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Toni D’Angelo (Naples, 1979) is a director, screenwriter, and producer. After spending his childhood in Rome, he studied at the DAMS in Bologna and Roma Tre University, where he graduated with a thesis on the cinema of Abel Ferrara. From 2002 to 2004, he worked as Ferrara’s assistant, collaborating on the writing of scripts and co-directing the video clip “Move with Me.” During the same period, he made his first short films, including “Bukowski,” “Casoria,” and “L’uomo che amava gli ascensori” (The Man Who Loved Elevators), marking a personal and visual debut that anticipated the traits of his cinema. He made his feature film debut with “Una notte” (2007), which earned him a David di Donatello nomination for best new director. In 2009, he made “Poeti,” a documentary selected for the 66th Venice Film Festival, followed by “L’innocenza di Clara” (2011), in competition at Montreal, and the short film “Ore 12” (2014), presented at the Rome Film Festival. Venice Film Festival, followed by L’innocenza di Clara (2011), in competition at Montréal, and the short film Ore 12 (2014), presented at the Rome Film Festival, a short, tense work that depicts underground and collective violence. In 2015, he directed Filmstudio Mon Amour, a tribute to a legendary place in Italian cinema, which earned him a special Nastro d’Argento award.

This was followed by Falchi (2016), an urban noir produced by Rai Cinema and Minerva Pictures, and the short film Nessuno è innocente (2018), selected for Venice Critics’ Week. With Calibro 9 (2019), presented at the Turin Film Festival, a contemporary reinterpretation of the Italian crime thriller, Toni D’Angelo signed his most ambitious project, confirming a cinema rooted in reality, visually clear and narratively restless, permeated by a constant civil and existential tension. In 2023, he founded the production company Isola Produzioni.

 

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