, Harry. 'Pure Hearts' ('Cuori Puri'): Film Review Cannes 2017. The Hollywood Reporter. 25 May 2017.
- 3.Scarpa, Vittoria. Love and Bullets earns 15 David di Donatello nominations. Cineuropa. 14 February 2018.
- 4.Ugolini, Chiara. Nastri d'argento, è corsa a tre: Amelio, Castellitto e De Angelis. la Repubblica. 6 June 2017.
- 5.Marshall, Lee. 'Princess': Venice Review. Screen International. 31 August 2022.
- 6.David di Donatello 2023, tutte le candidature. RAI. 30 March 2023.
- 7.Proto, Carola. Nastri D’Argento 2023, le candidature: in testa Rapito e Il Sol dell'Avvenire. ComingSoon.it. 2 June 2023.
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