Enrico Ghezzi

Enrico Ghezzi (born 26 June 1952) is an Italian film critic, essayist, documentarist, screenwriter and occasional actor.

Career

Enrico Ghezzi was born in Lovere, in the province of Bergamo. He later moved to Genoa and enrolled at the University of Genoa. While there, he began attending the Filmstory film club, and in 1974, together with Teo Mora and Marco Giusti, he founded the cinema magazine Il Falcone Maltese. In 1978, he won a competition for programmer-director for the Genoa office of Rai 3. He then moved to Rome, where he worked on Rai 3's film programming from 1980 onwards.

Ghezzi created and supervised several well-known Italian television programs, such as Fuoriorario, , and Schegge.

Ghezzi served as artistic director of the Taormina Film Fest from 1991 to 1998. Con aura senz'aura: Viaggio ai confini dell'arte – doc (2003) Schegge di cinema e filosofia – doc (2007) Zaum - Andare a parare – TV series (2011) Egh c'è e non c'è - Carta bianca a Enrico Ghezzi – short doc (2012) - co-directed with Alessandro Gagliardo (2022)

Actor Blu cobalto, directed by Gianfranco Fiore (1985) Gelosi e tranquilli, an episode of Provvisorio quasi d'amore (1988) Barbablù, Barbablù, directed by Fabio Carpi (1989) Piccoli orrori, directed by Tonino De Bernardi (1995) Visioni di Palio, directed by Anton Giulio Onofri (2004) Chant d'hiver, directed by Otar Iosseliani (2015)

Writer Paura e desiderio (1995); Discorso su due piedi (1998); Il mezzo è l'aria (1997); cose (mai) dette (1996);

Awards 2024 – Premio Omaggio al Maestro / La Milanesiana; 2022 – Premio Anno Uno; 2022 – Premio Cinematografico Stefano Pittaluga; 2019 – Premio dell'Utopia, Locarno Film Festival; 2018 – Premio Franco Quadri.