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Davide Ferrario

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Davide Ferrario

IT, EN, FR cinema · 36 credits

Born

26 May 1956 (age 70)

Birthplace

Casalmaggiore, Cremona, Lombardy, Italy

Davide Ferrario (born 26 June 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and author. Born in Casalmaggiore, Cremona, Ferrario graduated in Anglo-American literature, then he began to work in film distribution, and he contributed to import in Italy many indie films by John Sayles, Jim Jarmusch, Susan Seidelman, Godfrey Reggio. He also collaborated as a film critic with the cinema magazine Cineforum, and he wrote a monograph about Rainer Werner Fassbinder. After collaborating to several screenplays, Ferrario made his directorial debut in 1987 with the short film Non date da mangiare agli animali, and in 1989 he directed his first feature film, the neo-noir The End of the Night. His 2004 film After Midnight entered the Forum section at the 54th Berlin International Film Festival, in which Ferrario won the Caligari Film Prize and the Don Quixote Award. Also a novelist, his 1995 debut novel Dissolvenza al nero was later adapted into a film, Fade to Black by Oliver Parker.

Known for

Filmography

Behind a Portrait. The Italian Treasures from Accademia Carrara poster

Behind a Portrait. The Italian Treasures from Accademia Carrara

IT · 2025Not rated

Producer, Screenplay, Director

Zamora poster

Zamora

IT · 20247.1

as Portiere

Italo Calvino nelle città poster

Italo Calvino nelle città

IT · 20248.5

Director, Story, Writer

Umberto Eco: A Library of the World poster

Umberto Eco: A Library of the World

IT · 20237.2

Producer, Writer, Director

A guardia di una fede poster

A guardia di una fede

IT · 2023Not rated

Producer

Handbook of Movie Theaters' History poster

Handbook of Movie Theaters' History

IT · 20217.5

Producer

Boys poster

Boys

IT · 20215.5

Screenplay, Director

Blood on the Crown poster

Blood on the Crown

EN · 20215.5

Director

Torino 20venti - Storie da un altro mondo poster

Torino 20venti - Storie da un altro mondo

IT · 2020Not rated

as Himself

Nuovo cinema paralitico poster

Nuovo cinema paralitico

IT · 2020Not rated

Writer, Editor, Director, Producer

Star stuff poster

Star stuff

IT · 2019Not rated

Producer

Cento anni poster

Cento anni

IT · 2017Not rated

Screenplay, Producer, Director

Sexxx poster

Sexxx

IT · 201510.0

Producer, Director

La luna su Torino poster

La luna su Torino

IT · 20144.6

Writer, Producer, Director

La zuppa del demonio poster

La zuppa del demonio

IT · 20146.0

Screenplay, Producer, Director

Venice 70: Future Reloaded poster

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

IT · 20135.0

Director

Piazza Garibaldi poster

Piazza Garibaldi

IT · 20117.0

Producer, Writer, Director

Tutta colpa di Giuda poster

Tutta colpa di Giuda

IT · 20096.1

Writer, Producer, Director

Fade to Black poster

Fade to Black

EN · 20064.5

Novel

Primo Levi's Journey poster

Primo Levi's Journey

IT · 20065.9

Director, Screenplay, Producer

After Midnight poster

After Midnight

IT · 20046.4

Producer, Writer, Director

Se devo essere sincera poster

Se devo essere sincera

IT · 20045.9

Director

Mondonuovo poster

Mondonuovo

IT · 2003Not rated

as Himself, Director, Writer

Le strade di Genova

2002

Le strade di Genova

IT · 2002Not rated

Director, Editor

I-TIGI a Gibellina - Racconto per Ustica poster

I-TIGI a Gibellina - Racconto per Ustica

IT · 20008.8

Director

Guardami poster

Guardami

IT · 19995.7

Director, Writer

In principio erano le mutande poster

In principio erano le mutande

IT · 19994.0

Screenplay

Homo Cinematographicus

1998

Homo Cinematographicus

FR · 19988.0

as Self

Children of Hannibal poster

Children of Hannibal

IT · 19984.9

Story, Screenplay, Director

We All Fall Down poster

We All Fall Down

IT · 19976.6

Screenplay, Director

Partigiani poster

Partigiani

IT · 19977.0

Director

Sul 45° parallelo poster

Sul 45° parallelo

IT · 199710.0

Director

Materiale resistente poster

Materiale resistente

IT · 19957.0

Producer, Director

Love Burns poster

Love Burns

IT · 19949.0

Director, Writer

La fine della notte poster

La fine della notte

IT · 19897.0

as Reporter, Screenplay, Story, Director

Matewan poster

Matewan

EN · 19877.4

as Gianni, Dialogue Coach