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Ivan Cotroneo

b. 1968

Italian writer and screenwriter

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Born 1968. Ivan Cotroneo is an Italian writer, screenwriter, film director and translator.

Ivan Cotroneo is an Italian writer, scriptwriter, and director, known for I Am Love, and Loose Cannons (2010), and his directorial debut feature film Kryptonite! (2011).

Early life and education After abandoning his law studies, Ivan Cotroneo moved to Rome, where he graduated in scriptwriting from the Experimental Center of Cinematography in 1992.

Career Film and television Cotroneo's first experience in the film industry was working for the director Pappi Corsicato, for whom Cotroneo wrote the episode "La stirpe di Iana" of collective film The Vesuvians, and the screenplay for the feature film Chimera.

Cotroneo has worked as a writer for several television productions such as drama and TV miniseries on Italian television.

In 2009 he was a co-writer on I Am Love.

He co-wrote the screenplay of the film Loose Cannons with Ferzan Ozpetek in 2009. This screenplay won him Italian Golden Globe in 2010 for Best Screenplay. He was also nominated for David di Donatello and Silver Ribbon awards in 2010.

Cotroneo directed his first movie Kryptonite! in 2011. Cotroneo second directorial feature is the film One Kiss, based on his own book with the same name, released in Italian cinemas on March 31, 2016.

Other work In addition to film and television, Cotroneo has also worked for stage productions. He adapted the Italian editions of Closer by Patrick Marber and The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis.

He has also written comedy shows, including the Claudio Gioè monologue "If you are here tonight".

Publications Cotroneo published a collection of essays Il piccolo libro della rabbia (The Little Book of Anger) in 1999.

Partial filmography Director and writer Kryptonite! (2011) Il Natale della mamma imperfetta (2013) One Kiss (2016)

Writer In the Beginning There Was Underwear (1999) Chimera (2001) Paz! (2002) Ginger and Cinnamon (2003) Piano, solo (2007) The Man Who Loves (2008) I Am Love (2009) The Front Line (2009) Loose Cannons (2010) A Five Star Life (2013) Me, Myself and Her (2015)

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Experimental Centre of Cinematography

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Who is Ivan Cotroneo?

Italian writer and screenwriter

When was Ivan Cotroneo born?

Ivan Cotroneo was born on 21 February 1968 in Naples.

What is Ivan Cotroneo's occupation?

Ivan Cotroneo is a writer, screenwriter, film director and translator.

What nationality is Ivan Cotroneo?

Ivan Cotroneo is Italian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ivan Cotroneo

· Wikidata: Q3804677

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