Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza

Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza are an Italian duo of screenwriters and directors.

Fabio Grassadonia
Born	8 June 1968 (1968-06-08) (age 57) Palermo, Italy
Occupations	Film director screenwriter
Years active	2001–present

Antonio Piazza
Born	24 February 1970 (1970-02-24) (age 55) Milan, Italy
Occupations	Film director screenwriter
Years active	2001–present

Biography

Grassadonia and Piazza became friends while attending film school Scuola Holden in Turin.^[1][2] After collaborating to some screenplays, they made their directorial debut in 2009 with Rita, a short which was screened in numerous festivals and won several awards.^[3]

Their feature film debut Salvo premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Critics' Week Grand Prize.^[4] For this film Grassadonia and Piazza received a David di Donatello nomination for best new directors.^[5]

Grassadonia's and Piazza's second film Sicilian Ghost Story opened the Critics' Week at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, where it received a ten minutes standing ovation.^[6] For this film the duo was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Adapted Screenplay.^[6][7]

The duo's third film Sicilian Letters competed for the Golden Lion at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.^[8]

Filmography

• Rita (short, 2009)
• Salvo (2013)
• Sicilian Ghost Story (2017)
• Sicilian Letters (2024)