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(1947-12-08)8 December 1947
Sant'Angelo in Lizzola, Italy
Died5 April 2017(2017-04-05) (aged 69)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor, film director
Years active1971-2005

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
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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.
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