Golden Osella
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The Golden Osella is the name of several awards given at the Venice Film Festival
. They are awarded irregularly and in various categories such as directing, screenwriting, cinematography and 'technical contributions'.
Venice Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
. They are awarded irregularly and in various categories such as directing, screenwriting, cinematography and 'technical contributions'.
Best Director
- 1994 - Gianni AmelioGianni AmelioGianni Amelio is an Italian film director.-Biography:Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano, province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence with his mother and his grandmother...
for LamericaLamerica-Plot:Gino and Fiore are Italian racketeers who come to Albania just after the fall of the communists to set up a fictive firm and pocket the grants.... - 1995
- Abolfazl JaliliAbolfazl JaliliAbolfazl Jalili is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director. He belongs to Iranian new wave movement.Jalili studied directing at the Iranian College of Dramatic Arts, then worked for national television where he produced several children's films. His 'Det' Means Girl won prizes in...
for Det Means Girl - Kenneth BranaghKenneth BranaghKenneth Charles Branagh is an actor and film director from Northern Ireland. He is best known for directing and starring in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays including Henry V , Much Ado About Nothing , Hamlet Kenneth Charles Branagh is an actor and film director from...
for In the Bleak MidwinterIn the Bleak Midwinter"In the Bleak Midwinter" is a Christmas carol based on a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti written before 1872 in response to a request from the magazine Scribner's Monthly for a Christmas poem.... - Hirokazu KoreedaHirokazu Koreedais a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. His films explore themes of memory, death, and coming to terms with loss.Koreeda originally planned to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University instead worked as an assistant director on documentaries for TV Man Union...
for MaborosiMaborosiMaborosi, known in Japan as Maboroshi no Hikari is a 1995 Japanese film by director Hirokazu Koreeda starring Makiko Esumi, Tadanobu Asano and Takashi Naitō...
- Abolfazl Jalili
- 1996-2007 - no awards
- Aleksei German Ml. for Bumazhnyy soldat
- Shirin NeshatShirin NeshatShirin Neshat شیرین نشاط is an Iranian visual artist who lives in New York. She is known primarily for her work in film, video and photography.-Background:Neshat's parents were upper middle-class...
for Women without MenWomen Without MenWomen Without Men is a 1956 British drama film directed by Elmo Williamsand Herbert Glazer and starring Beverly Michaels, Joan Rice and Hermione Baddeley. Three woman break out of prison together, for varying personal reasons...
Best Original Screenplay
- 1991: Mira NairMira NairMira Nair is an Indian film director and producer based in New York. Her production company is Mirabai Films.She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! , won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and also earned the nomination...
and Sooni TaraporevalaSooni TaraporevalaSooni Taraporevala is an internationally acclaimed screenwriter and photographer, currently based in India. She is best known as the screenwriter of Mississippi Masala, The Namesake and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay , all directed by Mira Nair.She directed her first feature film, based on a...
: Mississippi MasalaMississippi MasalaMississippi Masala is a romantic drama film directed by Mira Nair, based upon a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, starring Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, and Roshan Seth. Set primarily in rural Mississippi, the film explores interracial romance between African Americans and Indian Americans... - 1994 - Bigas LunaBigas LunaJuan José Bigas Luna is a Spanish film director. He began his professional career in the design world, creating the Estudio Gris with Carlos Riart in 1969. In his earlier exhibitions, at the beginning of the sixties, he showed a great interest in conceptual art and the emerging visual technologies...
and Cuca Canals: The Tit and the MoonThe Tit and the MoonThe Tit and the Moon is a 1994 Spanish/French film, directed by Bigas Luna.-Plot:The film is about a nine-year-old boy's obsession with women's breasts. Tete becomes jealous of his baby brother who is breast fed by their mother. Tete goes on a personal mission to find the perfect pair of... - 1995 - no award
- 1996 - Paz Alicia GarciadiegoPaz Alicia GarciadiegoPaz Alicia Garciadiego is a Mexican screenwriter known for her scripts for her husband's movies, Arturo Ripstein.- Scripts :*El carnaval de Sodoma *La virgen de la lujuria...
