Giacomo Battiato

Giacomo Battiato is an Italian film director and writer. According to "The History Of The Italian Cinema", published in 2009 in US and in England by Princeton University Press: "Giacomo Battiato is one of the most erudite and flexible directors of his generation. A cultural organizer, he has also written novels interesting for both their caliber and writing style. He got his start as an excellent television director, an experience that allowed him to develop his talents though his varied experiences before he made his debut as a film director (...) Battiato is skilled at genre films and ably exploiting the technical aspects of filmmaking. Magic, visual wonderment and mythology are important elements in his films. His characters' psychological profiles were convincing even within the context of his epic and action films (...)" Born in Verona, starting career in 1973 on Italian RAI TV and ten years later started in cinema with "Hearts and Armour". His first book, "Fuori dal cielo" (1996) he won the Prize Domenico Rea.