Alberto Negrin
# Alberto Negrin

Alberto Negrin (born 2 January 1940) is an Italian film director and screenwriter, known for his historical, nostalgic and political films.

Negrin started his career as a fine art photographer. In 1962 he debuted as an assistant stage director, collaborating with Orazio Costa and Giorgio Strehler.

In a career spanning over four decades, Negrin has directed over 30 films and series, including the giallo film Enigma rosso (1978), Mussolini and I (1985), starring Bob Hoskins, Anthony Hopkins and Susan Sarandon, the TV miniseries The Secret of the Sahara (1987) (with Ben Kingsley), Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1989) (with Burt Lancaster), Tower of the Firstborn, Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano (2002), Il Cuore nel Pozzo (2005) and Mi Ricordo Anna Frank. Negrin is also known for his long-standing association with composer Ennio Morricone, who composed music for thirteen Negrin's feature films since 1987.

The historical drama film Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano earned him a Telegatto Award for Best TV movie. Il Cuore nel Pozzo, a film about the Foibe massacres and Istrian–Dalmatian exodus, was watched by 17 million people on its first broadcast in Italy.

## Theater

* Atomo, storia di una scelta (1965)
* Il bandito (1966)
* Sentite, buona gente, Peppino Marotto, poeta orgolese (film-documento) (1967)
* Colui che dice di sì e colui che dice di no (1969)
* Operai (film per il "Piccolo") (1969)
* Interrogatorio alla Avana (1972)

## Filmography

* Platero y yo (1968)
* Inchieste televisive in America Latina (1968)
* Il gatto con gli stivali (1969)
* Kennedy contro Hoffa (1970)
* La rosa bianca (1971)
* Astronave Terra (1971)
* La risposta di Peppino Manca (1971)
* Racket (1972)
* Lungo il fiume e sull'acqua [it] (1972, TV miniseries)
* Il Picciotto 1973)
* L'Olandese scomparso (1974)
* Processo per l'uccisione di Raffaele Sonzogno giornalista romano (1975)
* Mayakowskji (1976)
* La spia del regime (1976)
* Il delitto Notarbartolo (1977)
* Volontari per destinazione ignota (1977)
* Red Rings of Fear (1978)
* La promessa (1979)
* Bambole: scene di un delitto perfetto (1980)
* Le multinazionali (1980)
* La quinta donna (1982)
* Mussolini and I (1985)
* The Secret of the Sahara (1987)
* Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1989)
* Missus (1994)
* Tower of the Firstborn (1999)
* Nanà (2001)
* Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano (2001)
* Ics - L'amore ti dà un nome (2003)
* Il Cuore nel Pozzo (2005)
* Bartali: The Iron Man (2006)
* L'ultimo dei Corleonesi (2007)
* Pane e libertà (2009)
* Mi Ricordo Anna Frank (2009)
* L'isola (2012)
* Un mondo nuovo (2014), TV series
* Qualunque cosa succeda (2014), TV miniseries
* Tango per la libertà (2016), TV miniseries
