Italo Spinelli
(Italy, 1951) is a stage and film director. He staged Strindberg’s “Creditors”, Italo Calvino’s “La giornata di uno scrutatore”, and “Platone” drawn from Plato’s Republic.
In 1980 he directed Doppio movimento (co-directed by Paolo Grassini), and Roma Paris Barcelona in 1989. He has also directed documentaries such as Ripensando Lima (1988), Un fiume di Cinema - Sulle tracce di Michelangelo Antonioni (1995), Danzando in Cambogia (1998), and Bernardo Bertolucci Hyderabad (2000).
He is the founder and artistic director of the Festival Asiaticafilmmediale, which has been held in Rome since 2000.
(Source: Rome film festival)