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-'''Marco Ferreri''' ([[May 11]] [[1928]] - [[May 9]] [[1997]]) was an Italian [[film director]], [[actor]] and [[screen writer]]. +'''Marco Ferreri''' (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an [[Italian film director]], [[actor]] and [[screen writer]]. Thematically he explored the [[dark]] side of the [[human condition]] in such films as ''[[La Grande Bouffe]]'' and ''[[Tales of Ordinary Madness]]''.
 +==Biography==
 +He was born in [[Milan]]. His best known film is ''[[La Grande Bouffe]]'', starring [[Marcello Mastroianni]], [[Michel Piccoli]], [[Philippe Noiret]] and [[Ugo Tognazzi]]. He was an atheist.
-Ferreri was born in [[Milan]]. His best known film is ''[[La Grande Bouffe]]'' starring Marcello Mastroianni and Ugo Tognazzi.+His 1979 film ''[[Seeking Asylum (film)|Chiedo asilo]]'' won him the [[Jury Grand Prix|Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize]] at the [[30th Berlin International Film Festival]]. In 1991, his film ''[[The House of Smiles|La casa del sorriso]]'' won the [[Golden Bear]] at the [[41st Berlin International Film Festival]]. Two years later, his film ''[[Diary of a Maniac|Diario di un vizio]]'' was nominated for the Golden Bear at the [[43rd Berlin International Film Festival]].
-He died in [[Paris]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007]+He died in [[Paris]] of a [[myocardial infarction]]. Upon his death, Gilles Jacob, artistic director of the Cannes International Film Festival, said: "The Italian cinema has lost one of its most original artists, one of its most personal authors (...) No one was more demanding nor more allegorical than he in showing the state of crisis of contemporary man."
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==Partial filmography== ==Partial filmography==
 +
===Director=== ===Director===
-* ''[[El Pisito]]'' (1958)+*''[[El pisito]]'' (1958)
-* ''[[El Cochecito]]'' (1960)+*''[[Los chicos (film)|Los chicos]]'' (1958)
-* ''[[L'ape regina]] '' (1963)+*''[[El cochecito]]'' (1960)
-* ''[[La donna scimmia]]'' (1964)+*''[[The Conjugal Bed (1963 film)|The Conjugal Bed]] (Una storia moderna: l’ape regina)'' (1963)
-* ''[[L'uomo dei cinque palloni]]'' (1965)+*''[[La Donna scimmia]] (The Ape Woman)'' (1964)
-* ''[[L'Harem]]'' (1967) +*''[[L'uomo dei cinque palloni]]'' (1965)
-* ''[[Il seme dell'uomo]] (1969)+*''[[L'Harem]]'' (1967)
-* ''[[Dillinger è morto]]'' (1969) +*''[[Il seme dell'uomo]] (1969)
-* ''[[L'udienza]]'' (1971)+*''[[Dillinger Is Dead]]'' (''Dillinger è morto'', 1969)
-* ''[[Liza (film)|Liza]]'' (Italian dubbed version title "La cagna") (1971)+*''[[L'udienza]]'' (1971)
-* ''[[Touche pas à la femme blanche]]'' (Italian dubbed version title "Non toccare la donna bianca") (1973)+*''[[Liza (1972 film)|Liza]]'' (Italian dubbed version title ''La cagna'', 1971)
-* ''[[La Grande Bouffe]]'' ('Italian dubbed version title "La Grande abbuffata'') (1973)+*''[[Don't Touch the White Woman!|Touche pas à la femme blanche]]'' (Italian dubbed version title ''Non toccare la donna bianca'', released in English as ''Don't Touch The White Woman!'' 1973)
-* ''[[La Dernière femme]]'' (Italian dubbed version title "L'ultima donna'') (1976)+*''[[La Grande Bouffe]]'' (Italian dubbed version title ''La Grande abbuffata'', 1973)
-* ''[[Bye Bye Monkey]]'' (Italian dubbed version title "''Ciao maschio''") (1978)+*''[[La Dernière femme]]'' (Italian dubbed version title ''L'ultima donna'', 1976)
