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Born May 26, 1956 · Casalmaggiore, Cremona, Lombardy, Italy
Davide Ferrario (born 26 June 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and author. Born in Casalmaggiore, Cremona, Ferrario graduated in Anglo-American literature, then he began to work in film distribution, and he contributed to import in Italy many indie films by John Sayles, Jim Jarmusch, Susan Seidelman, Godfrey Reggio. He also collaborated as a film critic with the cinema magazine Cineforum, and he wrote a monograph about Rainer Werner Fassbinder. After collaborating to several screenplays, Ferrario made his directorial debut in 1987 with the short film Non date da mangiare agli animali, and in 1989 he directed his first feature film, the neo-noir The End of the Night. His 2004 film After Midnight entered the Forum section at the 54th Berlin International Film Festival, in which Ferrario won the Caligari Film Prize and the Don Quixote Award. Also a novelist, his 1995 debut novel Dissolvenza al nero was later adapted into a film, Fade to Black by Oliver Parker.

Behind a Portrait. The Italian Treasures from Accademia Carrara
2025

Italo Calvino nelle città
2024

Umberto Eco: A Library of the World
2023

Boys
2021

Blood on the Crown
2021

Nuovo cinema paralitico
2020

Cento anni
2017

Sexxx
2015

La zuppa del demonio
2014

La luna su Torino
2014

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013

Piazza Garibaldi
2011

Tutta colpa di Giuda
2009

Primo Levi's Journey
2006

Se devo essere sincera
2004

After Midnight
2004

Mondonuovo
2003

I-TIGI a Gibellina - Racconto per Ustica
2000

Guardami
1999

Children of Hannibal
1998

Sul 45° parallelo
1997

We All Fall Down
1997

Partigiani
1997

Materiale resistente
1995

Love Burns
1994

La fine della notte
1989

Behind a Portrait: The Italian Treasures of the Accademia Carrara