Alessandro Tofanelli Italian, b. 1959

Cinema

2018: Production of the film "44 days", written and directed by him (among the actors: Stefano Dionisi)
                          
2013: Production of the film "Senza ritorno", which he wrote and directed (starring actors: Stefano Dionisi, Raffaella Rea, Alessandra Arlotti and David Coco

2012: During the festival Viareggio Europa Cinema Alessandro Tofanelli was awarded the Monicelli Prize.                                      

2006: The film, written and directed by him, entitled "Contronatura" and produced by R&C Produzioni (leading actors: Valeria Cavalli, Andrea Di Stefano and Maya Sansa), won the special jury prize at the Europacinema festival and the Nice Festival in New York and San Francisco. The film was shot entirely within the boundaries of the Migliarino-San Rossore- Massaciuccoli Natural Park (location in the province of Lucca and Pisa: Torre del Lago, Lake Massaciuccoli, Migliarino, Tenuta Salviati, San Rossore). "Contronatura" opened the Nice Festival in Amsterdam, the edition of the festival in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Perm. It was finally purchased by Most Media (Russian distribution company). It was declared a suitable film for the art-house circuit. 

1997: as part of the Festival Europa Cinema, he made the feature film entitled "Il canto delle nuvole" with a narrating voice by Giancarlo Giannini and music by Federico De Robertis (Nirvana).                                                                                               

1991: he was assistant director in the feature film entitled "Confortorio" by director Paolo Benvenuti.                                                                                                                                      

1986: he was assistant director in the feature film with a subject (made in 35 mm) entitled "The Kiss of Judas" by director Paolo Benvenuti. In 1988 the film was presented at the "Settimana della critica" of the Venice International Film Festival.                            
He collaborated with the director Francesco Alberti for the realization of a short film for the School of Bassano by Ermanno Olmi.

Documentaries

Alessandro Tofanelli has collaborated, since 1983, with the television programs of Rai: "Geo" - Rai Tre (Tiziana Piazza and Gabriella Carosio), "Linea verde"- Rai Uno (Sandro Vannucci), "Quark"- Rai Uno (Alberto Angela), "Giorno di festa"- Rai Due (Bruno Modugno). He has also collaborated with the BBC on the "Natural history unit".