THE ARTS | Reshaping ideas, expressing identity
10 June 2008
Young Filmmaker - Gabriele Muccino
Born in 1967, Gabriele Muccino attended film school in Rome and has become a successful filmmaker in his native Italy. His film The Last Kiss (L'ultimo bacio) won an award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002 that may have helped bring his talent to American attention, introducing him to his next phase of filmmaking. He has drawn acclaim for English-language projects, including the 2006 film, The Pursuit of Happyness, which earned an Oscar nomination for actor Will Smith. Muccino is currently working on a television series and is in preproduction on a film entitled Man and Wife, which is reported to be about an immigrant's love for the United States, and a film entitled A Little Game Without Consequence that will star Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz.
From the June 2007 edition of eJournal USA.
