Alberto Grifi
Biography
Alberto Grifi (Rome, 1938–2007), a painter, director, cameraman and photographer, is a fundamental figure of Italian experimental and activist cinema. In the first half of the 1960s he worked on the production of documentaries, and in 1964, together with Gianfranco Baruchello, he made La verifica incerta, followed by many other experimental films. With the cult film Anna 1975 he was one of the first to experiment with the use of videotape in an independent film. In 1976 – together with a group of ‘video hoodlums’ – he produced documentaries rarely screened today on youth protests in Milan, Bologna and Rome. Throughout the 1980s he shot industrial documentaries in the United States, Latin America, Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia. Grifi has also produced many radio programmes, published his writings on penitentiaries, contributed to various film magazines and held seminars in many squats, and universities, becoming a reference for future militant filmmakers.
Personal Details
Movies (43)
Fuori Campo di Anna
as Self
2025
Girati di Anna – Presentrazione a Venezia, settembre 1975
as Self - director
2025
Parco Lambro Juvenile Proletariat Festival (Rushes)
Director (Directing)
2024
In viaggio verso Alberto Grifi
2024
Alberto Grifi a Visioni Sconsigliate
as self
2011
In Viaggio con Patrizia
Director (Directing)
2007
Autoritratto Auschwitz. L'occhio è per così dire l'evoluzione biologica di una lagrima
as Self
2007
Nudi Verso la Follia
2004
Grifi racconta Grifi
as Sé stesso
2004
La spiaggia. Ritratto di Giordano Falzoni
as Sé stesso
2004
Viaggio a Cagliari
Director (Directing)
2004
KomaK
2002
Giravolte
as Grifi
2001
About Special Effects
as Mr. Riflesso
2001
Ma chi è questo Grifi
as Sé stesso
1998
Addo' sta Rossellini?
as Self
1997
Grifi spiegato ai bambini - Il mattatoio su internet
as Sé stesso
1994
Leoncavallo - I Giorni dello Sgombero
Director (Directing)
1994
Paperina si riguarda
as Self
1993
La prima volta che Zavattini provò ad usare un videotape
as Self
1993
Filming Man Ray
Director (Directing)
1990
Ultimo giorno di scuola
Director of Photography (Camera)
1980
A partire dal dolce
Director (Directing)
1979
Dinni e la Normalina, ovvero la Videopolizia Psichiatrica contro i sedicenti Gruppi di Follia Militante
Editor (Editing)
1978
Michele alla ricerca della felicità
Writer (Writing)
1978
Frammenti di una vita d'eroina
Producer (Production)
1977
Lia
Producer (Production)
1977
Il preteso corpo
Director (Directing)
1977
Alberto Grifi introduce Anna
as Himself
1976
Il Festival del Proletariato Giovanile al Parco Lambro
Director (Directing)
1976
Anna
as Self (uncredited)
1975
Vigilando reprimere
Screenplay (Writing)
1972
Il grande freddo
Director (Directing)
1971
Long Live The Orgonauts!
Director (Directing)
1970
Non soffiare nel narghilè
Director (Directing)
1970
Transfert per Camera verso Virulentia
Director (Directing)
1967
No stop grammatica
Director (Directing)
1966
Liberty
Cinematography (Crew)
1966
Pezzi dell'Amleto
Director (Directing)
1966
Uncertain Verification
Editor (Editing)
1965
I manichini
Cinematography (Crew)
1965
Nonotte
Director (Directing)
1961
Cyril (una cosa urgente)
Director (Directing)
1960