Marco Amenta (Palermo, 11 August 1970) is an Italian director, producer, and photojournalist. Biography After attending the Liceo Classico Umberto I in Palermo, Amenta started his career at Il Giornale di Sicilia as a photojournalist. In 1992 he moved to Paris where he obtained the Degree in Cinematography from the University Paris 8 and where worked for agencies and magazines, making many short films in film. During the war in ex-Yugoslavia he filmed the documentary Born in Bosnia for French TV, presented at the festival "Palermocinema" and another documentary in Cuba, Lettre de Cuba, winner of the French "Rouletabille" for young filmmakers. In 1995 he produced and directed the documentary film Diary of a Sicilian Rebel, official selection (out of competition) at the "54th Venice Film Festival." The film won 21 international awards, including 1st prize International Festival "50th Prix Italia" - 1st prize "Medianet Award" International Festival of Monaco di Baviera - 1st prize "Le Nombre d'Or" International Festival of Amsterdam—1st prize "Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Troia" (Lisbon) - 1st Prize "International Festival of Montevideo (Uruguay) - 1st Prize" International Festival of Carolina "(USA) - Certificate of Merit at the" Festival of Int San Francisco (USA) - Special Jury Prize at the "International Festival in Houston (USA) - 2nd prize International Festival of Monte Carlo". Is also prime time broadcast by RAI TV and 30 other TV stations worldwide. In 2004 wrote and directed the documentary The Last Godfather, an Italo-French coproduction, with Mediterranean Films and ARTE France, sold to television in Norway, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland and many other countries. Filmography The Ghost Of Corleone In 2005 he directed The Ghost of Corleone, documentary film about life and hunting to Bernardo Provenzano, produced by Eurofilm in co-production with ARD (broadcaster) Germany and ARTE France. Purchased by RAI Cinema and SKY Italia. Released in cinemas on 30 March 2006, obtained a considerable success with the public and critics and Nomination to the "Golden Globes" 2006 and "Nastri d'Argento" in 2007 as best documentary released in cinemas in Italy. Received, in addition, the award "Best Production 2006" in The AltroCinema FF and Etruria Cinema in 2007. The Sicilian Girl In February 2009, came out in cinemas across Italy his debut film The Sicilian Girl, after it was successfully presented at the "Rome International Film Festival". The movie is a co production between Italy (Eurofilm, R&C e Rai Cinema) and