Carmelo Bene

1937 - 2002

country of citizenship: Kingdom of Italy, Italy

languages spoken, written or signed: Italian

educated at: Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico

occupation: theatrical director, actor, poet, playwright, film director, writer, screenwriter

Carmelo Pompilio Realino Antonio Bene, known as Carmelo Bene (1 September 1937 – 16 March 2002), was an Italian actor, poet, film director and screenwriter. He was an important exponent of the Italian avant-garde theatre and cinema. In 1968, his movie Our Lady of the Turks won the Special Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival) at the Venice Film Festival. He died of a heart ailment in 2002. Source: Wikipedia (en)