{{Short description|Italian film directors and screenwriters}} {{Infobox person | name = Fabio Grassadonia | birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|8 June 1968}} | birth_place = Palermo, Italy | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = {{flatlist| *Film director *screenwriter }} | years active = 2001–present }} {{Infobox person | name = Antonio Piazza | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|24 February 1970}} | birth_place = Milan, Italy | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = {{flatlist| *Film director *screenwriter }} | years_active = 2001–present }}
'''Fabio Grassadonia''' and '''Antonio Piazza''' are an Italian duo of screenwriters and directors.
==Biography== Grassadonia and Piazza became friends while attending film school Scuola Holden in Turin.<ref>{{cite news |title=Torino: registi, produttori e giornalisti inaugurano oggi la Scuola Holden |url=https://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/10/18/news/torino_registi_produttori_e_giornalisti_inaugurano_oggi_la_scuola_holden-178606073/ |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=la Repubblica |date=18 October 2017 |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Cinema: la Croisette a Milano, da oggi al 19 'Cannes e dintorni' |url=https://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/spettacolo/1261244/cinema-la-croisette-a-milano-da-oggi-al-19-cannes-e-dintorni-2.html |work=Libero|date= 16 June 2013|access-date=24 July 2024 |language=it}}</ref> After collaborating to some screenplays, they made their directorial debut in 2009 with ''Rita'', a short which was screened in numerous festivals and won several awards.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pasquini |first1=Mattia |title=Piazza & Grassadonia: "Dopo Salvo una Ghost Story siciliana" |url=https://cinecittanews.it/piazza-grassadonia-dopo-salvo-una-ghost-story-siciliana/ |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=Cinecittà News |date=9 April 2014 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
Their feature film debut ''Salvo'' premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Critics' Week Grand Prize.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keslassy |first1=John Hopewell, Elsa |last2=Hopewell |first2=John |last3=Keslassy |first3=Elsa |title=Cannes: 'Salvo' Wins Critics' Week Grand Prize |url=https://variety.com/2013/biz/global/salvo-tops-cannes-critics-week-1200487102/ |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=Variety |date=23 May 2013}}</ref> For this film Grassadonia and Piazza received a David di Donatello nomination for best new directors.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scarpa |first1=Vittoria |title=David di Donatello: head to head between Virzì and Sorrentino |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/257110/ |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=Cineuropa |date=12 May 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
Grassadonia's and Piazza's second film ''Sicilian Ghost Story'' opened the Critics' Week at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, where it received a ten minutes standing ovation.<ref name="iri">{{cite news |last1=Brady |first1=Tara |title=How 'Sicilian Ghost Story' revolutionises the Mafia film |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/how-sicilian-ghost-story-revolutionises-the-mafia-film-1.3582048 |access-date=24 July 2024 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=2 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> For this film the duo was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Adapted Screenplay.<ref name="iri" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Niola |first1=Gabriele |title='Love And Bullets', 'A Ciambra' triumph at Italy's David di Donatello awards |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/love-and-bullets-a-ciambra-triumph-at-italys-david-di-donatello-awards/5127691.article |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=Screen International|date=22 March 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
The duo's third film ''Sicilian Letters'' competed for the Golden Lion at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roxborough |first1=Scott |title='Joker 2,' 'Maria,' 'Wolfs' in Venice Lineup |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/venice-film-festival-2024-lineup-1235954283/ |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=23 July 2024}}</ref>
==Filmography== * ''Rita'' (short, 2009) * ''Salvo'' (2013) * ''Sicilian Ghost Story'' (2017) * ''Sicilian Letters'' (2024)
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=nm0989305|name=Fabio Grassadonia}} *{{IMDb name|id=nm0988803|name=Antonio Piazza}}
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Category:Italian screenwriters Category:Italian film directors Category:Italian male screenwriters Category:David di Donatello winners