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Anna-Maria Monticelli Anna-Maria Monticelli i(A104507 works by) (a.k.a. Anna Jemison)
Born: Established: 1952 Tangier,
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Morocco,
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North Africa, Africa, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Italian ; Spanish
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BiographyHistory

Anna-Maria Monticelli was born in Tangier, Morocco. She came to Australia as a teenager and had a successful modelling and acting career before she began writing. In 1984 she won an AFI award for her role in the film Silver City. Her short story 'Love Doesn't Feed You' became the basis for the film La Spagnola, which Monticelli wrote and produced.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • In an excerpt from Change of Face, Ep.2, SBS Television, Monticelli (then Anna Jemison) announces that she is changing her name back to her birth name. She then says, 'I would like to support and encourage all those millions of new Australians to persevere, hang in there, don't give up. There's a future for all of us in this country.' (Available for viewing through the online catalogue of Making Multicultural Australia at http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/index.html. Click on 'Library,' then 'Video,' then M for Monticello.)

Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon Disgrace ( dir. Steve Jacobs ) Australia : Sherman Films Whitest Pouring Films Fortissimo Films , 2007 Z1410365 2007 single work film/TV 'Professor David Lurie's life falls apart after he has an impulsive affair with one of his students. Forced to resign from the university he escapes to his daughter's farm. The relationship is tested when they both become victims of a vicious attack.' Source: www.afc.gov.au/ (Sighted 21/07/2007).
2010 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Film — Best Film
2010 winner Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Screenplay - Adapted
2009 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting
2008 winner Toronto International Film Festival Awards — Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) — Special Presentations
2008 winner AWGIE Awards — Film Award — Adaptation
form y separately published work icon La Spagnola ( dir. Steve Jacobs ) Australia : Wild Strawberries , 2002 Z1374292 2002 single work film/TV

'La Spagnola' ('The SpanishWoman') is set in an Australian industrial town in 1960. The sexy, fiery Lola is enraged when her husband Ricardo leaves her for Wendy, an Australian blonde. With the family savings Ricardo buys a flash car and enjoys the good life with his mistress while Lola and their fourteen-year-old daughter Lucia struggle.

'When Ricardo falls victim to Wendy's high cholesterol diet and dies, Lola plots revenge and retrieval of the car. Complications arise as Lucia, Lola and Wendy go into battle with disastrous yet comical results. 'La Spagnola' is the story of survival and reconciliation in an industrial outpost.'

Source: Australian Film Commission (http://afcarchive.screenaustralia.gov.au/filmsandawards/recentfilms/0102/feature_11.aspx). (Sighted: 13/10/2014)
2001 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Original Screenplay
2001 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Original Screenplay
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