Carmelo Bene
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1937-09-03 (65 years old)
Deathday
2002-03-16
Place of Birth
Campi Salentina, Lecce, Italia
Also known As
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Carmelo Bene
Biography
The filmmaking career of Carmelo Bene (1937 - 2002) lasted from 1968 to 1973, six years out of a lengthy time spent in the theater that made Bene one of the most celebrated figures of the Italian avant-garde in the second half of the 20th century. Bene first made a name for himself with a controversial production of Camus’ Caligula in Rome in 1959. Subsequent productions retained this sense of notoriety, and Bene (like Pasolini) quickly acquired a police record. Bene, however, would come to bemoan the controversy his work created, because it attracted an audience looking for shocks and titillation, while he himself was more concerned with re...
Acting
1966
1967
as Creonte
1981
as Riccardo III
1968
as The Protagonist
1970
as Don Giovanni
1970
1967
as Prete
1970
as Billy Desco
1969
as Poet
1971
as Pannocchia
1968
as The Man
1972
as Erode Antipa / Onorio
2023
as Self (archive footage)
1973
as Hamlet
1999
as Pinocchio / Geppetto / Mastro Ciliegia / Grillo Parlante / Mangiafuoco / Volpe / Lucignolo
1978
1969
as Self
1973
as Jean des Esseintes
1990
as Himself
1996
as Self
1998
1996
as Himself
1965
as Himself
1975
2017
as Self
1984
as Self
2024
as Himself (archive footage)
2003
as Sé stesso
2024
as Himself (archive footage)
Production
1981
as Director
1981
as Adaptation
1968
as Director
1970
as Director
1978
as Screenplay
1978
1999
1973
as Director
1972
as Director
1969
as Director
1968
as Director
1985
1972
as Writer
1972
as Producer
1982
as Director
2002
as Director
1973
as Writer
1999
1999
as Art Direction
1999
as Makeup Designer
1999
as Costume Design
1999
1968
as Novel
1968
as Writer
1968
as Producer
1968
as Production Design
1968
as Costume Design
1968
as Writer
1968
as Novel
1969
as Writer
1969
as Producer
1970
as Producer
1970
as Writer
1978
1978
as Art Direction
1978
as Costume Design
1983
1983
1997
as Director
1997
as Writer
1973
as Art Direction
1973
as Costume Design
1973
as Music Coordinator
1997
1997
as Adaptation
1997
as Art Direction
1997
as Costume Design
1973
as Director
1973
as Adaptation
1990
as Director
2001
as Director
2003
1998
as Director
1996
as Director
1970
as Music Coordinator
1970
as Screenplay
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