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Gianni Canova

Gianni Canova

Born: 1954-02-16 • Castione della Presolana, Lombardia, Italy

Gianni Canova is one of Italy's most important and famous film critics. He's known for creating and directing film magazines like "Duel" and "Duellanti". He wrote cinema essays for a number of journals like Rolling Stone, Vogue, Segnocinema, Corriere della Sera, La Voce, Il Sole 24 Ore. He worked in television on MTV, Telepiù, Netsystem, My-TV and he's a TV host for Sky Cinema. Meanwhile he's a professor of cinema at IULM University both in the bachelor's degrees and the master's degrees, since 2018 he's also the dean of the university. In the past he taught cinema at "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia" and Università Bocconi. He's also part of the council of MiBACT (italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities) and from 2002 to 2014 he was the curator of several multi-medial exhibitions, mostly at the "Triennale di Milano".

Filmography
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Attitudini: Nessuna
2025 • Sé stesso
About Max poster
About Max
2019
Goodbye Marilyn poster
Goodbye Marilyn
2018 • Journalist (voice)
Those I met may not have seen me poster
Those I met may not have seen me
2016 • Self
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage poster
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
2016
Burning Love poster
Burning Love
2015 • Self
The Day of the Two Holy Popes poster
The Day of the Two Holy Popes
2015
27 aprile Racconto di un evento poster
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
2014 • Self
La visione romantica poster
La visione romantica
2014
Istintobrass poster
Istintobrass
2013 • Self
Scerbanenco Noir poster
Scerbanenco Noir
2004 • Self
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Like Life - Private Stories of Italian Film Critics