Alessandro Defilippi is an Italian writer and screenwriter. Born in Turin, he works as a psychoanalyst. His published works include the gothic tales collection (Sellerio, 1994) and two novels, (Passigli, 1999), a psychological thriller, and Angeli (Passigli 2002), a gothic novel with themes of mysticism, politics, ethics and philosophy. He also worked on the screenplay for Prendimi l'anima, directed by Roberto Faenza, and has written poetry.