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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Gianni Amelio is
an Italian film director. Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano,
province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon
after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence with his mother and
his grandmother. The absence of a paternal figures will be a constant in
Amelio's future works. During his university studies of philosophy in
Messina, Amelio got interested in cinema, writing as film critic for a
local magazine. In 1965 he moved to Rome, where he worked as operator
and assistant director for figures such as Liliana Cavani and Vittorio
De Seta. He also worked for television, directing documentaries and
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