Andrea Iervolino
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Andrea Iervolino is an award-winning movie producer, producer of: an Academy nominated movie "Tell it Like a Woman", a Golden Bear nominated documentary "The Walls of Bergamo", Golden Lion nominated movies "The Humbling", "Waiting for the Barbarians" and "Ferrari". Andrea Iervolino is also a businessman whose passion for cinema led him to producing films starting at the age of 15! Since then, the now 34 years old Iervolino, has produced and distributed over 75 films, making him one of the most active and accomplished film executives in the world. Alongside Monika Bacardi, Iervolino has co-founded several entertainment ventures, including the highly successful AMBI Media Group. Through AMBI, Andrea has emerged as an industry leader and is dedicated to making and delivering high-end, commercial movies for global audiences. In 2015 and 2020, he was named one of Variety's deal-makers to watch. In 2018, Iervolino launched TaTaTu - a block-chain based social entertainment platform that combines the best features from the major platforms and social networks with an innovative incentives system. Digital points (TTU Coin) are given out to creators and consumers of content, including those from their referred friends, as they participate in the social network. Meanwhile, Iervolino's Italian production company, Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment S.p.A. (ILBE S.p.A.), founded in 2011, went public in August 2019 and now operates as a public entertainment entity. Iervolino is currently one of the youngest and most highly regarded Italian entrepreneurs in the world of filmmaking. At the 71st Venice Film Festival, alongside Al Pacino and Barry Levinson, Iervolino garnered the Best Producer Award. In 2016, at the Capri Hollywood Film Festival, he was named Filmmaker of the Year for his work on James Franco's 'In Dubious Battle'. Later in 2016, and again in 2018, he was awarded Best Producer and Businessman at the Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF). On June 18th, 2018, Iervolino was awarded Knighthood of the Italian Republic (Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana) by the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, and the Italian Consulate of Canada for his outstanding achievement in the fields of business and media culture. Through ILBE he produced the feature adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's prize-winning novel "Waiting for the Barbarians," directed by Ciro Guerra, and starring Academy Award® winner Mark Rylance, multiple Academy Award® nominee Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson; Marcus Stokes' State of Consciousness, starring Emile Hirsch: Eddie & Sunny with Gabriel Luna; The Poison Rose starring John Travolta and Morgan Freeman; Dakota with Abbie Cornish, Lola Sultan, Patrick Muldoon, Tim Rozon and William Baldwin; Muti with Morgan Freeman, Cole Hauser, Peter Stormare, Vernon Davis and Giuseppe Zeno; Tell it Like a Woman with Jennofer Hudson, Cara Delevingne, Eva Longoria, Margherita Buy, Jacqueline Fernandez and Marcia Gay Harden. In 2023 Andrea Iervolino was honored with the Variety Golden Globes Breakthrough Producers Award for his contributions to Italian cinema at the Variety Golden Globe Awards, an event that is part of the celebration of the 80th Venice International Film Festival.
He's executive producer, through ILBE, of 2 movies: "Lamborghini" based on the life of Ferruccio Lamborghini, directed by Bobbie Moresco and with Frank Grillo, Gabriel Byrne and Mira Sorvino. nd "Minamata" by Andrew Levitas, with Johnny Depp.
He also produced the comedy "Safe Spaces" starring Justin Long, Fran Drescher and Richard Schiff; and the 3D, CGI animated family film "Arctic Dogs" starring Jeremy Renner, Alec Baldwin, Heidi Klum, John Cleese, James Franco and Anjelica Huston, which will open worldwide in November. Recent films of his include father/son stock car racing film "Trading Paint," starring Two-time Oscar® nominee John Travolta, Shania Twain, Toby Sebastian and Michael Madsen; the romantic drama "Best Day of My Life" starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Renée Zellweger, Common and Simon Baker; the revenge thriller "Bent" from Academy Award® winner Bobby Moresco, starring Karl Urban, Sofia Vergara and Andy Garcia; the heist movie "Finding Steve McQueen," starring Travis Fimmel, Rachael Taylor, William Fichtner and Forest Whitaker, directed by Mark Steven Johnson; the Andrea Bocelli biopic "The Music of Silence", directed by Oscar® nominated Michael Radford and starring Antonio Banderas, Toby Sebastian and Jordi Molla; the psychological thriller "Black Butterfly" starring Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Rhys Meyers; the faith based children's film "Beyond the Sun," featuring His Holiness Pope Francis.
Currently, Andrea Iervolino focused his business creating high-quality short animated for streaming platform. He produced two spin off from the movie Arctic Dogs: Arctic Friends and Puffins, with cast voice by Johnny Depp. He launched an animation studios, Iervolino Studios, in Serbia last year.
AWARDS
VARIETY GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS 2023
Variety Golden Globes Breakthrough Producers Award
LOS ANGELES ITALIA FILM FESTIVAL, US 2023
Best Film Production for "Tell it Like a Woman"
ICFF 2022
President of Jury
TAORMINA EXCELLENCE AWARD 2022
Best Producer for "Tell it Like a Woman" film project
KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF MERIT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
From the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella
2 HONORARY DEGREES
Vasili Goldis University
Mexico City University
LAZIALE DELL'ANNO AWARD - ONTARIO 2017
From the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
MAGNA GRAECIA FILM FESTIVAL 2017
Producer of the year
CAPRI HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL 2016
Best Filmmaker for In Dubious Battle
MIMMO ROTELLA AWARD 2016
AMBI Group as Best Film Production
IC-SAVING AWARD 2016
Andrea Iervolino as Best Producer and Businessman
ACTION ACADEMY AWARD 2016
Andrea Iervolino as Best Producer and Businessman
VARIETY's 2015 Dealmaker
Andrea Iervolino being named one of Variety's 2015 Dealmakers
ICFF Awards 2015
Andrea Iervolino is the new Ambassadaor of Italian Cinema in the world (a TIFF event)
MADE IN ITALY AWARDS 2015
Best Italian businessman
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2015:
MIMMO ROTELLA AWARD (a Biennale event)
Andrea Iervolino as Best Producer.
