Memè Perlini
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Amelio "Memè" Perlini (8 December 1947 – 5 April 2017) was an Italian actor and film director. His directorial debut, Italian Postcards, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
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Memè Perlini | |
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Born | Amelio Perlini (1947-12-08)8 December 1947 Sant'Angelo in Lizzola, Italy |
Died | 5 April 2017(2017-04-05) (aged 69) Rome, Italy |
Occupation(s) | Actor, film director |
Years active | 1971-2005 |
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He directed Teatro La Maschera, of Rome, in his theatrical adaptation of Raymond Roussel's Locus Solus at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City in April 1977.[2] The production was co-presented by La MaMa and the International Theatre Institute, and billed as the First International Theater Festival.[3]
Perlini died in Rome on 5 April 2017, at the age of 69. He seems to have committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of his house.[4]