Alessandro Benvenuti

Alessandro Benvenuti is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. He was cofounder, together with Francesco Nuti and Athina Cenci, of the comedy ensamble GianCattivi with whom he achieved his first successes on stage and on television. He made his film debut in Ad Ovest di Paperino, for which he won the 1982 Silver Ribbon for Best New Director, therefore he started a critically apprecciated career as director, screenwriter and actor of a set of original, offbeat comedies. In 1995 he won a second Silver Ribbon for the script of the film Belle al Bar. In 1996 he received three Globi doro nominations for his comedy drama film Ivo the Genius in the categories best film, best actor and best director.

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