Vincenzo Marra

Vincenzo Marra was born in Naples, 1972. After studying at the Faculty of Law and working as a sport photographer, he made his debut in filmmaking in 1996 with his short film Una rosa prego, followed two years later by La vestizione. That was the starting of a career which changed drastically when Marra shot his second fiction feature film, Vento di terra (his debut film was Tornando a casa, 2001). His second feature tells the story of a gradual family breakdown and obtained several important awards in festivals like Venice, Gijon or Cannes. Success, however, didn’t change Marra, who has since then opted more decisively for his Neapolitan documentary maker bent, starting with Estranei alla massa (2001) and then followed by works such as L’ udienza è aperta (2006), Il grande progetto (2008) or Il gemello (2012).
(Source: Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla)