Davide Ferrario
Born: 1956-05-26 in Casalmaggiore, Cremona, Lombardy, Italy
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
2024
- Zamora as Portiere
- Italo Calvino nelle città ... (Director)
2023
- Umberto Eco: A Library of the World ... (Producer)
- A guardia di una fede ... (Producer)
2021
- Handbook of Movie Theaters' History ... (Producer)
- Boys ... (Screenplay)
- Blood on the Crown ... (Director)
2020
- Nuovo cinema paralitico ... (Writer)
- Torino 20venti - Storie da un altro mondo as Himself
2019
- Star stuff ... (Producer)
2017
- Cento anni ... (Screenplay)
2015
- Sexxx ... (Producer)
2014
- La luna su Torino ... (Writer)
- La zuppa del demonio ... (Screenplay)
2013
- Lighthouse ... (Director)
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded ... (Director)
2011
- Piazza Garibaldi ... (Producer)
2009
- Tutta colpa di Giuda ... (Writer)
2006
- Fade to Black ... (Novel)
- Primo Levi's Journey ... (Director)
2004
- After Midnight ... (Producer)
- Se devo essere sincera ... (Director)
2003
- Mondonuovo as Himself
2000
- I-TIGI a Gibellina - Racconto per Ustica ... (Director)
1999
- Guardami ... (Director)
- In principio erano le mutande ... (Screenplay)
1998
- Children of Hannibal ... (Story)
- Homo Cinematographicus as Self
1997
- Partigiani ... (Director)
- Tutti giù per terra ... (Screenplay)
- Sul 45° parallelo ... (Director)
1995
- Materiale resistente ... (Producer)
1994
- Love Burns ... (Director)
1989
- La fine della notte as Reporter
1987
- Matewan as Gianni