-* ''[[Chiedo asilo]]'' (1980) +*''[[Bye Bye Monkey]]'' (Italian dubbed version title ''Ciao maschio'', 1978)
-* ''[[Tales of Ordinary Madness]]'' (Italian dubbde version title ''Storie di ordinaria follia'') (1981)+*''[[Seeking Asylum (film)|Chiedo asilo]]'' (U.S. title "Seeking Asylum", 1980)
-* ''[[Storia di Piera]]'' (1983)+*''[[Tales of Ordinary Madness]]'' (Italian dubbed version title ''Storie di ordinaria follia'', 1981)
-* ''[[Il futuro è donna]]'' (1984) +*''[[Storia di Piera]]'' (1983)
-* ''[[I Love You]]'' (1985) +*''[[Il futuro è donna]]'' (1984)
-* ''[[Ya bon les blancs]]'' (Italian dubbed version title "Come sono buoni i bianchi") (1987)+*''[[I Love You (1985 film)|I Love You]]'' (1985)
-* ''[[La Carne]]'' (also screenwriter) (1991)+*''[[Ya bon les blancs]]'' (Italian dubbed version title ''Come sono buoni i bianchi'', 1987)
-* ''[[La banquette]]'' (Italian title: Il banchetto di Platone'' (1991)+*''[[La Carne]]'' (also screenwriter) (1991)
-* ''[[La casa del sorriso]]'' (1991)+*''[[La banquette]]'' (Italian title: ''Il banchetto di Platone'', 1991)
-* ''[[Diario di un vizio]]'' (1993)+*''[[The House of Smiles|La casa del sorriso]]'' (1991)
-* ''[[Faictz ce que vouldras]]'' (1994)+*''[[Diary of a Maniac|Diario di un vizio]]'' (1993)
-* ''[[Nitrato d'argento]]'' (1996)+*''[[Faictz ce que vouldras]]'' (1994)
 +*''[[Nitrato d'argento]]'' (1996)
===Screenwriter=== ===Screenwriter===
-* ''[[Non toccare la donna bianca]]'' (1973)+*''[[Mafioso (1962 film)|Mafioso]] (1962)
-* ''[[Ciao maschio]]'' (1977)+*''[[Dillinger Is Dead]]'' (''Dillinger è morto'', 1969)
 +*''[[Non toccare la donna bianca]]'' (1973)
 +*''[[Ciao maschio]]'' (1977)
*''[[Chiedo asilo]]'' (1980) *''[[Chiedo asilo]]'' (1980)
-* ''[[Storia di Piera]]'' (1983)+*''[[Storia di Piera]]'' (1983)
*''[[Il futuro è donna]]'' (1984) *''[[Il futuro è donna]]'' (1984)
-*''[[I Love You]]'' (1985)+*''[[I Love Kyiah (1985 film)|I Love Kyiah]]'' (1985)
-* ''[[Dillinger è morto]]'' (1969) +
===Actor=== ===Actor===
-* ''[[Non toccare la donna bianca]]'' (1973)+*''[[Casanova 70]]'' (1967)
 +*''[[The Seventh Floor (1967 film)|The Seventh Floor]]'' (1967)
 +*''[[Pigsty (film)|Pigsty]]'' (1969)
 +*''[[Non toccare la donna bianca]]'' (1973)
 + 
 +==See also==
 +* [[Spanish cinema]]
-==Actor filmography (partial)==+[[Category:Canon]]
-* ''[[Pigpen (film)]]'' ([[1969]])+{{GFDL}}

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Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, actor and screen writer. Thematically he explored the dark side of the human condition in such films as La Grande Bouffe and Tales of Ordinary Madness.

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Biography

He was born in Milan. His best known film is La Grande Bouffe, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret and Ugo Tognazzi. He was an atheist.

His 1979 film Chiedo asilo won him the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1991, his film La casa del sorriso won the Golden Bear at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Two years later, his film Diario di un vizio was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.

He died in Paris of a myocardial infarction. Upon his death, Gilles Jacob, artistic director of the Cannes International Film Festival, said: "The Italian cinema has lost one of its most original artists, one of its most personal authors (...) No one was more demanding nor more allegorical than he in showing the state of crisis of contemporary man."

Partial filmography

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