Silvano Agosti

Silvano Agosti (born 23 March 1938) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, documentarist and film editor.

Life and career Born in Brescia, Agosti graduated in direction at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and specialized in editing at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. After directing several shorts and serving as film editor in Marco Bellocchio's Fists in the Pocket, he made his feature film debut in 1967 with Garden of Delights, which was heavily cut from censorship. In 1987, his film Quartiere was entered into the main competition at the 44th Venice International Film Festival. In 1992, he won the Ciak d'Oro for best editing for his film Sweet War, Farewell. In 2019, he received the Nastro d'Argento Lifetime Achievement Award for his career.

In addition to his film work, Agosti is also active as a novelist and poet.

Filmography Garden of Delights (1967) (1971) (1975, co-directed with Marco Bellocchio, Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli) Skärseld (1975, co-directed with Michael Meschke and Orhan Oguz) In the Highest of Skies (1977) (1978, co-directed with Marco Bellocchio, Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli) (1983) (1984, co-director) Quartiere (1987) Sweet War, Farewell (1992) (1995) La seconda ombra (2000) (2001) Il fascino dell'impossibile (2016) Ora e sempre riprendiamoci la vita (2018)