Cecilia Mangini
Cecilia Mangini was an Italian film director, considered the first female documentary filmmaker in Italy.
In 1958, her first documentary was released, titled Ignoti alla Città. Written by Pier Paolo Pasolini, the film focused on adolescents in Rome's suburbs after World War II.
Mangini died on 21 January 2021 in Rome.
Personal life
Born in 1927 in Mola di Bari, Italy, Mangini moved with her family to Florence at age six, when her father's leather business failed. She then moved to Rome in 1952 and worked in a film club federation, where she met and eventually married Lino Del Fra, with whom she collaborated on several film projects.
Filmography
Director
Ignoti alla città Maria e i giorni Firenze di Pratolini La canta delle marane Stendalì - Suonano ancora, La passione del grano, co-directed with Lino Del Fra Fata Morgana, co-directed with Lino del Fra All'armi, siam fascisti!, co-directed with Lino del Fra and Lino Miccichè La statua di Stalin, co-directed with Lino del Fra Divino amore Trieste del mio cuore Pugili a Brugherio Felice Natale Essere donne Brindisi '65 Tommaso Domani vincerò La briglia sul collo In viaggio con Cecilia, co-directed with Due scatole dimenticate – un viaggio in Vietnam, co-directed with Paolo Pisanelli
Screenwriter
Firenze di Pratolini Stendalì - Suonano ancora All'armi, siam fascisti!, directed by Lino Del Fra, Cecilia Mangini and Lino Miccichè La torta in cielo, directed by Lino Del Fra Black Holiday, directed by Marco Leto Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison, directed by Lino Del Fra Klon, directed by Lino Del Fra Regina Coeli, directed by Nico D'Alessandria In viaggio con Cecilia, directed by Mariangela Barbanente and Cecilia Mangini