Aurelio Grimaldi

He began publishing stories, novels and essays in 1987. Among them were The Whores (1994) (The Whores) and Forever Mary (1989) (Mary forever), which he adapted to the screen for director Marco Risi, for whom he subsequently wrote Ragazzi fuori (1990). He also wrote the screenplay for Felice Farina's Ultimo respiro (1992), Damiano Damiani's Man of Respect (1993) and Claudio Camarca's Quattro bravi ragazzi (1993). In 1992 he directed his first film, Aclà (1992), which was shown at the Venice Film Festival. He then made two films from his own novels, The Rebel (1993) (in competition at Locarno) and The Whores (1994)(in competition at Cannes).