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Italian director and screenwriter (born 1950)
Marco Tullio Giordana
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Marco_Tullio_Giordana_FCI_Tokyo.jpg/220px-Marco_Tullio_Giordana_FCI_Tokyo.jpg) Marco Tullio Giordana in 2006.
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Born
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1950-10-01
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1 October 1950
(age 73)
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Occupation(s)
| Director, Screenwriter
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Years active
| 1977–present
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Marco Tullio Giordana
(born 1 October 1950) is an Italian
director
and
screenwriter
.
Biography
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Born in
Milan
, during the
1970s
he approaches the cinema by collaborating on the screenplay of
Roberto Faenza
's 1977 documentary
Forza Italia!
, while his debut behind the camera comes two years later, in 1979 with the feature film
To Love the Damned
, presented at the
1979 Cannes Film Festival
and winner of the
Golden Leopard
at the
Locarno Film Festival
. In 1981, he made an ambitious project,
The Fall of the Rebel Angels
, presented at the
38th Venice International Film Festival
.
In 1996 he participated with other directors,
Gianni Amelio
,
Marco Risi
,
Alessandro D'Alatri
and
Mario Martone
in the
RAI
and
UNICEF
project
Beyond childhood - Five directors for UNICEF
. In 2000 he returned to the
Venice Film Festival
with
One Hundred Steps
, a film of denunciation on the life and death of
Peppino Impastato
, which won the prize for best screenplay. In 2003 he made the film
The Best of Youth
, which traces Italian history from the
1960s
to early
2000s
and which wins the
Un Certain Regard
section of the
2003 Cannes Film Festival
.
In 2005 he presented himself in competition at
Cannes
with
Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide
.
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In 2012 he made the film
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
, dedicated to the
Piazza Fontana massacre of 12 December 1969
and the events that followed, up to the assassination of Commissioner
Luigi Calabresi
on 17 May 1972.
After the success of "Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy," Marco Tullio Giordana continued to make significant contributions to Italian cinema. In 2018, he directed "Nome di donna", a film that tackles the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace. This film further cemented his reputation as a filmmaker deeply engaged with contemporary social issues. "Nome di donna" follows the story of a woman who stands up against the harassment she faces in her workplace, highlighting the systemic issues and personal courage involved in such struggles
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1956?1975
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1976?2000
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2001?present
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