Alessandro Benvenuti

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Alessandro Benvenuti
Benvenuti in 2013
Born	(1950-01-31) 31 January 1950 (age 74) Pelago, Italy
Occupations	Actor film director screenwriter
Years active	1977–present
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)

Alessandro Benvenuti (born 31 January 1950) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.^[1] He was co-founder, together with Francesco Nuti and Athina Cenci, of the comedy ensemble "GianCattivi" with whom he achieved his first successes on stage and on television.^[2][3] He made his film debut in West of Paperino, for which he won the 1982 Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director,^[4] therefore he started a critically appreciated career as director, screenwriter and actor of a set of original, offbeat comedies.^[2] In 1995 he won a second Nastro d'Argento for the script of the film Belle al Bar.^[4] In 1996, he received three Globi d'oro nominations for his comedy drama film Ivo the Genius in the categories best film, best actor and best director.^[5]

Filmography

As director

• West of Paperino (1981)
• It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (1985)
• Welcome to Home Gori (1990)
• The Party's Over (1991)
• Cain vs. Cain (1993)
• Belle al Bar (1994)
• Ivo the Genius (1995)
• Return to Home Gori (1996)
• My Dearest Friends (1998)
• Do You Mind If I Kiss Mommy? (2003)

As actor

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