Andrea Bempensante is an Italian screenwriter and TV writer.
Graduated in Sociology with the essay: Internet - on the road to a new
concept of nation.
Writes the short movies Assolo (1995), Doom (1996) and Cra-Cra (1997).
The films won prizes at main international festivals like Venice Film
Festival, Clermont Ferrand, Tehran, Valencia, Montreal.
Writes his first feature movie: 20-Venti (aka 20-Twenty) in 1999. The
story is an on the road movie about two women, a TV journalist and an
actress. The whole plot is divided into twenty episodes, one for each
and every cigarette the actress smokes from the same pack. The film
premiered at The Berlin International Film Festival and won prizes at
main international festivals like New York Williamsburg Film Festival
and Annecy. The film won best feature film of 2000 by Duel Magazine.
Since 2001 he is senior writer at Le Iene Show, one of the most
innovative and successful satirical show of Italian television.