Anna Negri

Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1964)

Anna Negri

Born	(1964-12-09) 9 December 1964 (age 59) Venice, Italy
Occupation(s)	film director and screenwriter

Anna Negri (born 9 December 1964) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Born in Venice, she is the daughter of the Marxist sociologist and political philosopher Antonio Negri.^[1] After directing several short films, Negri made her feature film debut in 1999 with In the Beginning There Was Underwear, that was screened in the "Forum" section at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]^[3] In the following years she worked in television, directing some episodes of the soap opera Un posto al sole and several TV movies.^[2]^[3] In 2008 she directed the mockumentary Riprendimi, which entered the World Dramatic Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.^[4]

In 2009 Feltrinelli released her autobiography, Con un piede impigliato nella storia ("A foot stuck in History").^[3]^[5]

In 2018 she directed, with Andrea De Sica, the first season of Baby, an Italian original series produced by Netflix. In 2021 she directed, with Leonardo D'Agostini, the first season of Luna Park, a Netflix original written by Isabella Aguilar.

References

^ Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN 978-88-317-9599-9.
^ ^a ^b Biagio Coscia (January 30, 1999). "La figlia regista di Toni Negri "Non mi vergogno di girare soap"". Corriere della Sera.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dino Messina (February 16, 2009). "Toni Negri, il mio padre bambino". Corriere della Sera.
^ "L'italiano 'Riprendimi' al Sundance di Redford". La Repubblica. November 30, 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
^ Pierre de Nolac (November 2, 2012). "Anna Negri, figlia di "attivista politico"". Italia Oggi. Retrieved 8 October 2014.