Marco Bellocchio

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

37

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-11-09 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Bobbio, Piacenza, Italy

Also Known As

  • Марко Беллоккьо
  • Марко Беллоккио
  • 마르코 벨로키오
  • 마르코 벨로치오

Marco Bellocchio

Biography

Marco Bellocchio (Italian: [ˈmarko belˈlɔkkjo]; born 9 November 1939; Bobbio) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor.

Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schoolteacher. He began studying philosophy in Milan but then decided to enter film school, making his first film, Fists in the Pocket, (I pugni in tasca, winner of the Silver Sail at the 1965 Festival del film Locarno), funded by family members and shot on family property, in 1965.

Bellocchio's films include China Is Near (1967), Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina (Slap the Monster on Page One) (1972), Nel Nome del Padre (In the name of the Father – a satire on a Catholic boarding school that shares affinities with Lindsay Anderson's If....) (1972), Victory March (1976), A Leap in the Dark (1980), Henry IV (1984), Devil in the Flesh (1986), and My Mother's Smile (2002), which told the story of a wealthy Italian artist, a 'default-Marxist and atheist', who suddenly discovers that the Vatican is proposing to make his detested mother a saint. In 1991 he won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival for his film The Conviction. In 1995 he directed a documentary about the Red Brigades and the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, titled Broken Dreams. In 2003, he directed a feature film on the same theme, Good Morning, Night. In 2006 his film The Wedding Director was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. In 1999, he was awarded with an Honorable Prize for the contribution to cinema at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival. In 2009 he directed Vincere, which was in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival. He finished Sorelle Mai, an experimental film that was shot over ten years with the students of six separate workshops playing themselves. He was awarded with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September 2011. His 2012 film Dormant Beauty was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.[6] On 6 September 2012, Bellocchio condemned the Catholic Church's interference in politics after the premiere of his controversial film about a high-profile euthanasia case. The film approaches the topic of euthanasia and the difficulty with legislation on end of life in Italy, which has Vatican City within its borders. The subject is inspired by Eluana Englaro's case. Following the decision of the jury of the Venice Film Festival, which excluded the film from the Golden Lion, Bellocchio has expressed strong criticism against President Michael Mann.

Known For

Ennio
8.3%

Ennio

Feb 17, 2022

My Mother's Smile
7.1%

My Mother's Smile

Apr 19, 2002

Marx Can Wait
7.6%

Marx Can Wait

Jul 15, 2021

Love and Anger
5.4%

Love and Anger

May 29, 1969

Raffa
8.2%

Raffa

Jul 6, 2023

The Seagull
6.0%

The Seagull

Jul 2, 1977

Fit to Be Untied
8.5%

Fit to Be Untied

Jan 13, 1975

Francis of Assisi
5.8%

Francis of Assisi

Sep 1, 1966

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
6.2%

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

Jul 17, 2005

My Name Is Anna Magnani
8.0%

My Name Is Anna Magnani

Sep 30, 1980

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Art

2002
My Mother's Smile as Painter

Creator

La colonna infame as Creator
2022
Exterior Night as Creator

Crew

2022
Exterior Night as Script

Directing

La colonna infame as Director
2023
Kidnapped as Director
2022
Exterior Night as Director
2022
Esterno Notte (part II) as Director
2022
Esterno Notte (part I) as Director
2021
If I Can Afford It as Director
2021
Marx Can Wait as Director
2019
The Traitor as Director
2018
The Fight as Director
2017
All for a Rose as Director
2016
Sweet Dreams as Director
2016
Clowns as Director
2015
Blood of My Blood as Director
2012
Dormant Beauty as Director
2011
Sorelle Mai as Director
2009
Vincere as Director
2007
Sorelle as Director
2006
The Wedding Director as Director
2003
Good Morning, Night as Director
2002
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops as Director
2002
My Mother's Smile as Director
2002
Farewell to the Past as Director
2002
Today is a Beautiful Day as Director
2002
Notes for a Movie About Uncle Vania as Director
2000
A Thread of Passion as Director
2000
Nina as Director
2000
The Choir Master as Director
2000
Fresco as Director
1999
The Nanny as Director
1998
Alfabeto italiano as Director
1997
The Prince of Homburg as Director
1997
Elena as Director
1996
Celebrate Cinema 101 as Director
1995
Rome, November 12, 1994 as Director
1995
Broken Dreams: Reasoning and Delirium as Director
1994
The Butterfly's Dream as Director
1993
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth as Director
1991
The Conviction as Director
1988
The Witches' Sabbath as Director
1986
Devil in the Flesh as Director
1984
Henry IV as Director
1982
The Eyes, the Mouth as Director
1980
Vacation in Val Trebbia as Director
1980
Leap Into the Void as Director
1979
The Cinema Machine as Director
1977
The Seagull as Director
1976
Victory March as Director
1975
Fit to Be Untied as Director
1972
Slap the Monster on Page One as Director
1971
In the Name of the Father as Director
1969
Love and Anger as Director
1969
Long Live the 1st Red and Proletarian May as Director
1969
The Calabrian People Raised Their Heads as Director
1967
China Is Near as Director
1965
Fists in the Pocket as Director
1962
Ginepro Became a Man as Director
1962
Down with Uncle as Director
1961
Culpability and Punishment as Director

