{{Short description|Italian film director (born 1977)}} {{Infobox person | name = Duccio Chiarini | image = Duccio Chiarini Cabourg 2015.jpg | caption = Chiarini at the 2015 Cabourg Film Festival | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age text|30 June 1977}} | birth_place = Florence, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Film director }}

'''Duccio Chiarini''' (born 30 June 1977) is an Italian film director, documentarist, screenwriter and producer.

== Life and career == Born in Florence, Chiarini graduated in direction at the London Film School.<ref name="bio">{{cite news |title=Duccio Chiarini |url=https://www.mymovies.it/persone/duccio-chiarini/244583/ |access-date=16 March 2024 |work=Mymovies.it |language=it}}</ref><ref name="naz">{{cite news |last1=Berti |first1=Federico |title=Cinema, il regista fiorentino Duccio Chiarini ospite al Terminale |url=https://www.lanazione.it/prato/cosa-fare/cinema-terminale-chiarini-53821e15 |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=La Nazione |date=16 November 2019}}</ref> After directing some shorts, he made his feature film debut with the autobiographical and documentary ''Hit the Road, Nonna'', about his grandmother, the stylist Delia Ubaldi.<ref name="naz" /> The film premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival, in the Venice Days section,<ref>{{cite news |title=Cinema: Venezia, alle Giornate degli Autori un doc sulla pioniera del pret a porter italiano |url=https://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/regioni/814483/cinema-venezia-alle-giornate-degli-autori-un-doc-sulla-pioniera-del-pret-a-porter-italiano.html |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=Libero |date=4 September 2011 |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rau |first1=Gaia |title=Donna, emigrante, imprenditrice questa antenata merita un biopic |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2011/08/30/donna-emigrante-imprenditrice-questa-antenata-merita-un.html |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=la Repubblica |date=30 August 2011 |language=it}}</ref> and received a special mention at the 2012 Silver Ribbon Awards.<ref name="naz" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Nastri d'Argento 2012 documentari: vincitori |work=Il Cinema Italiano |url=https://www.ilcinemaitaliano.com/nastri-dargento-2012-documentari-vincitori/ |language=it-IT}}</ref>

Chiarini's narrative feature film debut ''Short Skin'' premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival in the "Biennale College" sidebar, and was screened at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in the "Generation" section.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hopewell |first1=John |title=Venice: Good Films To Release 'Short Skin' in Italy |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/venice-good-films-to-release-short-skin-in-italy-exclusive-1201293145/ |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=Variety |date=29 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=van Hoeij |first1=Boyd |title='Short Skin': Berlin Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/short-skin-berlin-review-775251/ |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=21 February 2015}}</ref> It received several awards, including the Grand Prix at the 2015 Cabourg Film Festival, and the Ciak d'Oro for best first work.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lemercier |first1=Fabien |title=Short Skin is triumphant at Cabourg |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/294144/#cm |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=Cineuropa |date=15 June 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pasetti |first1=Anna Maria |title=Ciak d'oro 2015, i vincitori - Trionfa Il giovane favoloso di Martone: 5 premi tra cui miglior film |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2015/06/03/ciak-doro-2015-i-vincitori-trionfa-il-giovane-favoloso-di-martone-5-premi-tra-cui-miglior-film/1744644/ |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=Il Fatto Quotidiano |date=3 June 2015 |language=it-IT}}</ref>

Chiarini's 2018 film ''The Guest'' premiered at the 71st Locarno Film Festival, in which it won the Swiss Critics Boccalino Award for Best Film.<ref>{{cite news |title=Locarno, i premi della critica |url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/cinema/2018/08/10/locarno-i-premi-della-critica_efc82e42-d492-43fd-924a-1e14fa80afe8.html |access-date=1 August 2023 |work=ANSA |date=10 August 2018 |language=it}}</ref> In 2023, his documentary about Italo Calvino ''The Writer in the Trees'' premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, in the Giornate degli Autori program.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Santacatterina |first1=Manuela |title=Italo Calvino, lo scrittore sugli alberi: intervista a Duccio Chiarini |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.it/film/documentari/italo-calvino-lo-scrittore-sugli-alberi-intervista-duccio-chiarini-documentario-giornate-degli-autori-centenario/41478/ |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter Roma |date=29 August 2023 |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chiarini, Calvino sempre più universale e attuale - Libri - Libri e film - Ansa.it |url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/libri/libri_film/2023/08/28/chiarini-calvino-sempre-piu-universale-e-attuale_9eafcbb4-8ae4-4c94-921f-8b06553b1195.html |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=ANSA |date=28 August 2023 |language=it}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==

* ''Hit the Road, Nonna'' (documentary, 2011) * ''Short Skin'' (2014) * ''Settembre'' (documentary, 2015) * ''The Guest'' (2018) * ''Marco Polo'' (documentary, 2019) * ''L'occhio di vetro '' (documentary, 2020) * ''The Writer in the Trees'' (documentary, 2023)

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