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Fabio Garriba

Italian stage, film, and television actor

Fabio Garriba (13 November 1944, 9 August 2016) was an Italian stage, film and television actor.

01Life and career

Born in Soave, Garriba started his career on stage, and in 1969 he made his film debut in Dziga Vertov Group's Wind from the East. He later worked with prominent directors such as Roberto Rossellini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Ettore Scola, Marco Bellocchio and Luigi Magni. He also had leading roles in films directed by his twin brother Mario, notably the Golden Leopard winner On the Point of Death.

Garriba also worked as assistant director for Bernardo Bertolucci, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Marco Ferreri and Carmelo Bene. His only work as director, the short film I parenti tutti, was screened at the 68th Venice International Film Festival alongside his brother's works in the retrospective "Orizzonti 1960-1978". Garriba also published several collections of poetries.

02Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1970Wind from the East
1971Anche per Django le carogne hanno un prezzo
1971Er più: storia d'amore e di coltello
1971On the Point of Death
1972Il sorriso della iena
1972Storia di confine
1972The Scientific Cardplayer
1972Slap the Monster on Page OneRoveda
1972Agostino d'IpponaMarcellinoTV movie
1972La cosa buffaBenito
1972I bandoleros della dodicesima ora
1972I racconti di Canterbury N. 2
1973Canterbury n. 2: Nuove Storie d'amore del '300
1973Those Dirty DogsMexican Bandit
1973Giorni d'amore sul filo di una lama
1974La via dei babbuiniOrazio
1975Quant'è bella la Bernarda, tutta nera, tutta caldaFriar(segment "Frate Fontanarosa")
19761900Peasant at Attila's execution
1979Ammazzare il tempo
1980La terrazzaGiorgio Campi, registe
1985Piccoli fuochi(final film role)
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