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Directing · 1934–1982 · Roma, Italy
Ennio Lorenzini, born in 1934 in Rome, and died on March 15, 1982, worked on numerous short films with the Italian director Gian Vittorio Baldi before launching his brilliant career as director and documentary maker in 1961. Les Mains Libres is his first film released in theaters, produced by Casbah Film in co-production with Algeria.
In 1968, he directed Cronaca Di Un Gruppo for Italian television. In 1975, he produced Quanto È Bello Lu Murire Acciso, the story of the patriot Carlo Pisacane, an extraordinary portrait of the Risorgimento in Italy. Thanks to this film, he won three prestigious awards: the David di Donatello – special prize for directing – the Silver Ribbon for best new Italian director and the Golden Globe for best first work.
Ennio Lorenzini died after a long illness on March 15, 1982, in Rome.
