Alberto Negrin (born 2 January 1940) is an Italian film director and screenwriter, known for his historical, nostalgic and political films.^[1][2]

Negrin started his career as a fine art photographer.^[3] In 1962 he debuted as an assistant stage director, collaborating with Orazio Costa and Giorgio Strehler.^[3]

In a career spanning over four decades, Negrin has directed over 30 films and series, including the giallo film Enigma rosso (1978), Mussolini and I (1985), starring Bob Hoskins, Anthony Hopkins and Susan Sarandon, the TV miniseries The Secret of the Sahara (1987) (with Ben Kingsley), Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1989) (with Burt Lancaster), Tower of the Firstborn, Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano (2002), Il Cuore nel Pozzo (2005) and Mi Ricordo Anna Frank.^[4] Negrin is also known for his long-standing association with composer Ennio Morricone, who composed music for thirteen Negrin's feature films since 1987.

The historical drama film Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano earned him a Telegatto Award for Best TV movie. Il Cuore nel Pozzo, a film about the Foibe massacres and Istrian–Dalmatian exodus, was watched by 17 million people on its first broadcast in Italy.^{[citation needed]}

Theater

• Atomo, storia di una scelta (1965)
• Il bandito (1966)
• Sentite, buona gente, Peppino Marotto, poeta orgolese (film-documento) (1967)
• Colui che dice di sì e colui che dice di no (1969)
• Operai (film per il "Piccolo") (1969)
• Interrogatorio alla Avana (1972)

Filmography

• Platero y yo (1968)
• Inchieste televisive in America Latina (1968)
• Il gatto con gli stivali (1969)
• Kennedy contro Hoffa (1970)
• La rosa bianca (1971)
• Astronave Terra (1971)
• La risposta di Peppino Manca (1971)
• Racket (1972)
• Lungo il fiume e sull'acqua [it] (1972, TV miniseries)
• Il Picciotto 1973)
• L'Olandese scomparso (1974)
• Processo per l'uccisione di Raffaele Sonzogno giornalista romano (1975)
• Mayakowskji (1976)
• La spia del regime (1976)
• Il delitto Notarbartolo (1977)
• Volontari per destinazione ignota (1977)
• Red Rings of Fear (1978)
• La promessa (1979)
• Bambole: scene di un delitto perfetto (1980)
• Le multinazionali (1980)
• La quinta donna (1982)
• Mussolini and I (1985)
• The Secret of the Sahara (1987)
• Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1989)
• Missus (1994)
• Tower of the Firstborn (1999)
• Nanà (2001)
• Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano (2001)
• Ics - L'amore ti dà un nome (2003)
• Il Cuore nel Pozzo (2005)
• Bartali: The Iron Man (2006)
• L'ultimo dei Corleonesi (2007)
• Pane e libertà (2009)
• Mi Ricordo Anna Frank (2009)
• L'isola (2012)
• Un mondo nuovo (2014), TV series
• Qualunque cosa succeda (2014), TV miniseries
• Tango per la libertà (2016), TV miniseries