Carmelo Bene

Carmelo Bene
A drawing of Carmelo Bene
Born	(1937-09-01)1 September 1937 Campi Salentina, Italy
Died	16 March 2002(2002-03-16) (aged 64) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor, theater director, writer, film director, screenwriter
Years active	1967–2002
Spouse(s)	Giuliana Rossi (1960–1965) Raffaella Baracchi (1992–2002; his death)
Children	Salomè Bene (b. 1993)

Carmelo Bene (1 September 1937 – 16 March 2002) was an Italian actor, poet, film director and screenwriter. He was an important exponent of the Italian avant-garde theatre and cinema.

In 1979 he wrote, in collaboration with French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, the essay "Superpositions". In 1984 his play Adelchi was published. In 1970 he wrote the screenplay A Boccaperta.