Antonietta De Lillo

Antonietta De Lillo (born 6 March 1960) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and documentarist.

Life and career Born in Naples, De Lillo started her career collaborating with various publications as a photographer and later as a journalist. After studying at the DAMS department of the University of Bologna, she moved to Rome, where she entered the film industry as assistant operator. After directing several documentaries and another film with Magliulo (Matilda, 1990), in 1995 she made her solo feature film debut with Vittoria's Tales.

Following a segment in the anthology film The Vesuvians, in 2001 De Lillo directed It's Not Right, which entered the main competition at the Locarno Film Festival and for which she was nominated for the Nastro d'Argento for best story. For the film she received a nomination for Nastro d'Argento for best screenplay. In the following years, she directed several biographical documentaries, notably La pazza della porta accanto about poet Alda Merini and Fulci Talks about Lucio Fulci.

Selected filmography

Una casa in bilico (1986) Matilda (1990) Vittoria's Tales (1995) The Vesuvians (segment: Maruzzella, 1997) It's Not Right (2001) The Remains of Nothing (2004) All Human Rights for All (segment: Articolo 20, 2008) La pazza della porta accanto (documentary, 2013) Let's Go (documentary, 2014) Oggi insieme, domani anche (documentary, 2015) Il signor Rotpeter (2017) Fulci Talks (documentary, 2020) The Eye of the Hen (documentary, 2024)