- Deep CrimsonDeep CrimsonDeep Crimson is a 1996 Mexican crime film directed by Arturo Ripstein, written by Paz Alicia Garciadiego and starring Regina Orozco and Daniel Giménez Cacho... - 1997 - Gilles Taurand and Anne FontaineAnne Fontaine (filmmaker)Anne Fontaine is a filmmaker and screenwriter who used to be an actor. She lives and works in France.Born Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc, sister of actor Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, she went as a young child to live in Lisbon, where her father, Antoine Sibertin-Blanc, is a music professor and cathedral...
for Dry Cleaning - 1998 - Eric RohmerÉric RohmerÉric Rohmer was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and teacher. A figure in the post-war New Wave cinema, he was a former editor of Cahiers du cinéma....
for Autumn Tale - 1999-2004 - No awards
- 2005 - George ClooneyGeorge ClooneyGeorge Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award...
and Grant HeslovGrant HeslovGrant Heslov is an American actor, film producer, screenwriter and director.-Early life:Heslov was born in Los Angeles, into a Jewish family and was raised in the Palos Verdes area of Los Angeles. He attended Palos Verdes High School, the University of Southern California along with friend Tate...
for Good Night, and Good Luck - 2006 - Peter MorganPeter MorganPeter Morgan may refer to:* Peter Morgan , British sports car manufacturer* Peter Morgan , 1978 British Formula Ford champion* Peter Morgan , Wales and British lions international...
for The QueenThe Queen (film)The Queen is a 2006 British drama film directed by Stephen Frears, written by Peter Morgan, and starring Helen Mirren as the title role, HM Queen Elizabeth II... - 2007 - Paul LavertyPaul LavertyPaul Laverty is a Scottish lawyer and scriptwriter.-Birth and early career:Paul Laverty was born in Calcutta, India, to an Irish mother and Scottish father. He obtained a Philosophy degree at the Gregorian University in Rome...
for It's A Free World - 2009 - Todd SolondzTodd SolondzTodd Solondz is an American independent film screenwriter and director known for his style of dark, thought-provoking, socially conscious satire. Solondz has been critically acclaimed for his examination of the "dark underbelly of middle class American suburbia", a reflection of his own background...
for Life During WartimeLife During WartimeLife During Wartime could refer to:*"Life During Wartime" , a song by Talking Heads*"Life During Wartime", a song by Pinhead Gunpowder*Life During Wartime , a 2009 film from director Todd Solondz... - 2010 - Álex de la IglesiaÁlex de la IglesiaAlejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer and former comic book artist.Most of De La Iglesia's films reached cult status due to their weird sense of humour.- Biography :...
for A Sad Trumpet Ballad - 2011 - Yorgos LanthimosYorgos LanthimosYorgos Lanthimos is a Greek filmmaker and theatre director.Yorgos Lanthimos was born in Athens. He studied directing for Film and Television at the Stavrakos Film School in Athens. Through the 90’s he directed a series of videos for Greek dance-theater companies...
and Efthymis Filippou for AlpsAlps (film)Alps is a 2011 Greek drama film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. It stars Aggeliki Papoulia and Ariane Labed, and was co-written by Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou...
Best cinematography
- 1988 - Vadim YusovVadim YusovVadim Ivanovich Yusov is a Soviet and Russian cinematographer and a professor of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, who worked with Andrey Tarkovsky on The Steamroller and the Violin, Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rublev and Solaris, and with Georgi Daneliya on I Step Through Moscow...
for The Black Monk - 1989 - Giorgos ArvanitisGiorgos ArvanitisGiorgos Arvanitis is a Greek cinematographer.-Life:Arvanitis was born in the village of Dilofo, Greece...
for AustraliaAustralia (1989 film)-Cast:* Fanny Ardant as Jeanne Gauthier* Jeremy Irons as Edouard Pierson* Tchéky Karyo as Julien Pierson* Agnès Soral as Agnès Deckers* Hélène Surgère as Odette Pierson* Maxime Laloux as François Gauthier* Patrick Bauchau as André Gauthier... - 1994 - Christopher DoyleChristopher DoyleChristopher Doyle is a cinematographer. He has won the AFI Award for cinematography, the Cannes Technical Grand Prize, Golden Osella, the Golden Horse awards , and Hong Kong Film Award . Doyle is an affiliate of the Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers.-Biography:Doyle was born in Sydney,...
for Dung che sai duk - 1995-6 - no awards
- 1997 - Emmanuel Machuel for OssosOssosOssos is a 1997 Portuguese film directed by Pedro Costa.The film is set in "Estrela d'Africa", Fontainhas district of Lisbon, where disadvantaged dwellers and immigrants from former Portuguese colonies in Africa live desperate lives.The story's focus is on a young girl and her lover who become...
