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Italian film director, screenwriter and actor (born 1939)

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Marco Bellocchio is an Italian film director, screenwriter, politician, and film editor. Born in Bobbio, Piacenza, Italy, on November 9, 1939, he speaks and writes in Italian. He is educated at the Experimental Centre of Cinematography and has worked in Italy since 1961. His career includes directing, and he is a member of the Italian Radicals political party.

Bellocchio has received the FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes, the David di Donatello for Best Director, the Flaiano Prize, and the Nastro d'Argento for the director of the best film. He has also been nominated for European Film Awards for Best Director, Best Film, and Best Screenwriter, as well as a David di Donatello for Best Director. His works are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. He is an atheist and has a sibling named Piergiorgio Bellocchio and a child named Pier Giorgio Bellocchio.

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Film & TV

Bobbio, Piacenza, Italy

Marco Bellocchio (Italian: [ˈmarko belˈlɔkkjo]; born 9 November 1939; Bobbio) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schoolteacher. He began studying philosophy in Milan but then decided to enter film school, making his first film, Fists in the Pocket, (I pugni…

Known for

  • La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione2025
  • Quelli che il cinema — Self2025
  • Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces — Self2024
  • Raffa — Self2023
  • Lo Spazio Inquieto2022
  • Ennio — Self2022
  • Behind the Scenes: The Traitor — Himself2022
  • Opera Prima — Self2021
  • Marx Can Wait — Self2021
  • Journey into the Twilight — Self2021

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Key facts

Born
( 1939-11-09 ) 9 November 1939 (age 86) , Bobbio , Italy
Occupations
Film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active
1962–present

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Marco
Gender
male
Citizenship
Italy
Place of birth
Bobbio
Occupation
director
Political party
Italian Radicals
Languages spoken
Italian
Native language
Italian
Religion
atheism
Image
Marco Bellocchio FCI Tokyo 2010.jpg
Work location
Italy
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date of birth
1939-12-09
Commons category
Marco Bellocchio
name in native language
Marco Bellocchio
has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art
floruit
2019-01-01
start of work period
1961-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Marco Bellocchio ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko belˈlɔkkjo]; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. His is most known for his films Fists in the Pocket (1965), Slap the Monster on Page One (1972), A Leap in the Dark (1980), Good Morning, Night (2003), The Traitor (2019) and Kidnapped (2023).

Life and career

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