{{Short description|Italian filmmaker|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Michelangelo Frammartino | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1968}} | birth_place = Milan, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Director, Screenwriter | years_active = 1995–present }} '''Michelangelo Frammartino''' (born 1968) is an Italian slow cinema filmmaker and professor. Most know for his critically acclaimed films ''Le quattro volte'' (2010) and ''Il buco'' (2021), for the latter he won the Special Jury Prize (3rd place) at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.
== Biography == Michelangelo Frammartino was born in Milan to Calabrian parents in 1968. In 1991 he enrolled in the Architecture Faculty of the Politecnico di Milano. Between 1994 and 1997 he attended Milan's film school, Civica Scuola del Cinema, for which he produced videoart installations and worked as a set designer for films and video clips. He also shot several short films: ''Tracce'' (1995), ''L'Occhio e lo Spirito'' (1997), ''BIBIM'' (1999), ''Scappa Valentina (''2001), ''Io Non Posso Entrare'' (2002).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://traccecreative.wordpress.com/le-quattro-volte/|title=Michelangelo Frammartino|date=27 September 2011|work=Tracce Creative|access-date=2017-09-08|language=it-IT}}</ref>
Since 2005 he has been teaching filmmaking at the University of Bergamo. In December 2013 he held a workshop at the University of Calabria.
His first feature ''Il Dono'' premiered at the 56th Locarno Film Festival in 2003.{{sfn|Lanfranchi|2016|p=211}} His following film ''Le quattro volte'' (2010) was selected at the Director's Fortnight in Cannes, where it won the Label Europa Cinema.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/145666/#cm | title =Frammartino’s Le Quattro Volte wins Europa Cinemas Label | last =De Marco | first =Camillo | date =2010-05-21 | publisher = Cineuropa | access-date =2024-04-02}}</ref>
His 2021 film ''Il buco'' was selected for the main competition at the 78th Venice International Film Festival,<ref>{{cite web | url =https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/410014/ | title =Michelangelo Frammartino, Director of Il buco | last =De Marco | first =Camillo | date =2021-09-06 | publisher = Cineuropa | access-date =2024-04-02}}</ref> where it received positive reviews and won the Special Jury Prize.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://variety.com/2021/film/news/il-buco-us-rights-grasshopper-gratitude-1235085540/ | title =Michelangelo Frammartino’s Venice Prizewinner ‘Il Buco’ Seals U.S. Deal With Grasshopper, Gratitude (EXCLUSIVE) | last =Vivarelli | first =Nick | date =2021-10-10 | publisher = Variety | access-date =2024-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.torinofilmlab.it/news/-noValue/cannes-2010--le-quattro-volte-wins-europa-cinemas-label | title =Cannes 2010, LE QUATTRO VOLTE wins Europa Cinemas Label | publisher = Torino Film Lab | access-date =2024-04-02}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Short films === * ''Tracce'' (1995) * ''L'Occhio e lo Spirito'' (1997) * ''BIBIM'' (1999) – co-directed with Cafi Mohamud * ''Scappa Valentina'' (2001) * ''Io Non Posso Entrare'' (2002)
=== Feature films === * ''Il Dono'' (2003) * ''Le quattro volte'' (2010) * ''Il buco'' (2021)
=== Installations === * ''Presenze s-connesse'' (1995) * ''Ora'' (1995) * ''La Casa delle Belle Addormentate'' (1997) * ''Film'' (1998) * ''Alberi'' (2013) * ''Sguardi in Macchina'' (2013)
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== Sources == *{{cite journal | last1 = Lanfranchi | first1 = Alessandro | date = 2016 | title = The Post-human Sound An Interview with Michelangelo Frammartino | url = https://www.academia.edu/32646016/The_Post_human_Sound_An_Interview_with_Michelangelo_Frammartino | volume = 4 | issue = 2 |journal=Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism }}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|1506005}}
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