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Sergio “Alan D.” Altieri [concorso neon]
Sergio “Alan D.” Altieri was born in Milan in 1952 where he achieved a degree in mechanical engineering. Writer, translator and screenwriter, in 1981 he published his first novel “Città Oscura” and in 1997 he won the Scerbanenco Prize for his novel “Condor”. From 1983 to 1987 he worked with producer Dino De Laurentiis and in 1995 he writes the screenplay for the film Silent Trigger.
Altieri is both a writer and a translator. Over the years he translated important authors such as Andy McNab, David Robbins, Stuart Woods, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett. From March 2006 to June 2011 Altieri has been editorial director of the monthly book series Mondadori.
Jan Doense [concorso neon]
Jan Doense was born in Amsterdam and graduated from the University of Amsterdam with a Master’s Degree in International Law. Studied filmmaking at the Dutch Film and Television Academy (Amsterdam), the New York Film Academy and the Binger Filmlab (Amsterdam).
Doense was the founding director (until 2007) of the annual Imagine: Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, formerly known as The Weekend of Terror.
Currently Doense is working as a producer and director on various projects, includig the music documentary Cheesehead Blues.
Tullio Avoledo [concorso neon]
Born in 1957 in Friuli, Tullio Avoledo made his debut in literature in 2003 with “L’elenco telefonico di Atlantide”, a true literary event that year, very successful among critics and audience. Since 2003 he has published eight other novels: “Mare di Bering”, “Lo stato dell’unione”, “Tre sono le cose misteriose” («Super Grinzane Cavour» Prize in 2006), “Breve storia di lunghi tradimenti”, “La ragazza di Vajont”, “L’ultimo giorno felice”, the novel on time travel, “L’anno dei dodici inverni” and in 2011 “Un buon posto per morire”, a historical novel about the end of the world co-written with his friend David Boosta Dileo, Subsonica keyboardist.
Francesco Barilli [concorso Méliès d'Argento]
Francesco Barilli was born in Parma. He debuts in film business working with director Antonio Pietrangeli for the film The girl from Parma (La Parmigiana). That same year he’s chosen by Bernardo Bertolucci to work on his first film Before the Revolution (Prima della rivoluzione). In 1968 he is assistant director of two films by Camillo Bazzoni, A long ride from Hell (Vivo per la tua morte) and Suicide Commandos (Commenado suicida).
In 1973 he directs his first feature film, the horror-thriller The perfume of the lady in black (Il profumo della signora in nero), very well received by critics and audience, which is followed, in 1977, by Pensione Paura, still considered today one of the best examples of Italian thrillers.
Roberto Nepoti [concorso Méliès d'Argento]
Roberto Nepoti teaches Filmology at Trieste University. He published books on film genres (“La poetica degli eroi. Struttura e mito nei generi classici del cinema diHollywood”) and on documentaries (“Storia del documentario”), monographs (AlainRobbe-Grillet, Marcel Carné, Jacques Tati, Brian De Palma), essays in Italianand foreign collections. He isthe film critic of “La Repubblica” newspaper. His last book is the monograph onwar movies for the series of film dictionaries published by Electa.
Leonardo Gandini [concorso Méliès d'Argento]
Born in Bolzano in January 1961 Leonardo Gandini teaches film history at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He has published and edited books on filmmaking, film noir and contemporary Hollywood cinema for the most important Italian publishers. He is also the author of biografies on Tod Browning, Billy Wilder, Brian De Palma and Quentin Tarantino, Jerry Schatzberg and Howard Hawks. His latest book is “Il cinema americano attraverso i film” (“American fim history through cinema”).
