Pasquale Pozzessere

Life and career Born in Lizzano, Taranto in the mid-1980s Pozzessere abandoned his medicine university studies to enter the cinema industry working as a script supervisor for Pupi Avati and as assistant director of Francesco Maselli. After directing a number of short films, he made his feature film debut in 1992, with Verso Sud, for which he was nominated to a David di Donatello for Best New Director and won the Grolla d'oro in the same category. The film also won the Grand Prix at the Annecy Film Festival.

Filmography

Verso Sud (1992) Father and Son (1994) An Eyewitness Account (1997) La vita che verrà (TV, 1999) La porta delle sette stelle (2005) La provinciale (TV, 2006) Cocapop (2010) Mine (2016)