BARBAGALLO, ANGELO

(1958-)

   Producer. After working as production manager on Marco Bellocchio's Gli occhi, la bocca (The Eyes, the Mouth, 1982), Barbagallo teamed up with actor-director Nanni Moretti to establish Sacher Film, with which he has produced not only all of Moretti's own films but also the directorial debuts of several of the most promising of the younger directors, among them Carlo Mazzacurati's Notte italiana (Italian Night, 1987) and Mimmo Calopresti's La seconda volta (The Second Time, 1995). Having already won the Nastro d'argento four times, he has most recently been awarded the David di Donatello for producing both one of the most acclaimed films of recent years, Marco Tullio Giordana's La meglio gioventu (The Best of Youth, 2003) and Nanni Moretti's Il caimano (The Caiman, 2006).

   Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema by Alberto Mira

(1958-)

   Producer. After working as production manager on Marco Bellocchio's Gli occhi, la bocca (The Eyes, the Mouth, 1982), Barbagallo teamed up with actor-director Nanni Moretti to establish Sacher Film, with which he has produced not only all of Moretti's own films but also the directorial debuts of several of the most promising of the younger directors, among them Carlo Mazzacurati's Notte italiana (Italian Night, 1987) and Mimmo Calopresti's La seconda volta (The Second Time, 1995). Having already won the Nastro d'argento four times, he has most recently been awarded the David di Donatello for producing both one of the most acclaimed films of recent years, Marco Tullio Giordana's La meglio gioventu (The Best of Youth, 2003) and Nanni Moretti's Il caimano (The Caiman, 2006).