Marco Giusti (born 24 December 1953) is an Italian film critic, essayist, television writer and presenter.
Marco Giusti | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 December 1953 (age 70) Grosseto, Italy |
| Occupation | Film critic |
Life and career
editThe son of a quaestor, Giusti was born in Grosseto and during his early years frequently moved following his father's employment commitments, living in Ferrara, Trapani, Ragusa, Perugia, Trieste and Genoa.[1] In 1974, he co-founded the film journal Il Falcome Maltese.[2] He started working at RAI in 1978,[3] and he created a number of television programs, notably Blob, Stracult and Cocktail d'amore, also co-hosting some of them.[3][4] He is the logtime film critic of the newspaper Il manifesto and of the magazine L'Espresso, where he launched the first Italian column about criticism of commercials.[4] Starting from 1983, he curated several retrospectives for the Venice Film Festival.[4] He is author of numerous books, mostly focusing on Italian genre cinema.[4][5]
Personal life
editGiusti is married to film critic Alessandra Mammì, the daughter of the former Italian Republican Party politician and minister Oscar Mammì.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Giusti, lo Stracult del piccolo schermo". Perfide Interviste (in Italian). 23 November 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "Da Stracult a Grosseto: viaggio nella commedia sexy con Marco Giusti". Maremma News (in Italian). 17 January 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ a b c Redazione (5 September 2019). "Critico, saggista e autore televisivo di programmi cult: ecco a voi Marco Giusti!". Donna Glamour (in Italian). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d Grasso, Aldo; Scaglioni, Massimo. "Giusti, Marco". Enciclopedia della Televisione. Garzanti, 1996 – 2003. p. 308. ISBN 881150466X.
- ^ Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. "Giusti, Marco" Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN 9788831795999.
External links
edit- Marco Giusti at IMDb
