Enzo Monteleone | |
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Born |
Padova, Italy |
13 April 1954
Enzo Monteleone (born 13 April 1954 in Padova, Italy) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Having performed various film-related activities during and shortly after his university studies, Enzo Monteleone made his real professional debut by writing the screenplay of an Italian-American co-production called Hotel Colonial starring Robert Duvall, John Savage, Rachel Ward and Massimo Troisi and directed by Cinzia TH Torrini. Then he started to work with Gabriele Salvatores, for whom he wrote four screenplays, i.e. Kamikazen, Marrakech Express, Mediterraneo, which won an Oscar 1992 as best foreign film, and Puerto Escondido. As a scenarist he collaborated with several directors of his generation such as Carlo Mazzacurati, Giuseppe Piccioni, Alessandro D'Alatri, Maurizio Sciarra and Carlos Saura (film ¡Dispara!), starring Antonio Banderas and Francesca Neri.
The first film directed by Monteleone was a biography of the actor Alessandro Haber called La vera vita di Antonio H., presented at the Venice Film Festival and winner of a Nastro d'Argento award for the best actor.