Italian director and actor (1936–2022)
| Mino Bellei | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1936-06-23)June 23, 1936 Savona, Italy |
| Died | March 13, 2022(2022-03-13) (aged 85) Savona, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1961–2022 |
Mino Bellei (June 26, 1936 – March 13, 2022) was an Italian theatre and film actor and director.
Career
Born in Savona in 1936, he graduated from the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in 1959, and began as a stage actor in pièce by Pirandello, Molière and Shakespeare; critics counted him among the most promising and outstanding talents of these years. In the 1960s he also devoted himself to theater directing. His comedy "Life is not a film of Doris Day" was a great success.
Only occasionally he took roles in film and television; In 1979 he directed the film Bionda fragola (Strawberry blonde) from his own screenplay. Despite good reviews and financial success, it was his only film as director.
Filmography (selection)
- 1965: The Mandrake, dir. Alberto Lattuada
- 1966: Francesco di Assisi, dir. Liliana Cavani
- 1978: Melodrammore, dir. Maurizio Costanzo
- 1980: Bionda fragola, dir. Mino Bellei
- 1988: Topo Galileo, dir. Francesco Laudadio
- 1989: Un uomo di razza, dir. Bruno Rosia
- 1999: Tea with Mussolini, dir. Franco Zeffirelli
- 2002: Pinocchio, dir. Roberto Benigni
Theatre (selection)
- In the Jungle of Cities, of Bertolt Brecht, dir. Antonio Calenda, Rome, 1968.
- La vita non è un film di Doris Day, dir Mino Bellei, Rome, 1989.
References
- Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, p. 48
- Andrea Orbicciani, Article Mino Bellei, in: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese 1998, p. 46/47
External links
- Mino Bellei at IMDb