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David Bellini Born November 7, 1972
Grosseto, ItalyOccupation screenwriter, television author and director David Bellini (born November 7, 1972) is an Italian screenwriter, television author, story editor and docu-director. Screenwriter of the famous TV series Un medico in famiglia, author of the Italian shows: Tetris and Festa italiana, creator and director of a number of docu-series such as Passaggi Segreti and Tra cielo e terra.
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Biography and Education
Bellini was born in Maremma (Tuscany) in 1972. Son of a skilled worker and a hairdresser. He graduated in Political Science in the University of Siena. During his studies in Siena, he also founded the Cultural Association Articolo 21, wrote often for some local newspapers (Il Tirreno, La Gazzetta di Siena) and attended a creative writing course by Vincenzo Cerami in the town of Lucca. He was also pupil of Furio Scarpelli and years later he participated in a course for screenwriters organized by Dino Audino and Rai Fiction held by some of the best Italian and American screenwriting coaches: John Truby, Dara Marks, Francesco Scardamaglia, Gino Ventriglia and Linda Seger.
Career
His first opportunity arrived very soon. In 1998 Thunderfilm hired him to write his first screenplay San Donnino San Pechino along with the comedian Andrea Muzzi and another scriptwriter Massimo Sgorbani. Two years later, he conducted the comic strip Attacchi di panico again with Muzzi and Sgorbani and received three nominations to the Merano Tv Festival 2000.
The same year (2000) David Bellini moved to Rome to work as a content editor for Geca Italia, a company owned by Geca España, Publispei and Endemol Italia. Soon he would become head writer assistant for Paola Pascolini to work in one of the most successful TV series in Italy Un medico in famiglia season 3 and then as a screenwriter for the last 2 episodes of season 3 of the series. This experience made his breakthrough in the entertainment world. In the following years, David Bellini worked relentlessly as a screenwriter as well as a documentary film maker.
He wrote episodes for Un medico in famiglia season 4, Un medico in famiglia season 5, Un medico in famiglia season 6, I Cesaroni, Sottocasa and directed docu-series and documentaries such as Rudy. Il Mito Rodolfo Valentino, Passaggi Segreti and In Crociera!. With Passaggi Segreti he won the Marcopolo award 2004.
His infinite curiosity, grew soon in him an interest also for TV formats therefore in 2005 he started working as a television author. Signed a contract with Rai 1 for the first and second edition of the afternoon show Festa Italiana and also for the second edition of the evening shows Notte d'amore and Se rinasco… canto for Rai 2.
September 2007, David Bellini was signed as the new author of Tetris, Italian talk-show about Italian politics, produced by Wilder company which airs on the TV channel La7. Responsible for 2 editions that obtained exceptional audience. Then he decided to go back to work with docu-series, documentaries and TV series. In 2009 he created L'isola del gusto, a kitchen comedy for the cable TV channel Alice. With Favole in verde conducted a delightful series of 30 episodes about the most evocative private gardens in Italy for the channel Leonardo on Sky TV in which among the personality guests, the great screenwriter Tonino Guerra and the painter Antonio Saliola.
With Tra cielo e terra (2010), series of 16 episodes of half an hour for the channel Marcopolo told as an author and director the darkest and most intriguing stories about some of the most fascinating monasteries in Europe. In the same year he wrote 4 episodes of the series Un medico in famiglia 7.
In November 2010 he wrote and directed the third season of the series Susurri e grida (4 documentaries that tell the story of Ludwig II of Bavaria), produced by Sitcom Televisioni and aired on Marcopolo channel. Shortly after Bellini participated at the creation of the pilot Perfetti innamorati, talent-show of romance, broadcasted on Rai 1 on January 18, 2011 and produced by Marco Tombolini and Pasquale Romano from Toro Produzioni.
Television
Screenwriter
- Un medico in famiglia 7 (Rai 1, 2011, 4 episodes)
- Un medico in famiglia 6 (Rai 1, 2009, 4 episodes)
- Famiglia Benincasa (Rai 1, 2009, 12 episodes)
- L'isola del gusto (Alice, 2009, 25 episodes)
- Un medico in famiglia 5 (Rai 1, 2007, 4 episodes)
- I Cesaroni (Canale 5, 2006, 1 episode)
- Rudy. Il mito Rodolfo Valentino (History Channel, 2006)
- Sottocasa (Rai 1, 2006, 1 episode)
- Un medico in famiglia 4 (Rai 1, 2004, 6 episodes)
- Interno 4 (Pilot, 2004)
- Un medico in famiglia 3 (Rai 1, 2001, 2 episodes)
- Back Door (Pilot, 2000)
- Attacchi di panico (Pilot, 2000)
Head writer assistant
- Un medico in famiglia 3 (Rai 1, 2001, 24 episodes)
Television author
- Sussurri e grida (Marcopolo, 2011, 4 episodes)
- I Perfetti Innamorati (Rai 1, 2011)
- Tra cielo e terra (Marcopolo, 2010–2011, 16 episodes)
- Favole in verde (Leonardo, 2009–2010, 17 episodes)
- Tetris (La7, 2007–2008, 18 episodes)
- Festa Italiana (Rai 1, 2005–2007, 370 episodes)
- Se rinasco… canto (Rai 2, 2005)
- Notte d'amore (Rai 2, 2005)
- In Crociera! (Marcopolo, Leonardo World, 2004, 24 episodes)
- Passaggi segreti (Marcopolo, Leonardo World, SKY 109, 2003, 12 episodes)
Director
- Sussurri e grida (Marcopolo, 2011, 4 episodes)
- Tra cielo e terra (Marcopolo, 2010–2011, 16 episodes)
- Favole in verde (Leonardo, 2009–2010, 17 episodes)
- Interno 4 (Pilot, 2004)
- In Crociera! (Marcopolo, Leonardo World, 2004, 24 episodes)
- Passaggi segreti (Marcopolo, Leonardo World, SKY 109, 2003, 12 episodes)
Other activities
Teacher
He taught screenwriting and creative writing techniques held at universities, associations and schools to students and professional writers.
He gave lectures in courses for screenwriters organized by Script and Rai Fiction, taught aspiring television authors at Sacro Cuore Catholic University of Brescia, as well as his seminar about adaptation, subject included in the course for editors organized by the publishing house Segnalibro.
External links
- David Bellini on the Internet Movie Database
- An essay about the film "Adaptation" by David Bellini (in Italian)
- Cast and crew of Un medico in famiglia 6 (in Italian)
- Cast and crew of Un medico in famiglia 7 (in Italian)
- Pressbook of Un medico in famiglia 7 (in Italian)
- I Perfetti Innamorati (in Italian)
- Cast and crew of I Cesaroni (in Italian)
- Article about the show I Perfetti Innamorati (in Italian)
- Article about Tetris (in Italian)
References
Categories:- 1972 births
- Italian film directors
- Italian screenwriters
- Italian television writers
- Living people
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