Andrea Tonacci

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1944-01-01

Deathday 2016-06-16 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Rome, Italy

Andrea Tonacci

Biography

Andrea Tonacci (Rome, 1944 - São Paulo, 2016) was an Italian-Brazilian filmmaker, considered one of the main figures of the Cinema Marginal movement of underground filmmaking in 1970s Brazil. He moved with his parents to São Paulo when he was 11 years-old. A few years later, he studied Architecture and Engineering at the Presbiterian University of Mackenzie, but dropped both careers to purchase his dream of becoming a filmmaker. His first feature-lenght film, "Bang-Bang" (1971), was recieved with mixed opinions by the Cinema Marginal movement and was screened at the Director's Fortnight at the Cannes Festival. In 2006, his film "Serras da Desordem" got him the Kikitos for best photography, best picture and best director at the Gramado Festival of Brazilian Cinema. In 2010, he was given the Order of Cultural Merit, highest honor of the Brazilian Government to personalities who contribute to the development of Brazilian identity and culture. He passed away in December 16, 2016, a victim of pancreatic cancer.

Known For

Director

2014
Seen, Not Seen

as Director

2008
2006
1997
1983
1983
Os Arara

as Director

1971
Bang Bang

as Director

1968
BLABLABLÁ

as Director

1966
Eye for an Eye

as Director

Writer

2014
Seen, Not Seen

as Writer

2006
1971
Bang Bang

as Writer

1968
BLABLABLÁ

as Writer

1966
Eye for an Eye

as Writer

Producer

2006
1971
Bang Bang

as Executive Producer

1969
1968
BLABLABLÁ

as Producer

Crew

1983
Conversas no Maranhão

as Cinematography

1969
Superstição e Futebol

as Cinematography

Editor

1966
O Pedestre

as Editor

Camera

1966
Eye for an Eye

as Director of Photography

1966
Documentário

as Director of Photography

Art

1969
The Woman of Everyone

as Art Direction

1968
The Red Light Bandit

as Production Design