Editing

1988
The Witches' Sabbath as Editor

Production

Prima la vita, poi il cinema as Producer
La vita accanto as Producer
2016
Clowns as Producer
2006
The Wedding Director as Producer
2003
Good Morning, Night as Producer
2002
My Mother's Smile as Producer
2002
Farewell to the Past as Producer
1999
The Nanny as Producer
1997
The Prince of Homburg as Producer
1994
The Butterfly's Dream as Producer
1969
Long Live the 1st Red and Proletarian May as Producer
1969
The Calabrian People Raised Their Heads as Producer

Writing

Rosebushpruning as Original Film Writer
La vita accanto as Screenplay
2023
Kidnapped as Screenplay
2022
Exterior Night as Writer
2022
Exterior Night as Story
2022
Exterior Night as Screenplay
2022
Exterior Night as Co-Writer
2022
Esterno Notte (part II) as Screenplay
2022
Esterno Notte (part II) as Story
2022
Esterno Notte (part I) as Story
2022
Esterno Notte (part I) as Screenplay
2021
If I Can Afford It as Writer
2021
Marx Can Wait as Writer
2019
The Traitor as Screenplay
2019
The Traitor as Screenstory
2018
The Fight as Writer
2017
All for a Rose as Screenplay
2016
Sweet Dreams as Screenplay
2016
Clowns as Writer
2015
Blood of My Blood as Screenplay
2012
Dormant Beauty as Screenplay
2012
Dormant Beauty as Story
2011
Sorelle Mai as Writer
2009
Vincere as Writer
2007
Sorelle as Writer
2006
The Wedding Director as Writer
2006
Materia e visione as Writer
2004
Radio West as Writer
2003
Good Morning, Night as Writer
2002
My Mother's Smile as Screenplay
2002
Notes for a Movie About Uncle Vania as Writer
2002
Today is a Beautiful Day as Writer
2002
Farewell to the Past as Writer
2000
A Thread of Passion as Writer
2000
Nina as Writer
2000
The Choir Master as Writer
2000
Fresco as Writer
1999
The Nanny as Screenplay
1999
The Nanny as Story
1998
Alfabeto italiano as Writer
1997
The Prince of Homburg as Screenplay
1997
Elena as Writer
1995
Broken Dreams: Reasoning and Delirium as Writer
1993
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth as Writer
1991
The Conviction as Screenplay
1988
The Witches' Sabbath as Writer
1986
Devil in the Flesh as Story
1986
Devil in the Flesh as Writer
1984
Henry IV as Screenplay
1982
The Eyes, the Mouth as Screenplay
1982
The Eyes, the Mouth as Story
1980
Vacation in Val Trebbia as Writer
1980
Mouth Harmonica as Screenplay
1980
Leap Into the Void as Screenplay
1980
Leap Into the Void as Story
1979
The Cinema Machine as Writer
1977
The Seagull as Screenplay
1976
Victory March as Writer
1972
Planet Venus as Writer
1971
In the Name of the Father as Writer
1969
Love and Anger as Writer
1969
Long Live the 1st Red and Proletarian May as Writer
1969
The Calabrian People Raised Their Heads as Writer
1967
China Is Near as Writer
1965
Fists in the Pocket as Writer
1962
Ginepro Became a Man as Writer
1962
Down with Uncle as Writer
1961
Culpability and Punishment as Story
1961
Culpability and Punishment as Screenplay
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