Andrea Lodovichetti | |
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Born |
Fano, Italy |
28 September 1976
Alma mater | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia |
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 2002–present |
Andrea Lodovichetti (born 28 September 1976) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Born in Fano, Italy, he currently lives in New York. In 2006 he got a degree in film directing at the National School of Film Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. His first short-movie is Director's cut – segmenti di una notte (2002). After that, he produced, edited and directed Untitled – Storie senza nome: this work won some national awards, like the Jury's prize in a contest named Autogrill al Cinema, by Autogrill e Cinecittà Holding. The award ceremony took place in July 2003 at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy.
The same year, he made L'amore. Quasi. (Oppure no). This short comedy features the comedian Alessandra Faiella.
Within the first two years at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia he shot some shorts, filmed in 35mm: Fragile (2005) with Luigi Diberti and Il Diavolo (2006), inspired by a novel written by Guy de Maupassant, featuring Angela Goodwin and Pietro Bontempo. This short has been screened and awarded in many festival, like the Festival del cinema di Salerno (2007).
In 2006 and 2008 he worked as assistant director for the Academy Awards winner director Paolo Sorrentino in the movies The Family Friend and Il divo.
in 2007, Noëlle Benhamou wrote an article about this short and its author, named "Il diavolo (2005) d'Andrea Lodovichetti: du conte noir à la fable métaphysique“.