# Claudio Cupellini

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{{short description|Italian film director and screenwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox person
| name           = Claudio Cupellini
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1973|02|18}}
| birth_place    = [Camposampiero](/source/Camposampiero), Italy
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| occupation     = Director, screenwriter
| years_active   = 1999–present
}}

'''Claudio Cupellini''' (born 18 February 1973) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.

== Biography ==
In 1999, Cupellini realized his first short-movie ''Le diable au vélo'' and then took part to two [anthology film](/source/anthology_film)s: ''Sei pezzi facili'' and ''4-4-2 – Il gioco più bello del mondo''.

His first full feature film was ''[Lessons in Chocolate](/source/Lessons_in_Chocolate)'', a light comedy that deals with the issues of job insecurity and integration, starring [Violante Placido](/source/Violante_Placido).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.film.it/news/film/dettaglio/art/lezioni-di-cioccolato-esce-in-250-sale-24353/|title=Lezioni di cioccolato esce in 250 sale|publisher=film.it|date=22 November 2007|access-date=11 June 2019}}</ref> His second film, ''[A Quiet Life](/source/A_Quiet_Life)'', for which Cupellini was nominated for the [David di Donatello Award](/source/David_di_Donatello_Award) for [Best Director](/source/David_di_Donatello_for_Best_Director), was presented at the 2010 [Rome Film Festival](/source/Rome_Film_Festival) and gained [Toni Servillo](/source/Toni_Servillo) the Award for Best Actor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movieplayer.it/articoli/cupellini-e-servillo-parlano-di-una-vita-tranquilla-a-roma_7459/|title=Cupellini e Servillo parlano di Una vita tranquilla a Roma|publisher=movieplayer.it|date=1 November 2010|access-date=11 June 2019}}</ref> In 2015, Cupellini made his third film, the [romantic drama](/source/romantic_drama) ''[Alaska](/source/Alaska_(2015_film))'', starring [Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey](/source/%C3%80strid_Berg%C3%A8s-Frisbey) and [Elio Germano](/source/Elio_Germano).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.it/cinema/news/primo-ciak-per-alaska-nuovo-film-di-claudio-cupellini/n32823/|title=Primo ciak per Alaska, nuovo film di Claudio Cupellini|publisher=comingsoon.it|date=12 May 2014|access-date=11 June 2019}}</ref>

Together with [Stefano Sollima](/source/Stefano_Sollima) and [Francesca Comencini](/source/Francesca_Comencini), Cupellini directed some of the episodes of the [TV-series](/source/TV-series) ''[Gomorrah](/source/Gomorrah_(TV_series))''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/tv-radio/2014/04/29/foto/gomorra_tre_registi_per_la_serie_sollima_comencini_e_cupellini-84773214/1/#1|title="Gomorra", tre registi per la serie tv: Sollima, Comencini e Cupellini|publisher=[La Repubblica](/source/La_Repubblica)|date=24 April 2014|access-date=11 June 2019}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
* ''[Lessons in Chocolate](/source/Lessons_in_Chocolate)'' (2007)
* ''[A Quiet Life](/source/A_Quiet_Life)'' (2010)
* ''[Alaska](/source/Alaska_(2015_film))'' (2015)
* ''{{ill|La terra dei figli (film)|it|3=La terra dei figli (film)|lt=La terra dei figli}}'' (2021)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=1528905|name=Claudio Cupellini}}

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