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Nico Cirasola

Nico Cirasola (27 May 1951 – 3 April 2023) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

Life and career

Born in Gravina in Puglia, a film buff since childhood, in 1982 Cirasola wrote the book Da Angelo Musco a Massimo Troisi - Il cinema comico meridionale ("From Angelo Musco to Massimo Troisi - The Southern Comedy Cinema"). After directing the never completed Super 8 film Tuta blu, he made his official feature film debut in 1989 with the road movie Odore di pioggia, starring Renzo Arbore.

Cirasola's films were all self-produced independent productions, always set in Apulia, and often characterized by satirical and political commitments. His works include Bell’Epoker (2003), a satire about the 1991 Teatro Petruzzelli fire, Focaccia Blues (2009), a documentary about a successful focaccia shop in Altamura which forced the local McDonald's shop to close due to lack of customers, and Rudy Valentino - Divo dei divi (2017), a film starring Claudia Cardinale and Alessandro Haber about a little-known 1923 trip of Rudolph Valentino in his hometown. Cirasola was also active as a character actor.

Filmography

As Actor
  • Smell of Rain () (1989)
  • Un altro giorno ancora, () directed by Tonino Zangardi (1995)
  • The Summer of Bobby Charlton, directed by Massimo Guglielmi (1995)
  • My name is Nico Cirasola, () directed by Giovanni Piperno (1998), documentary
  • Albania blues (2000)
  • Sangue vivo, directed by Edoardo Winspeare (2000)
  • Francesca and Nunziata, directed by Lina Wertmüller (2001), TV movie
  • Bell'epoker (2003)
  • Mr. Gi Bi (2010), () short film
  • If you are like this I say yes (), directed by Eugenio Cappuccio (2011)
  • The Wholly Family, short film, directed by Terry Gilliam (2011)
  • The confectioner (), directed by Luigi Sardiello (2012)
As director and screenwriter
  • Smell of Rain () (1989)
  • Stonde, Stonde, Seneca's nettles, an episode of the film Corsica (1991)
  • Da do da (1994)
  • Albania blues (2000)
  • Bell'epoker (2003)
  • Focaccia blues (2009)
  • Mr. Gi Bi (2010), () short film
  • Rudy Valentino - Star of stars (2017)

Death

Cirasola died on 3 April 2023, at the age of 71.

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