Vittorio Cecchi Gori
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Senator Vittorio Cecchi Gori | |
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![]() Vittorio Cecchi Gori and his father Mario winners of the Nastro d'Argento 1989 | |
Member of the Senate | |
In office 29 April 1996 – 29 May 2001 | |
Constituency | 1 - North Florence (Tuscany) |
In office 15 April 1994 – 28 April 1996 | |
Constituency | Tuscany |
Personal details | |
Born | Florence, Italy | 27 April 1942
Nationality | Italian |
Political party | Italian People's Party |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 2 |
Occupation | Film producer, politician |
Vittorio Cecchi Gori (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈtʃekki ˈɡɔːri]; born 27 April 1942) is an Italian film producer and politician. He pleaded guilty to bankruptcy and was sentenced in February 2020 to 8 years and 5 months of imprisonment.[1]
Born in Florence, Italy he is the son of Mario Cecchi Gori. He has produced numerous films, most notably Il Postino: The Postman (1994), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture and Life Is Beautiful (1997) which received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
He was also senator from the Italian People's Party.
He owned the football club A.C. Fiorentina from 1993 to 2002, as well as the private television channel La7. On 3 June 2008, he was arrested in Rome for bankruptcy and on 25 July 2011 again.
References[]
- ^ "Vittorio Cecchi Gori piantonato in stato di detenzione in ospedale dopo la condanna a 8 anni" (in Italian). RAI News. 2020-02-29.
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