Mimmo Calopresti

Mimmo Calopresti

Domenico (Mimmo) Calopresti est né à Polistena, Italie en 1955. Il a passé la plus grande partie de sa jeunesse en tant que membre du mouvement d’extrême gauche italien nommé “Lotta Continua.” Par après, il a débuté sa carrière avec Audiovisual Archive of the Workers and Democratic Movement et a reçu un prix au Festival du film jeunesse de Turin en 1985. Quelques années plus tard, son film La parola amore esiste, met en vedette Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, d’Aspromonte, une actrice italienne fameuse qui a fait partie de nombreux projets de Calopresti. Il est devenu participant et membre du jury au festival de Cannes en 2001. Volevo solo vivere (2006), un documentaire sur l’holocauste démontre l’influence inévitable de ses opinions politiques dans ses œuvres. Calopresti a travaillé avec divers cinéastes au cours de la dernière décennie en tant que réalisateur et acteur.

Mimmo Calopresti

Mimmo Calopresti

Born in Polistena, Italy, in 1955, Domenico “Mimmo” Calopresti spent much of his young life with the Italian far-left movement “Lotta Continua.” After his time with the organization, he began his career at the Audiovisual Archive of the Workers and Democratic Movement, with whom he won an award at the Turin Youth Film Festival in 1985.In 1998, Calopresti released La parola amore esiste, starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, star of Aspromonte, who would go on to work with Calopresti on many projects.He would become both a participant and a member of the jury at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, and in 2006 would release Volevo solo vivere, a Holocaust documentary that demonstrated the inevitable influence of his political views on his work. Calopresti has worked with various filmmakers over the past decade as both a director and an actor.

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