Ascanio Celestini

Born in Rome to parents with ancestry also from Lombardy and Veneto in northern Italy, Ascanio Celestini studied anthropology and literature at university.

4 giugno 1944 (2004, which premiered at the Venice Biennale) based on his father's war stories; La pecora nera.

In 2002 he was awarded the special category of the Premio Ubu "for his ability of singing today's history as if it was a myth, and vice versa".

In 2007 he filmed the documentary Parole Sante, about the biggest Italian call centre of the time (in Cinecittà, Rome) and the precarious conditions of its workers.

At the same time, Celestini released his first LP, also entitled Parole sante: a compilation of many of the songs of his plays and of the homonymous documentary and some unreleased tracks.

Roma, Donzelli, 2005 (testo e DVD; con un'introduzione di Alessandro Portelli) • Cicoria.

In fondo al mondo, Pasolini (insieme a Gaetano Ventriglia), in Simone Soriani (a cura di), Cicoria.

Corazzano - PI, Titivillus 2006 • Laika 2015 • Che fine hanno fatto gli indiani pueblo?