1985Nominee
Best Director
My Friends Act III
Nanni Loy
Actor · Director · Writer
Cagliari, Italy
October 23, 1925
Biography
Nanni Loy (born Giovanni Loi; 23 October 1925 – 21 August 1995) was an Italian film, theatre and TV director. Specifically, Nanni Loy was Sardinian, and one of several notable Sardinian film makers, including Franco Solinas. Loy was born in Cagliari, Sardinia: his father was Guglielmo Loy-Donà, a lawyer issue from a distinguished Sardinian-Venetian family, and his mother was the noblewoman Donna Anna Sanjust of the Marquesses of Neoneli. Rosetta Loy, an Italian novelist, is his sister-in-law.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1976Nominee
Best Director
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
1981Nominee
Best Performance
Disobedience
Career Highlights
1976Highlight
Best Director
Strange Occasion
1965Highlight
Best Writing
Made in Italy
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My Friends Act III
Strange Occasion