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Giada Colagrande was born in Italy in 1975. She studied in Italy, Switzerland and Australia. In 1995 she began making video art and documentaries on contemporary art. From 1997 to 2000 she joined the art project VOLUME, making a series of video portraits of 7 contemporary artists: Jannis Kounellis, Alfredo Pirri, Bernhard Rüdiger, Nunzio, Raimund Kummer, Gianni Dessí, Maurizio Savini and Sol Lewitt. She made three short films: Carnaval (1998), "Fetus - 4 Brings Death" (1999), and "n.3" (2000). In 2001 she wrote, directed and starred in her first feature film Open My Heart (2002) (Open My Heart), which premiered at the Venice Film Festival 2002, and then was selected by many international film festivals, such as the Tribeca Film Festival 2003, in competition, and Paris Cinema 2003, where it won the award 'Prix de l'avenir'. Giada was also nominated for Best New Director at the Silver Ribbon 2003. Open my Heart was released in Italy by Lucky Red and in the USA by Strand Releasing. In 2005 she directed her second feature Before It Had a Name (2005), which she co-wrote and co-starred in with Willem Dafoe. The film opened at the Venice Film Festival 2005, was then showed in San Sebastian Film Festival and various other international festivals. It was distributed worldwide by Millennium with the title 'Black Widow'. In 2010 she wrote and directed her third feature A Woman (2010), starring Willem Dafoe, Jess Weixler and Stefania Rocca. It also premiered at the Venice Film Festival 2010 and then screened at many other international film festivals. In 2012 she made the short film The Woman Dress (2012), for the Prada series "The Miu Miu Women's Tales", and the feature film Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic (2012), a documentary on the opera directed by Robert Wilson, based on Marina Abramovic's biography, starring Willem Dafoe, Antony Hegarty and Abramovic herself, which was screened at MoMA in New York and at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Both films premiered at the Venice Film Festival 2012. In 2013 the film The Abramovic Method (2013), which continues her collaboration with performance artist Marina Abramovic, was presented at the Venice Film Festival and went on to being shown in art museums around the world. In 2016 she wrote, directed and performed in Padre (2016) starring herself, Willem Dafoe, Franco Battiato and Marina Abramovic. After premiering at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia (Mexico), the film is still showing in film festivals around the world, while being theatrically released by The Open Reel. As an actress, she has also performed in Abel Ferrara's Pasolini (2014) and in Wes Anderson's short film Castello Cavalcanti (2013). In 2017 Giada made her debut as a singer, writer & composer in the project THE MAGIC DOOR, created with Arthuan Rebis and Vincenzo Zitello.- Actor
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Felix Silla was born on January 11, 1937 in a small village outside Rome, Lazio, Italy. Silla trained as a circus performer, came to the United States in 1955, and toured with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Show. His multiple talents -- as a bareback rider, trapeze artist and tumbler -- brought him to Hollywood where he became a stuntman, starting with the Gig Young-Shirley Jones vehicle, A Ticklish Affair (1963).
His best-known roles are the maniacal, miniature "Hitler" who menaces George Segal in The Black Bird (1975) and Cousin Itt on The Addams Family (1964). He had doubled -- often for children -- in such hits as The Towering Inferno (1974), The Hindenburg (1975) and Battlestar Galactica (1978). Between movies, he frequently appears in Las Vegas and Reno nightclubs with his own musical combo, "The Original Harmonica Band".
Silla and wife Sue Silla -- a "little person", like himself -- were married from 1965 until Felix's death on April 16, 2021, and had three children, Bonnie, Michael and Diana.- Born in Pescara, Sara Serraiocco developed from a young age a passion for dance and cinema, and she later worked as a dance teacher too. She moved to Rome in 2010 where she attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, the Italian National Film School.
After appearing in one episode of crime series R.I.S. Roma, Serraiocco made her film debut in 2013, starring in (the feature film) Salvo, awarded The Critics' Week Grand Prix during 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Her performance as a blind girl brought up in the suburbs of Palermo got her several awards including the Italian Golden Globe for best actress and the "Guglielmo Biraghi" Nastro d'Argento as best new talent.
In 2014 she was picked by director Liliana Cavani to play the role of Saint Clare of Assisi in the mini series "Francesco".
In 2015, Sara starred in the film Cloro, directed by Lamberto Sanfelice. The film was presented both at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival and at the 65th Berlinale (Generation section). She was nominated best actress at the 2015 Globo d'oro award for this role. During the same year she was chosen by Enrico Pau to play the role of Tecla in the film Accabadora co-starring Donatella Finocchiaro and Barry Ward. Shortly after she was invited to be part of the jury at Independent section of the 2015 Rome Film Fest.
