Country: Italy
Year: 1997
Duration: 23'
Shot behind the scenes of the shooting of Maurizio Fiume's film Isotta, the video is not trying to be a backstage advertisement for Fiume's film but an ironic documentary about Italian independent cinema.
Biography
film director
Massimo Martella
(Taranto, Italy, 1961) graduated in directing from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and has worked as a television director for Rai since 1988. In 1993, he debuted in film with Il tuffo, which won the Kodak Award for best first film at the Venice Film Festival. Since then he has divided his time between movies and television, alternating his work as a documentary filmmaker with directing popular fiction programs for Rai TV. He also teaches creative writing and production methods for series at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples and Foggia.
FILMOGRAFIA
Il tuffo (1993), La prima volta (1993), L’ultima lezione (1999), Mio Duce ti scrivo (doc., 2000), Nel nome di Antea (doc. 2015), Il tocco di Piero (doc., 2022).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, sceneggiatura e fotografia: Massimo Martella.
Editor: Luca Benedetti.
Production company: Riverfilm, via Pomezia 11, 00183 Roma, c.p. 4141, tel. +390670454723, fax +3906-70497175.
Editor: Luca Benedetti.
Production company: Riverfilm, via Pomezia 11, 00183 Roma, c.p. 4141, tel. +390670454723, fax +3906-70497175.
