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| Born | 19 January 1925 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 26 December 2018(2018-12-26) (aged 93) |
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter |
Fabio Carpi (19 January 1925 – 26 December 2018)[1] was an Italian director, screenwriter, and author.
Born inMilan, Carpi began his career in the 1940s as a film critic for the newspapersLibera Stampa andL'Unità.[2] He moved to Brazil in 1951 where he started collaborating on some screenplays. He returned to Italy in 1954, and until 1971, he was active as a screenwriter for notable directors such asAntonio Pietrangeli,Dino Risi, andVittorio De Seta.[2] He won aNastro d'Argento for the screenplay ofNelo Risi'sDiary of a Schizophrenic Girl in 1971.[3] From 1957 he was also a critically acclaimed novelist and essayist.[2] His novelPatchwork won theBagutta Prize in 1998.[4]
After a 1968 documentary short, in 1972 Carpi made his feature film debut with the dramaCorpo d'amore.[2] His films were referred to as "figuratively accurate, literary, often metaphorical and difficult to understand", and "deep explorations of the human psyche".[2]
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