Adriano Aprà

Adriano Aprà was born in 1940 in Rome, where he currently lives. He wrote, in the first 60's, on «Filmcritica», then, from 1966 to 1970, on «Cinema & Film», magazine that he founded and directed. He wrote essays e cured books about italian and foreign cinema. He also pubblished, Per non morire hollywoodiani (Reset, 1999), Stelle & strisce. Viaggi nel cinema usa dal muto agli anni '60 (Falsopiano, 2005), In viaggio con Rossellini (Falsopiano, 2006) e Breve ma veridica storia del documentario. Dal cinema del reale alla nonfiction (2017). In the 70's he co-directed Rome's "Filmstudio 70". He contributed to numerous festivals, directing the ones of Salsomaggiore and Pesaro between 1977 and 1998. From 1998 to 2002 he directed the Cineteca Nazionale. From 2002 to 2009 he taught Storia del cinema italiano at University of Rome "Tor Vergata". He made a fiction film, Olimpia agli amici (1970), and some documentaries, like Rossellini visto da Rossellini (1992). He co-directed with Augusto Contento Rosso cenere (2013). From 2017 he organises the Fuorinorma exhibition.