Vittorio Sindoni

{{short description|Italian director and screenwriter (born 1939)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Vittorio Sindoni | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|21 April 1939}} | birth_place = Capo d'Orlando, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | spouse = | children = | years_active = | occupation = Director <br> Screenwriter }} '''Vittorio Sindoni''' (born 21 April 1939) is an Italian director and screenwriter.

== Life and career == Born in Capo d'Orlando, Sicily, Sindoni started his career on stage directing the theater group "Il Collettivo" ("The Collective") in Rome, and worked for some years as author of several RAI cultural programs.<ref name=Enciclop>{{cite book|last=Gianni Canova|title=Enciclopedia del cinema|year=2005|publisher=Garzanti, 2009|isbn=881150516X}}</ref> In the late 1960s he entered the film industry as director and screenwriter, directing numerous comedies.<ref name="Enciclop"/> He is known to Italian giallo fans for his 1968 film ''Deadly Inheritance''. For his film ''Gli anni struggenti'' he won the Mario Gromo Plate at the 1979 Grolle d'oro Awards.<ref name="Enciclop"/> Since the 1980s he devoted himself to television.<ref name="Enciclop"/>

== Selected filmography == * ''Deadly Inheritance'' (1969) * ''The Lady Has Been Raped'' (1973) *''Don't Hurt Me, My Love'' (1974) * ''Per amore di Cesarina'' (1976) * ''Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe'' (1976) * ''Positano'' (1996, TV) * ''Non lasciamoci più'' (1999-2001, TV) * ''Butta la luna'' (2006-2009, TV)

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== Further reading == * {{cite book |last1=Pergolari |first1=Andrea |title=L'amicizia finisce col piano di lavorazione. Vittorio Sindoni fra cinema e tv |date=2024 |publisher=Edizioni Sabinae |isbn=979-12-80023-81-0 }}

== External links == * {{IMDb name|id =0801819}}

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