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Sandro Petraglia

b. 1947

Italian screenwriter

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Born 1947. Sandro Petraglia is an Italian screenwriter, writer, film director and film critic.

Sandro Petraglia (; born 19 April 1947) is an Italian screenwriter. He began his career in the early 1970s as a film critic, writing for the May 68–inspired film magazine Ombre rosse.

Filmography Film Year Title Notes 1975 Matti da slegare Director onlyDocumentary 1983 Sweet Body of Bianca 1984 The Mass Is Ended 1987 Dolce assenza Julia and Julia 1988 It's Happening Tomorrow 1989 Étoile Forever Mery 1990 Pummarò 1991 The Yes Man The Invisible Wall 1992 The Stolen Children Ambrogio 1993 The Storm Is Coming Fiorile 1994 The Bull 1995 Policeman School Who Killed Pasolini? 1996 My Generation Vesna Goes Fast 1997 Marianna Ucrìa The Truce Auguri professore Story only 1998 Little Teachers 1999 La guerra degli Antò The Lost Lover 2001 Domenica 2003 The Best of Youth 2004 The Keys to the House 2005 Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide Romanzo Criminale 2007 My Brother Is an Only Child The Girl by the Lake Piano, solo 2008 A Perfect Day 2009 The Front Line 2010 La nostra vita 2012 Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy 2013 Siberian Education Those Happy Years 2015 Suburra 2016 Non c'è più religione 2018 Io sono Tempesta

Television Year Title Notes 1977 Il gabbiano Television film 1979 The Cinema Machine 5 episodes, also directorDocumentary 1986 Attentato al Papa 2 episodes Mino 4 episodes Fuori scena Television film 1987–1995 La piovra 30 episodes 1988 Una vittoria Television film 1990 Vita dei castelli 3 episodes 1991 3 episodes 1991–1993 Felipe ha gli occhi azzurri 5 episodes 1994 Michele alla guerra Television film 1997 Don Milani - Il priore di Barbiana 2 episodes 1998 Più leggero non basta Television film 1999 La vita che verrà 4 episodes 2001 Almost America 2 episodes Compagni di scuola 2002 Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano 2 episodes 2004 La omicidi 6 episodes 2005 Cefalonia 2 episodes Padri e figli 6 episodes 2008 O' professore 2 episodes 2010 Longlasting Youth 4 episodes 2011 2 episodes 2013 Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno Television film 2014 La strada dritta 2 episodes 2014–2015 Braccialetti rossi 7 episodes 2015 L'Oriana 2 episodes Questo è il mio paese Episode: "Episodio 1" 2020 La guerra è finita TV miniseries

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Title Result 1975 Berlin International Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize Matti da slegare OCIC Award 1979 FIPRESCI Prize The Cinema Machine 1986 Golden Ciak Best Screenplay The Mass Is Ended David di Donatello Best Screenplay Nastro d'argento Best Screenplay Best Original Story 1988 Golden Ciak Best Screenplay It's Happening Tomorrow 1990 Golden Ciak Best Screenplay Forever Mery 1991 David di Donatello Best Screenplay The Yes Man 1992 Golden Ciak Best Screenplay Nastro d'argento Best Screenplay Best Original Story The Invisible Wall Golden Ciak Best Screenplay David di Donatello Best Screenplay The Stolen Children 1993 Nastro d'argento Best Screenplay Golden Ciak Best Screenplay 1995 Nastro d'argento Best Original Story The Bull 1996 Golden Ciak Best Screenplay School Nastro d'argento Best Screenplay 1997 Italian Golden Globe Best Screenplay Marianna Ucrìa David di Donatello Best Screenplay The Truce Golden Ciak Best Screenplay My Generation 2003 European Film Awards Best Screenwriter The Best of Youth 2004 David di Donatello Best Screenplay Nastro d'argento Best Screenplay Italian Golden Globe Best Screenplay Golden Ciak Best Screenplay 2005 Golden Ciak Best Screenplay The Keys to the House David di Donatello Best Screenplay Nastro d'argento Best Screenplay 2006 David di Donatello Best Screenplay Romanzo Criminale Golden Ciak Best Screenplay Nastro d'argento Best Screenplay 2007 David di Donatello Best Screenplay My Brother is an Only Child Golden Ciak Best Screenplay 2008 Nastro d'argento Best Screenplay The Girl by the Lake David di Donatello Best Screenplay Italian Golden Globe Best Screenplay Golden Ciak Best Screenplay 2010 Nastro d'argento Best Screenplay La nostra vita 2011 David di Donatello Best Screenplay 2012 Nastro d'argento Best Screenplay Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy David di Donatello Best Screenplay Golden Ciak Best Screenplay Italian Golden Globe Best Screenplay 2014 Nastro d'Argento Best Screenplay Those Happy Years

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Who is Sandro Petraglia?

Italian screenwriter

When was Sandro Petraglia born?

Sandro Petraglia was born on 19 April 1947 in Rome.

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Sandro Petraglia is a screenwriter, writer, film director and film critic.

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Sandro Petraglia is Italian.

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· Wikipedia: Sandro Petraglia

· Wikidata: Q782043

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