fear of writing with Roberto Bentivegna (House of Gucci)

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Roberto Bentivegna was born in London of Italian parents. He grew up in Milan and London, attending Emerson College in Boston before pursuing an MFA at Columbia University. His short films have screened at international film festivals including Locarno, Atlanta, and Miami, and are distributed by Film Movement and Shorts International. Whilst at Columbia University, Roberto was awarded the Carla Kuhn fellowship, the Hollywood Foreign Press Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting award and the Faculty Selects for "A Day in March". He was a finalist in the Academy's Nicholl Fellowship.
His screenplays include "Shella" for acclaimed photographer Albert Watson; "The Eel" starring Sam Rockwell and Maria Bello- which was featured on the Black List and he will be directing; "Spirit House" for Film Nation; an adaptation of A.M. Homes's "May We Be Forgiven" for director Lynne Ramsay and Artificial Eye; "The Disappearance of a Quiet Man" for producers Chris Coen and Alan Moloney.
Roberto was awarded residencies at Yaddo, the Nantucket Screenwriters Colony, and was a fellow in the Italian Government's Apulia Film program.