Aurelio Grimaldi(I)

He began publishing stories, novels and essays in 1987. Among them were Le buttane (1994) (The Whores) and Mery pour toujours (1989) (Mary forever), which he adapted to the screen for director Marco Risi, for whom he subsequently wrote Les garçons de la rue (1990). He also wrote the screenplay for Felice Farina's Ultimo respiro (1992), Damiano Damiani's Uomo di rispetto (1993) and Claudio Camarca's Quattro bravi ragazzi (1993). In 1992 he directed his first film, La discesa di Aclà a Floristella (1992), which was shown at the Venice Film Festival. He then made two films from his own novels, La ribelle (1993) (in competition at Locarno) and Le buttane (1994)(in competition at Cannes).