- 1998 - Luca Bigazzi for The Way We LaughedThe Way We LaughedThe Way We Laughed is a 1998 Italian film directed by Gianni Amelio. It tells the story of two Sicilian brothers, Giovanni and Pietro, who emigrate to the city of Turin. Giovanni works hard to help Pietro study to be a teacher, but Pietro does poorly. Then Pietro disappears.The film won the Golden...
and L'Albero delle pere - 1999-2006 - No awards
- 2007 - Rodrigo PrietoRodrigo Prieto-Life and career:Prieto was born in Mexico City, Mexico. His grandfather was mayor of Mexico City and leader of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, but was later persecuted by the country's ruler because of political differences. The grandfather escaped with his family to Texas and then to Los...
for Lust, CautionLust, CautionLust, Caution is an 2007 Chinese espionage thriller film directed by Ang Lee, based on the novella of the same name published in 1950 by Chinese author Eileen Chang. The story is mostly set in Hong Kong in 1938 and in Shanghai in 1942, when it was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army and ruled by... - 2010 - Mikhail KrichmanMikhail KrichmanMikhail Krichman is a Russian cinematographer who received a Golden Osella award at the 67th Venice Film Festival for Silent Souls. He photographed all of Andrey Zvyagintsev's films, including The Return , The Banishment , and Elena...
for Silent SoulsSilent SoulsSilent Souls is a 2010 Russian film that was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice Film Festival. It is based on a 2008 novella by Denis Osokin. The film was awarded the Golden Osella for best cinematography and a FIPRESCI award... - 2011 - Robbie Ryan for Wuthering HeightsWuthering Heights (2011 film)Wuthering Heights is a 2011 British romantic drama film directed by Andrea Arnold and starring Kaya Scodelario as Catherine and James Howson as Heathcliff. The screenplay, written by Andrea Arnold and Olivia Hetreed, is based on Emily Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name.- Cast :* Kaya Scodelario...
Best Set Design
- 1996 - Mónica Chirinos and Marisa Pecanins for Deep CrimsonDeep CrimsonDeep Crimson is a 1996 Mexican crime film directed by Arturo Ripstein, written by Paz Alicia Garciadiego and starring Regina Orozco and Daniel Giménez Cacho...
- 1997-2007 no awards
Best Original Music
- 1996 - David MansfieldDavid MansfieldDavid Mansfield is an American violinist, mandolin player, guitarist, pedal steel guitar player, and composer....
for Deep CrimsonDeep CrimsonDeep Crimson is a 1996 Mexican crime film directed by Arturo Ripstein, written by Paz Alicia Garciadiego and starring Regina Orozco and Daniel Giménez Cacho... - 1997 - Graeme RevellGraeme RevellGraeme Revell is a New Zealand film score composer.Revell attended Auckland Grammar School, where he finished his final year in 7A...
for Chinese BoxChinese BoxChinese Box is a 1997 movie directed by Wayne Wang and starring Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung and Michael Hui.The movie is set and was made at the time of Hong Kong's handover to the People's Republic of China on June 30, 1997... - 1998 - Gerardo Gandini for La Nube
- 1999-2007 - no awards
Outstanding Technical Contribution
- 2005 - William LubtchanskyWilliam LubtchanskyWilliam Lubtchansky born in Paris, France, was an acclaimed French cinematographer. His first film was Agnes Varda's 1965 short, Elsa la Rose. Lubtchansky has shot over 100 films, including several for Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette, Jean Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet and Nadine Trintignant...
for Regular Lovers - 2006 - Emmanuel LubezkiEmmanuel LubezkiEmmanuel Lubezki Morgenstern, ASC, AMC , better known as Emmanuel Lubezki, is a Mexican cinematographer, known for his groundbreaking techniques and characteristic style. His nickname is "Chivo".-Early life and career:...
for Children of Men - 2007 - Rodrigo PrietoRodrigo Prieto-Life and career:Prieto was born in Mexico City, Mexico. His grandfather was mayor of Mexico City and leader of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, but was later persecuted by the country's ruler because of political differences. The grandfather escaped with his family to Texas and then to Los...
for Lust, Caution - 2008 - A. Khamidhodjaev and M. Drozdov for Paper Soldier
- 2009 - Sylvie Olivé for Mr. NobodyMr. Nobody (film)Mr. Nobody is a 2009 Belgian science fiction drama film directed by Jaco Van Dormael, starring Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Linh Dan Pham, Sarah Polley, Natasha Little, Rhys Ifans and Daniel Mays. This movie tells the life story of Nemo Nobody, the last mortal on Earth. Nemo is 118 years old and lives...
Outstanding Technical Achievement
- 2004 - Howl's Moving CastleHowl's Moving Castle (film)is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli and based on the novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones...
by Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazakiis a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films. Through a career that has spanned nearly fifty years, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a maker of animated feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli,...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4034865.stm - 2005-7 - no awards