Roberto Perpignani

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Roberto Perpignani
Born (1941-04-20) 20 April 1941 (age 85)
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1962-present
Spouse
(died 2020)

Roberto Perpignani (born 20 April 1941) is an Italian film editor.

Biography

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He started his career in 1962 as assistant editor in Orson Welles' The Trial.[1] His first credit as film editor is for Bernardo Bertolucci's Before the Revolution.[2]

He won three David di Donatello for Best Editing, in 1983 for Paolo e Vittorio Taviani's The Night of the Shooting Stars, in 1995 for Michael Radford's Il Postino: The Postman and in 1997 for Roberto Faenza's Marianna Ucria. Perpignani was also awarded a Premio Bianchi at the 53rd Venice International Film Festival.[3]

Personal life

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Perpignani was married with film producer Grazia Volpi, who produced many of the Taviani brothers' films, until her death in 2020.

Selected filmography

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References

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