{{Short description|Italian dramatist, director, actor and screenwriter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Fausto Paravidino | image = FaustoParavidino1.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|15 June 1976}} | birth_place = Genoa, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | spouse = | children = | years_active = | occupation = Director <br/> Screenwriter }} '''Fausto Paravidino''' (born 15 June 1976) is an Italian dramatist, director, actor and screenwriter.
== Life and career == Born in Genoa, Paravidino spent his childhood in Rocca Grimalda, Alessandria. He started his professional career on stage at very young age, in 1990, as part of the company "La Soffitta". In 1995, he moved back to Genoa, where he enrolled at the drama courses of the Teatro Nazionale. In 1996 he wrote his first comedy play, ''Trinciapollo'', and in 1998 he came to the fore thanks to the critically acclaimed dramas ''Gabriele'' and ''Due Fratelli''.<ref name=bioe2>{{cite news|last1=Roberto Donati|title=Fausto Paravidino: Giovane fuoriclasse italiano|url=http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=174014|work=MyMovies|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref><ref name=dnd>{{cite book|last1=Ilaria Godino|chapter=Fausto Paravidino|title=Tutto teatro: Studio, riepilogo, sintesi|year=2010|publisher=De Agostini, 2010|isbn=978-8841862858}}</ref>
Paravidino made his film debut in 1999, appearing in Pupi Avati's ''Midsummer Night's Dance''. In 2000 his play ''Peanuts'' was represented at the Royal Court Theatre. In 2004 he won the Vittorio Gassman Prize for the drama play ''Natura morta in un fosso''.<ref name=bioe2/> The play was staged by Andrea Ferran for Volta International Festival at the Arcola Theatre in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=About {{!}} Volta International Festival |url=https://www.voltatheatre.com/about |website=Volta Festival |access-date=20 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
Paravidino made his directorial film debut in 2005 with ''Texas'', which was screened in the Horizons section at the 62nd edition of the Venice Film Festival and got him a Pasinetti Award.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Redazione|title=Premio Pasinetti a "Texas" di Fausto P|url=http://www.iltempo.it/2005/10/02/premio-pasinetti-a-laquo-texas-raquo-di-fausto-paravidino-1.1049467|access-date=1 June 2016|work=Il Tempo|date=2 October 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701033429/http://www.iltempo.it/2005/10/02/premio-pasinetti-a-laquo-texas-raquo-di-fausto-paravidino-1.1049467|archive-date=1 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Silvia Di Paola|title=A un giovane regista il "Pasinetti"|url=http://www.cinespettacolo.it/csmain/articolo.asp?aid=3569|access-date=1 June 2016|work=CineSpettacolo|date=8 October 2005}}</ref> For this film he was also nominated for David di Donatello for Best New Director and for Nastro d'Argento in the same category and for Best Original Story.<ref name=bioe2/><ref>{{cite news|title=Cinema: nastri Argento, "romanzo criminale" il più candidato|url=http://archivio.agi.it/articolo/f66c8657aa4abdf559dce774de0e81e7_20060114_cinema-nastri-argento-romanzo-criminale-il-piu-candidato/|access-date=1 June 2016|work=Agenzia Giornalistica Italia|date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605111702/http://archivio.agi.it/articolo/f66c8657aa4abdf559dce774de0e81e7_20060114_cinema-nastri-argento-romanzo-criminale-il-piu-candidato/|archive-date=5 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Paravidino was the eighth Italian author to be presented at the Comédie-Française in Paris, with the play ''La malattia della famiglia M'' ("''La Maladie de la famille M.''" in its French adaptation) he also directed. Other of his works were adapted in German and presented in various theaters, including at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rodolfo di Giammarco|title= Il fenomeno Paravidino ragazzo terribile del teatro |url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2010/08/31/un-italiano-alla-comedie-il-giovane-paravidino.html|access-date=1 June 2016|work=La Repubblica|date=12 August 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rodolfo di Giammarco|title=Un italiano alla Comédie il giovane Paravidino fra Goldoni e Eduardo|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2010/08/31/un-italiano-alla-comedie-il-giovane-paravidino.html|access-date=1 June 2016|work= La Repubblica |date=31 August 2010}}</ref>
== Further reading == * Alessandro Tinterri (edited by). ''Fausto Paravidino''. Perugia, Morlacchi, 2006. {{ISBN|88-607-4025-8}}.
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