Carlo Virzì

Carlo Virzì (born 2 June 1972) is a musician, director and screenwriter Italian.

Born in Livorno, Virzì was the singer and guitarist of the rock band Snaporaz, from 1997 to 2001; he was also the composer of the soundtracks for many films of his brother Paolo Virzì.^[1] His first film as director and screenwriter is L'estate del mio primo bacio (2006).^[1]

In 2011 the Bari International Film Festival awarded him the Ennio Morricone Prize for the best composer for the film The First Beautiful Thing.

Filmography

Director

• L'estate del mio primo bacio (2006)
• The Greatest of All (Italian: I più grandi di tutti) (2012)

Screenwriter

• L'estate del mio primo bacio (2006)
• I liceali (English: the students of high school) 2008,
• The Greatest of All (2012)

Composer of the music

• Ovosodo , directed by Paolo Virzì (1997, like Snaporaz)
• Hugs and kisses , directed by Paolo Virzì (1999, like Snaporaz)
• My Name Is Tanino , directed by Paolo Virzì (2002)
• Caterina in the Big City , directed by Paolo Virzì (2003)
• L'estate del mio primo bacio (2006)
• The First Beautiful Thing , directed by Paolo Virzì (2010)
• The Greatest of All (2012)
• Human Capital (Italian: Il capitale umano) , directed by Paolo Virzì (2014)

External links

• Carlo Virzì at the Internet Movie Database

References