Directing

Alessandro Piva

Born

1966-04-08 (60)

Place of birth

Salerno, Campania, Italy

Known for

Directing

Credits

39 titles

IMDb profile

Alessandro Piva, born in Salerno in 1966, is a photographer, film editor, and screenwriter, having explored the film business all-round. After studying Film Editing at the "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia", the National Film School, he won the Solinas Award for Best Screenplay in 1992 and 1993, and shot several documentary films in Italy, Africa, South America, South-East Asia, and the Middle-East. He directed two feature films, Lacapagira, presented at the Berlin Film Festival and winner of the 2000 David di Donatello; and Mio cognato, presented at the 2003 Locarno Film Festival. He is presently editing his new picture, Henry. He also worked in advertising. Over the past years, he ha…

Known for

Juso per ferie is an affectionate, ironic, and unbridled documentary that traces the human and cinematic journey of Galliano Juso, an unconventional producer, tireless seeker of stories, talent scout, and visionary pioneer of Italian genre cinema.

Juso per ferie

2026

6.1

The rise and fall of a Neapolitan criminal clan through the story of a boss and his family, divided between the aspiration for a bourgeois life and the deep impulses of oppression. Thirty years of history of one of the most beautiful and discussed cities in the world, the dream of a boy who is overwhelmed by the desire for power as an end in itself, to become the nightmare of a man and those who live next to him.

Mafia Millionaires

2014

5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Due Sicilie

2016

6.3

A man recruits the help of his gangster brother-in-law to retrieve his stolen car.

My Brother-in-Law

2003

8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pasta nera

2011

No synopsis available yet.

Situazione

2014

Film credits

2020s · 1 titles

Juso per ferie

2026

1990s · 3 titles

No artwork available

10.0

Six short episodes about a car key, a flask, a screw, a nut, a pocket dictionary, and a photograph, the pocket contents of five lumberjacks and an automobile salesman.

Tascheninhalt und Nasenbluten

1995

7.3

Three friends, who are also young filmmakers, decide to write and shoot a film, starting from the disheartening realization that they only have one roll of film. They contact acquaintances and film producers, even getting involved in long soccer games to please the latter. In the end, they succeed in their endeavor, but... what an effort!

Il caricatore

1996

10.0

A Polish girl decides to return home after eight years spent in various places in Europe. She makes the journey in a van and in the company of the members of a film crew who, on the long road from Rome to the Baltic coast, make a documentary about her and her story. The girl offers an account of some of the hardest moments in her life, from when she became involved in prostitution in Poland to when she arrived in Italy, the victim of violence, exploitation and abuse of all kinds.

Gli occhi stanchi

1995