Giada Colagrande (born 16 October 1975) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actress. She is married to American actor Willem Dafoe.[1]
Giada Colagrande | |
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 Colagrande in 2010 | |
| Born | 16 October 1975 Pescara, Italy |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
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Career
editIn 2005 Colagrande directed her second feature, Before It Had a Name, which she co-wrote and co-starred in with Willem Dafoe.[2] The two had met on the set of Wes Anderson's film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.[3] In 2010, she wrote and directed A Woman, also featuring Dafoe.
In 2012, she made The Woman Dress[4] and completed the feature-length film Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic.[5]
In 2016 Colagrande wrote, directed and performed in Padre, starring Franco Battiato, Dafoe and Marina Abramović.[6]
As an actress, Colagrande has also performed in Abel Ferrara's Pasolini (2014) and in Wes Anderson's Castello Cavalcanti (2013).[7]
Personal life
editColagrande has been married to actor Willem Dafoe since 2005.[1] She has one stepson from Dafoe's previous relationship.[8]
Filmography
edit- Aprimi il cuore (Open My Heart) (2002)
- Before It Had a Name (2005)
- A Woman (2010)
- Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramović (2012)
- The Abramovic Method (2013)
- Castello Cavalcanti (2013)
- Pasolini (2014)
- Padre (2016)
- Tropico (TBA)
References
edit- ^ a b Terry Zeller (2 January 2022), Willem Dafoe's Wife: Everything To Know About Giada Colagrande & Their 16 Year Marriage, Hollywood Life, retrieved 2 March 2022
- ^ Colleen Barry (9 September 2010), Willem Dafoe: 'A Woman' is pure, personal cinema', The Salt Lake Tribune, retrieved 2 March 2022
- ^ Eric Kohn (9 June 2020), Willem Dafoe and Abel Ferrara Discuss Their Legendary Filmmaking Collaborations – Watch, IndieWire, retrieved 2 March 2022
- ^ "The Woman Dress by Giada Colagrande", Vogue, 14 February 2012, retrieved 2 March 2022
- ^ "Bob Wilson's Life and Death of Marina Abramovic: Venice Review", The Hollywood Reporter, 20 September 2012, retrieved 2 March 2022
- ^ Colagrande: "El luto es una ocasión para elevarse", Chicago Tribune, 29 October 2016, retrieved 2 March 2022
- ^ A.O. Scott (9 May 2019), "'Pasolini' Review: One Rebellious Filmmaker's Tribute to Another", The New York Times, retrieved 2 March 2022
- ^ "What I know about women | Willem Dafoe 54, actor, married, one son". The Guardian. 22 November 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2021.