Serraiocco was awarded the "Shooting Star" award as best European talent during the Berlin Film Fest. Meanwhile, she landed the lead role in Marco Danieli's debut feature film La Ragazza del Mondo (aka Worldly Girl), that was presented within the GdA review during the Venice Film Festival. Her performance in this film granted her several recognitions: the "Premio Pasinetti" (the National guild of Film critics' award) as Best Actress and the nomination for Best Actress both in the 2017 edition of Globo d'oro and Nastri d'argento. In addition to this she won the golden Ciak alongside with Michele Riondino as best acting duo of the year.
She landed the female leading role of Nora in Non è un paese per giovani directed by Giovanni Veronesi in 2017 whose subject was inspired by the radio show hosted by Danieli on Radio 2. The film got Serraiocco the nomination as Best Lead Actress in the 2017 Nastri d'Argento.
During the same year she played the main character in Cosimo Gomez's debut film Brutti e Cattivi that was presented in the "Orizzonti"section of the 2017 Venice Film Fest. Serraiocco has been cast as a series regular in the TV series Counterpart directed by Morten Tyldum, where she played the role of Baldwin alongside Academy Award winner J. K. Simmons. Her performance in Counterpart gained her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Autostraddle TV Awards.
Later in 2017, she returned to Italy to shoot Alessandro Capitani's debut film In viaggio con Adele, which was presented at the 2018 Rome Film Festival. Still in that year, she got back to Los Angeles to shoot the second season of Counterpart (aired in January 2019). After that, she was chosen by director Renato De Maria to play the lead female role in his movie "Lo spietato"(2019).
In 2019, she was chosen as a member of the international jury at the Kiev film festival, Molodist 48. In September of the same year she took the role of Marica in Non Odiare, directed by Mauro Mancini. The film was presented at the 2020 Venice Film Festival (Critic's Week). Most recently, she was cast in the leading female role in Lo Sto Bene, directed by Donato Rotunno which was presented at the Rome Film Festival 2020.
In 2021 she landed the role of Emilia in "Il primo giorno della mia vita", directed by Paolo Genovese( post-production). During the same year she got the role of Giulia in "Siccità", directed by Paolo Virzì (production). Later she was cast in "Il signore delle formiche", directed by Gianni Amelio.During the same year she landed the female lead role in "Il ritorno di Casanova", directed by Oscar-winning Grabriele Salvatores.
In 2022 she was chosen as a member of the jury at the the 72nd annual Berlin International Film Festival ( Shooting Stars award). - Andrea Arcangeli was born in Pescara, Italy, in 1993. He started acting in a theater company when he was 17, and joined his first projects in cinema and television after moving to Rome in 2012. He got his first leading role in the movie "The Startup" in 2017, and in 2018 was chosen by Danny Boyle for his TV series "Trust" for FX Channel.
- Felice Orlandi was born on 18 September 1924 in Avezzano, Abruzzo, Italy. He was an actor, known for Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Bullitt (1968) and Killer's Kiss (1955). He was married to Alice Ghostley. He died on 21 May 2003 in Burbank, California, USA.
- Lucrezia Guidone is an Italian actress. She studied at National Academy of drama Silvio D'Amico in Rome and at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. She worked in theatre with Luca Ronconi for several years winning many prestigious awards such as the Ubu Award for the role of the Stepdaughter in Pirandello's play "Six characters in search of an author". After that she stars in Francesco Bruni's film "Noi4" winning the International Flaiano Prize. Her credits include the Netflix miniseries "Fidelity", and the movie "The girl in the fog" .
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Lino Guanciale was born in Avezzano, Italy on 21 May 1979. In 2003, he graduated from the Accademia d'arte drammatica "Silvio d'Amico", where he won the Gassman Prize as Best Actor of the previous ten years. Immediately upon graduation, he began working in the theatre, with Gigi Proietti on Romeo e Giulietta, the inaugural show of the Silvano Toti Globe Theatre in Rome.
More work quickly followed, and he started to collaborate with great names of Italian theatre as Luca Ronconi (Atti di guerra), Walter Le Moli (Gli incostanti, Antigone), Massimo Popolizio and Michele Placido. Placido later, upon directing him in the play Fontamara, cast him as Nunzio in his award-winning film Angel of Evil (2010).
Since 2005, Lino has also taught theatre classes and workshops in middle schools, high schools and universities. He made his film debut in 2008, playing none other than Mozart in Io, Don Giovanni (2009) directed by Carlos Saura, followed by The Front Line (2009). In 2011, besides "Vallanzasca", he was also featured in The Jewel (2011) by the director Andrea Molaioli as Filippo Magnaghi, the honest executive devastated by shame over his company's fraudulent activities; Marina Spada's My Tomorrow (2011); and the Rai1 television series Il segreto dell'acqua (2011) directed by Renato De Maria.
