Alberto Grifi
Alberto Grifi (Rome, 1938–2007), a painter, director, cameraman and photographer, is a fundamental figure of Italian experimental and activist cinema. In the first half of the 1960s he worked on the production of documentaries, and in 1964, together with Gianfranco Baruchello, he made La verifica incerta, followed by many other experimental films. With the cult film Anna 1975 he was one of the first to experiment with the use of videotape in an independent film. In 1976 – together with a group of ‘video hoodlums’ – he produced documentaries rarely screened today on youth protests in Milan, Bologna and Rome. Throughout the 1980s he shot industrial documentaries in the United States, Latin America, Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia. Grifi has also produced many radio programmes, published his writings on penitentiaries, contributed to various film magazines and held seminars in many squats, and universities, becoming a reference for future militant filmmakers.
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Movies (44)
Fuori campo di Anna – Presentazione a Venezia, settembre 1975
2025 · Self - director, Director, Producer
Parco Lambro Juvenile Proletariat Festival (Rushes)
2024 · Director
Alberto Grifi a Visioni Sconsigliate
2011 · self
In Viaggio con Patrizia
2007 · Director, Writer, Producer
Autoritratto Auschwitz. L'occhio è per così dire l'evoluzione biologica di una lagrima
2007 · Self, Director, Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Producer
In viaggio verso Alberto Grifi
2006
Nudi Verso la Follia
2004 · Cinematography
Grifi racconta Grifi
2004 · Sé stesso, Director, Editor
La spiaggia. Ritratto di Giordano Falzoni
2004 · Sé stesso, Director, Editor
Viaggio a Cagliari
2004 · Director, Editor
KomaK
2002
Giravolte
2001 · Grifi
About Special Effects
2001 · Mr. Riflesso, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director
Ma chi è questo Grifi
1998 · Sé stesso
Addo' sta Rossellini?
1997 · Self, Director
Grifi spiegato ai bambini - Il mattatoio su internet
1994 · Sé stesso, Director, Cinematography, Editor
Leoncavallo - I Giorni dello Sgombero
1994 · Director
Paperina si riguarda
1993 · Self, Director
La prima volta che Zavattini provò ad usare un videotape
1993 · Self, Director
Filming Man Ray
1990 · Director
Ultimo giorno di scuola
1980 · Director of Photography
A partire dal dolce
1979 · Director
Dinni e la Normalina, ovvero la Videopolizia Psichiatrica contro i sedicenti Gruppi di Follia Militante
1978 · Editor, Director
Michele alla ricerca della felicità
1978 · Writer, Editor, Director
Frammenti di una vita d'eroina
1977 · Producer
Lia
1977 · Producer, Editor, Cinematography, Director
Il preteso corpo
1977 · Director
Alberto Grifi introduce Anna
1976 · Himself
Il Festival del Proletariato Giovanile al Parco Lambro
1976 · Director
Anna
1975 · Self (uncredited), Director, Producer, Cinematography, Production Design
Vigilando reprimere
1972 · Screenplay, Director, Cinematography
Il grande freddo
1971 · Director
Long Live The Orgonauts!
1970 · Director, Editor, Writer, Cinematography
Non soffiare nel narghilè
1970 · Director
Transfert per Camera verso Virulentia
1967 · Director, Editor
No stop grammatica
1966 · Director
Liberty
1966 · Cinematography, Editor
Pezzi dell'Amleto
1966 · Director
Uncertain Verification
1965 · Editor, Director
I manichini
1965 · Cinematography, Editor
Nonotte
1961 · Director
Cyril (una cosa urgente)
1960 · Director
Ritratto di Gianfranco Baruchello
Filming Marcel Duchamp
· Director
