Claudio Bonivento


Claudio Bonivento is an Italian film producer, director, and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Faggeto Lario, Como, Bonivento began his career as a theatrical organizer, an agent and a record producer. In the late 1970s he started working as a film, television and stage producer. In 1997 he made his directorial debut with Other Men.
In 1989 Bonivento won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Producer for Marco Risi's Forever Mery. He also won three David di Donatello for Best Producer in 1991, 1993 and 2011, respectively for Boys on the Outside, The Escort and 20 Cigarettes.

Selected filmography

;ProducerI fichissimi Viuuulentemente mia I'm Going to Live by Myself Eccezzziunale... veramente Time for Loving A Boy and a Girl Chewingum Love at First Sight Blues metropolitano Il ragazzo del Pony Express Soldati - 365 all'alba Sweets from a Stranger Sposi Delitti e profumi Appointment in Liverpool Days of Inspector Ambrosio Forever Mery Boys on the Outside Pummarò Crack A Simple Story The Inner Circle Sabato italiano When We Were Repressed Ultra The Escort Policemen Who Killed Pasolini?
;DirectorOther Men Le Giraffe Il Pirata: Marco Pantani Era mio fratello