Memè Perlini

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]

Memè Perlini
Born	Amelio Perlini 8 December 1947 Sant'Angelo in Lizzola, Italy
Died	5 April 2017 (aged 69) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor, film director
Years active	1971-2005

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]

Selected filmography

• A Pocketful of Chestnuts (1970)
• The Grand Duel (1972)
• Quando c'era lui... caro lei! (1978)
• Eugenio (1980)
• Italian Postcards (director and screenwriter, 1987)
• The Family (1987)
• Italian Night (1987)
• Panama Sugar (1990)
• Atto di dolore (1990)
• An American Love (1994)

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Italian Postcards". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
2. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Locus Solus (1977)". Accessed June 13, 2018.
3. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Special Event: The First International Theater Festival (1977)". Accessed June 13, 2018.
4. La Repubblica. "È morto Memè Perlini, attore simbolo del teatro d'avanguardia anni 70". Retrieved 5 April 2017.

External links

• Memè Perlini at IMDb
• Perlini's page on La MaMa Archives Digital Collections