Giambattista Avellino

Italian director and screenwriter

Giambattista Avellino
Born	18 November 1957 (1957-11-18) (age 66) Livorno, Italy
Occupation(s)	Director Screenwriter

Giambattista Avellino (born 18 November 1957) is an Italian director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Livorno, Avellino started his career as a comic book writer, collaborating with the magazines Skorpio and Lanciostory. He debuted as a screenwriter in 1991, for the Aldo Lado's TV-miniseries La stella del parco.^[1]

After an intense career on television, Avellino signed his first screenplay for a theatrically released film in 2002, for the Ficarra e Picone's vehicle Nati stanchi. His collaboration with the Sicilian comedy duo continued with Il 7 e l'8 and La matassa, both which they co-directed.^[1] For Il 7 e l'8 Avellino and Ficarra e Picone were nominated to David di Donatello for Best New Director and to Silver Ribbon in the same category.^[2]^[3]

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

Nati stanchi (2002)
Easy! (2011)

Director and screenwriter

Il 7 e l'8 (2007)
La matassa (2009)
Some Say No (2011)

References

^ ^a ^b Fabio Secchi Frau. "Giambattista Avellino: Il regista di Ficarra e Picone". MyMovies. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
^ "David di Donatello, Tornatore protagonista". DG Mag. 8 May 2007. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
^ "Ficarra e Picone candidati ai Nastri d'Argento". La Repubblica. 17 April 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2012.