Edoardo DE ANGELIS
Edoardo De Angelis was born in Naples in 1978. After a varied early career that included working as a ballet dancer, rapper, and actor, he entered filmmaking at nineteen and studied directing at Italy′s Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He made his feature debut with Mozzarella Stories (2011), starring Luca Zingaretti, then broke through internationally with Indivisible (2016), the story of conjoined twin sisters, which won the Pasinetti Award for Best Film at Venice Days and swept over 50 international prizes, including six David di Donatello Awards. He went on to establish himself as one of Italy′s leading directors with The Vice of Hope (2018), which won the Audience Award at the Rome Film Fest and Best Director at Tokyo. After directing the Netflix series The Lying Life of Adults (2023), based on Elena Ferrante′s novel, he moved into Venice′s main competition with the true-story drama Comandante (2023). Having also branched into opera and theater direction, he returns to the Venice main competition once again with his latest film, The Fire Within You.
De Festival Internacional de Cine de Busan 2026, N.º 31
