{{short description|Italian screenwriter (born 1955)}} {{Expand Italian|topic=bio}} '''Anna Pavignano''' is an Italian screenwriter born in 1955 in Borgomanero.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Women Screenwriter An International Guide|last = Comand|first = Mariapia|publisher = Palgrave Macmillan|year = 2015|location = New York|pages = 472|chapter = 4}}</ref> She is best known for her screenplay for the film ''Il Postino: The Postman'' and ''I'm Starting from Three.'' She was the partner in life and career of Massimo Troisi from 1977 to 1987.
== Career == Pavignano had been writing for several years before she really began her professional career. She studied psychology at University of Turin and worked on a television show to pay for her studies. In 1977, she met the actor, director and screenwriter Massimo Troisi on the set of the show ''Non Stop''.<ref name=":0" /> Her professional career began with him and on a personal aspect, she found love in Troisi.
Their first film together is ''I'm Starting from Three''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1aLopQAbiq4C|title=Polyglot Cinema: Migration and Transcultural Narration in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain|last=Berger|first=Verena|last2=Komori|first2=Miya|date=2010-01-01|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|isbn=9783643502261|pages=230–231|language=en}}</ref> in 1981 which was nominated for Best Screenplay at the David di Donatello Awards.<ref>{{Citation|title = I'm Starting from Three|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081427/awards?ref_=tt_awd|date = 1981-03-05|access-date = 2016-02-24|first = Massimo|last = Troisi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l0dUgcYI8B0C|title=Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema|last=Moliterno|first=Gino|date=2008-09-29|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810862548|page=317|language=en}}</ref> They wrote ''Scusate il ritardo'' in 1983 nominated for several awards for acting. In 1983, they wrote the film ''Le vie del Signore sono finite'' which was nominated for Best Screenplay at the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalist.<ref>{{Citation|title = Le vie del Signore sono finite|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094263/awards?ref_=tt_awd|date = 1987-12-23|access-date = 2016-02-24|first = Massimo|last = Troisi}}</ref> Their relation ended in 1987, but they kept working together until the death of Troisi. Their major accomplishment was the film ''Il Postino'' in 1994. Tragically, just 12 hours after the end of the shooting of the film, Massimo Troisi died of a heart attack. The movie won several awards and was nominated in many categories as well. The film was nominated for the Oscar of Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url = http://www.oscars.org/|website = Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date = 2016-02-24}}</ref> It was also nominated for Best Screenplay - Adapted at the BAFTA Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1994/film|title=Film in 1994|website=BAFTA Awards|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref>
After the end of the relationship with Troisi, Pavignano continued her career, working with other writers. She then wrote ''Passi d'amore'' in 1989. She wrote, by herself, the film ''Ma non per sempre'' in 1991. In 2002, she wrote the screenplay for the film ''Casomai'' and was nominated for a David di Donatello Award for Best Screenplay.<ref name=":0" />
She also started writing books in 2007. She started with the book ''Da domani mi alzo tardi'' talking about her past relationship with Massimo Troisi. It is a novel using her life as a subject making it a bit of a biography.<ref name=":0" />
== Bibliography == * 2007: ''Da domani mi alzo tardi'' * 2009: ''In bilico sul mare''
== Filmography == ; Collaborative * 1981: ''I'm Starting from Three'', directed by Massimo Troisi * 1982: ''Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!,'' directed by Massimo Troisi * 1983: ''Scusate il ritardo'', directed by Massimo Troisi * 1987: ''Le vie del Signore sono finite'', directed by Massimo Troisi * 1989: ''Passi d'amore'', directed by Sergio Sollima * 1991: ''Pensavo fosse amore, invece era un calesse'', directed by Massimo Troisi * 1994: ''Il Postino: The Postman'', directed by Michael Radford * 2001: ''Bad Women,'' directed by Fabio Conversi * 2002: ''Casomai'', directed by Alessandro D'Alatri * 2002: ''Amore con la S maiuscola'', directed by Paolo Costella * 2004: ''Se devo essere sincera'', directed by Davide Ferrario * 2010: ''Sul mare'', directed by Alessandro D'Alatri * 2013: ''Something good: The Mercury Factor'', directed by Luca Barbareschi * 2014: ''Elsa & Fred'', directed by Michael Radford * 2023: ''Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me'', directed by Mario Martone
;Non-Collaborative * 1991: ''Ma non per sempre'', directed by Marzio Casa
== Awards == {| class="wikitable" !Year !Award !Film !Category !Nomination/Win |- |1981 |David di Donatello |''I'm Starting from Three'' |Best Screenplay |Nomination |- |1988 |Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists |''Le vie del Signore sono finite'' |Best Screenplay |Win |- |1992 |Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists |''Pensavo fosse amore, invece era un calesse'' |Best Screenplay |Nomination |- |1996 |Oscar |''Il Postino: The Postman'' |Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published |Nomination |- |1996 |BAFTA Awards |''Il Postino: The Postman'' |Best Screenplay - Adapted |Nomination |- |2003 |David di Donatello |''Casomai'' |Best Screenplay |Nomination |}
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