Enrico Ghezzi


Enrico Ghezzi is an Italian film critic, essayist, documentarist, screenwriter and occasional actor.

Career

Enrico Ghezzi was born in Lovere, in the province of Bergamo. He later moved to Genoa and enrolled at the University of Genoa. While there, he began attending the Filmstory film club, and in 1974, together with Teo Mora and Marco Giusti, he founded the cinema magazine Il Falcone Maltese. In 1978, he won a competition for programmer-director for the Genoa office of Rai 3. He then moved to Rome, where he worked on Rai 3's film programming from 1980 onwards.
Ghezzi created and supervised several well-known Italian television programs, such as Fuoriorario, , and Schegge. Fuori Orario cose viste, which celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2024, has been regarded as a unique point of reference for several generations of viewers, film enthusiasts, critics, and filmmakers.
Ghezzi served as artistic director of the Taormina Film Fest from 1991 to 1998.

Selected works

Director

Le paure e la città – short doc Gelosi e tranquilli, episodio di Provvisorio quasi d'amore Hai-Kubrick – short 24 ore/10 secondi – doc La sindrome di Varanasi – doc Con aura senz'aura: Viaggio ai confini dell'arte – doc Schegge di cinema e filosofia – doc Zaum - Andare a parare – TV series Egh c'è e non c'è - Carta bianca a Enrico Ghezzi – short doc - co-directed with Alessandro Gagliardo

Actor

Blu cobalto, directed by Gianfranco Fiore Gelosi e tranquilli, an episode of Provvisorio quasi d'amore Barbablù, Barbablù, directed by Fabio Carpi Piccoli orrori, directed by Tonino De Bernardi Visioni di Palio, directed by Anton Giulio Onofri Chant d'hiver, directed by Otar Iosseliani

Writer

  • Paura e desiderio ;
  • Discorso su due piedi ;
  • Il mezzo è l'aria ;
  • cose dette ;

Awards