71^ Annual Venice Film Festival:
POMPEI CINEMA FESTIVAL 2014
Andrea Iervolino as Best Producer
ICFF Award 2013:
Best Film Production Company
ICFF Award 2014:
Best Film Production Company
Ichia Global Fest Award 2014:
Best Film Production Company
Capri Hollywood Award 2014:
Best Film Production Company
OTHERS:
ICFF 2014:
Award of Excellence to DANNY GLOVER
ICFF 2014:
Special Award of Honour to STEPHEN BALDWIN
Rome Film Festival 2013
PREMIO LARA
Valeria Golino: Best Actress for the movie COME IL VENTO
Rome Film Festival 2014
PREMIO AKAI
Paco Reconti: Best Supporting Actor for the movie TRE TOCCHI (English Title: LIFE IS A STAGE)
He's executive producer, through ILBE, of 2 movies: "Lamborghini" based on the life of Ferruccio Lamborghini, directed by Bobbie Moresco and with Frank Grillo, Gabriel Byrne and Mira Sorvino. nd "Minamata" by Andrew Levitas, with Johnny Depp.
He also produced the comedy "Safe Spaces" starring Justin Long, Fran Drescher and Richard Schiff; and the 3D, CGI animated family film "Arctic Dogs" starring Jeremy Renner, Alec Baldwin, Heidi Klum, John Cleese, James Franco and Anjelica Huston, which will open worldwide in November. Recent films of his include father/son stock car racing film "Trading Paint," starring Two-time Oscar® nominee John Travolta, Shania Twain, Toby Sebastian and Michael Madsen; the romantic drama "Best Day of My Life" starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Renée Zellweger, Common and Simon Baker; the revenge thriller "Bent" from Academy Award® winner Bobby Moresco, starring Karl Urban, Sofia Vergara and Andy Garcia; the heist movie "Finding Steve McQueen," starring Travis Fimmel, Rachael Taylor, William Fichtner and Forest Whitaker, directed by Mark Steven Johnson; the Andrea Bocelli biopic "The Music of Silence", directed by Oscar® nominated Michael Radford and starring Antonio Banderas, Toby Sebastian and Jordi Molla; the psychological thriller "Black Butterfly" starring Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Rhys Meyers; the faith based children's film "Beyond the Sun," featuring His Holiness Pope Francis.
Currently, Andrea Iervolino focused his business creating high-quality short animated for streaming platform. He produced two spin off from the movie Arctic Dogs: Arctic Friends and Puffins, with cast voice by Johnny Depp. He launched an animation studios, Iervolino Studios, in Serbia last year.
AWARDS
VARIETY GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS 2023
Variety Golden Globes Breakthrough Producers Award
LOS ANGELES ITALIA FILM FESTIVAL, US 2023
Best Film Production for "Tell it Like a Woman"
ICFF 2022
President of Jury
TAORMINA EXCELLENCE AWARD 2022
Best Producer for "Tell it Like a Woman" film project
KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF MERIT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
From the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella
2 HONORARY DEGREES
Vasili Goldis University
Mexico City University
LAZIALE DELL'ANNO AWARD - ONTARIO 2017
From the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
MAGNA GRAECIA FILM FESTIVAL 2017
Producer of the year
CAPRI HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL 2016
Best Filmmaker for In Dubious Battle
MIMMO ROTELLA AWARD 2016
AMBI Group as Best Film Production
IC-SAVING AWARD 2016
Andrea Iervolino as Best Producer and Businessman
ACTION ACADEMY AWARD 2016
Andrea Iervolino as Best Producer and Businessman
VARIETY's 2015 Dealmaker
Andrea Iervolino being named one of Variety's 2015 Dealmakers
ICFF Awards 2015
Andrea Iervolino is the new Ambassadaor of Italian Cinema in the world (a TIFF event)
MADE IN ITALY AWARDS 2015
Best Italian businessman
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2015:
MIMMO ROTELLA AWARD (a Biennale event)
Andrea Iervolino as Best Producer.
71^ Annual Venice Film Festival:
POMPEI CINEMA FESTIVAL 2014
Andrea Iervolino as Best Producer
ICFF Award 2013:
Best Film Production Company
ICFF Award 2014:
Best Film Production Company
Ichia Global Fest Award 2014:
Best Film Production Company
Capri Hollywood Award 2014:
Best Film Production Company
OTHERS:
ICFF 2014:
Award of Excellence to DANNY GLOVER
ICFF 2014:
Special Award of Honour to STEPHEN BALDWIN
Rome Film Festival 2013
PREMIO LARA
Valeria Golino: Best Actress for the movie COME IL VENTO
Rome Film Festival 2014
PREMIO AKAI
Paco Reconti: Best Supporting Actor for the movie TRE TOCCHI (English Title: LIFE IS A STAGE)