| Gaetano Di Vaio | |
|---|---|
 Di Vaio in 2015 | |
| Born | (1968-02-27)27 February 1968 Naples, Italy |
| Died | 22 May 2024(2024-05-22) (aged 56) Giugliano in Campania, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Film director Screenwriter Actor |
Gaetano Di Vaio (27 February 1968 – 22 May 2024) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor.
Biography
Born in the Piscinola of Naples on 27 February 1968, Di Vaio's family was very poor. His father worked as a caretaker at a school in the outskirts of Naples. Due to his family's economic circumstances, he was forced to live away at a special school, where he suffered from abuse and violence. After leaving school, he turned to a life of drug trafficking and crime, although he never joined the Camorra. He was eventually sent to the Poggioreal Prison [fr], where he stayed until his release in 1998.
In 2001, Di Vaio joined the theatre company founded by Peppe Lanzetta. Afterwards, he founded the cultural association Figli del Bronx, which later became a filmmaking company. In his works, Di Vaio described the problems of the slums and the world of drug trafficking and addiction, focusing on minorities, migrants, youth unemployment, and the fight against crime.
Di Vaio died from injuries he sustained in a scooter accident in Giugliano in Campania on 22 May 2024, aged 56.
Filmography
As a director
- Il loro Natale (2010)
- Interdizione perpetua (2012)
As a producer
- Sotto la stessa luna [it] (2005)
- 4-4-2 - Il gioco più bello del mondo [it] (2006)
- Napoli, Napoli, Napoli (2009)
- Vomero Travel (2009)
- Radici [it] (2011)
- Là-bas: A Criminal Education (2011)
- L’uomo con il megafono (2012)
- Take Five (2013)
- Per amor vostro (2015)
- Neapolitan Staycation (2023)
Television
- Gomorrah (2014)
References
- De Luca, Paolo (22 May 2024). "Gaetano Di Vaio, morto il produttore e attore di Gomorra: cinema in lutto per l'ex ragazzo del Bronx". La Repubblica (in Italian). Naples. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- "Gaetano Di Vaio". Giulio Einaudi Editore (in Italian). Archived from the original on 19 July 2013.
- Mastrangelo, Mimmo (23 May 2024). "Dal carcere al set, Di Vaio arriva al festival di Roma. Detenuto a Poggioreale grazie al cinema il regista napoletano ha girato le spalle ad anni di spaccio e tossicodipendenza". La Notizia Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- Rijtano, Rosita (24 June 2012). "I volti di Napoli". La Repubblica (in Italian). Naples. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- "Nota bio-bibliografica di Gaetano Di Vaio". Biblioteca Digitale sulla Camorra e Cultura della Legalità (in Italian). Archived from the original on 10 October 2014.
- "La nostra missione". Figli del Bronx (in Italian). Archived from the original on 3 February 2016.
- "Recensione NON MI AVRETE MAI di Gaetano Di Vaio e Guido Lombardi". thrillerpages.blogspot.it (in Italian). 21 August 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ""Il bandito che dice no al sistema". Gaetano di Vaio ospite del FattoTv". il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 15 August 2013. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- "The Tragic End of Gaetano Di Vaio: A Tale of Redemption and Loss". Il Mattino. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.