His movie career includes Woody Allen's To Rome with Love (2012), La scoperta dell'alba (2012) by Susanna Nicchiarelli and Wondrous Boccaccio (2015) directed by the brothers Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani, in addition to a promising collaboration with the musician and director Davide Cavuti in Un'avventura romantica (2016), Preghiera per la vita (2020), Lectura Ovidii (2019) and Un marziano di nome Ennio (2022).
His work on TV has achieved success of public and critics, as protagonist in shows like The Family (2012), La dama velata (2015), L'allieva (2016), The Red Door (2017), Inspector Ricciardi (2021) and Noi (2022), the Italian adaptation of the american series This Is Us (2016).- Director
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Floria Sigismondi is a photographer and director. Apart from her art exhibitions she is best known for directing music videos. Her trademark dilating, jittery camerawork, noticeable as early as her video for Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People", has been replicated by a great number of directors since. Her parents, Lina and Domenico Sigismondi, were opera singers. Her family, including her sister Antonella, moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada when she was two. In her childhood she became obsessed by drawing and painting. Later, from 1987 she studied painting and illustration at the Ontario College of Art, today's Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD). When she took a photography course, she became obsessed once more, and graduated with a photography major. Floria started a career as a fashion photographer. She came to directing music videos when she was approached by the production company The Revolver Film Co., and directed music videos for a number of Canadian bands. Her very innovative, but also very disturbing video works, located in sceneries she once described as "entropic underworlds inhabited by tortured souls and omnipotent beings", attracted a number of very prominent musicians. With her photography and sculpture installations she had solo exhibitions in Hamilton and Toronto, New York, Brescia, Italy, Göteborg, Sweden and London. Her photographs also were included in numerous group exhibitions, together with those of photographers like Cindy Sherman and Joel-Peter Witkin. The German art press Die Gestalten Verlag has published two monographs of her photography, "Redemption" (1999) and "Immune" (2005).- Actress
- Writer
Alessia Barela was born on 13 June 1974 in Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Me, Myself & Her (2015), Velocità massima (2002) and Mr. Teddy (2012).- Actor
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Giacomo Ferrara was born on 24 November 1990 in Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy. He is an actor, known for Suburra (2015), Suburra: Blood on Rome (2017) and Show Dogs (2018).- Actress
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Maria-Pia Casilio (5 May 1935 - 10 April 2012) was an Italian film actress, best known for her roles in "Umberto D". and "Un americano a Roma". Born in San Pio delle Camere, L'Aquila, Casilio was pretty active between 1952 and 1960, usually with the typical characterization of a querulous and naive small-town girl, then, after her marriage with the voice actor Giuseppe Rinaldi, she semi-retired from acting. On the Criterion Collection DVD release of "Umberto D". Vittorio De Sica comments she was a lucky charm to have her in his films.- Gianluca Ginoble was born on 11 February 1995 in Abruzzo, Italy. He is an actor, known for Entourage (2004), Il Volo: L'amore si muove (2015) and Il Volo: Grande amore (2015).
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Ruggero Pasquarelli was born on 10 September 1993 in Città Sant'Angelo, Abruzzo, Italy. He is an actor and composer, known for Soy Luna (2016), Violetta (2012) and Supernova (2022).- Director
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tonino Valerii was born on 20 May 1934 in Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for My Name Is Nobody (1973), A Girl Called Jules (1970) and Day of Anger (1967). He was married to Rita. He died on 13 October 2016 in Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy.- Actor
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Marcello Macchia in art Maccio Capatonda (Vasto, August 2, 1978), is an actor, director and Italian comedian. Born in Vasto, Abruzzo, Molise as original mother of the nearby town of Montenero of Bisaccia and father of Chieti, he grew up in Chieti, is known by his stage name "Maccio Capatonda", his famous character. Starting with "no budget" projects, he participated in television programs "Mai dire Lunedì" and "Mai dire Martedì". Previously he had founded in Milan the Shortcut Productions, along with Enrico Venti. In 2013 he is the creator, director and lead actor in the television series "Mario". He studied in Perugia advertising techniques.- Cinzia de Ponti was born on 3 October 1960 in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. She is an actress, known for The New York Ripper (1982), Devil Fish (1984) and Killer contro killers (1985).
- Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino was an Italian-born American professional wrestler, best known for his work with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, now WWE). There, he held the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (WWWF Heavyweight Championship during his second reign) for more than 11 years (4,040 days) across two reigns, the first of which is the longest single reign in the promotion's history at 2,803 days. He is overall a two-time world champion in professional wrestling.
Dubbed "The Italian Strongman" and "The Strongest Man in the World" early in his career, Sammartino later earned the title "The Living Legend". Known for his powerful bear-hug finishing move, he is widely regarded as the greatest professional wrestler of all time. Sammartino became a vocal critic of the drug use and raunchier story-lines that became prevalent in the professional wrestling industry after his retirement but he reconciled with WWE in 2013 and headlined their Hall of Fame ceremony that year. Terry Funk commented that Sammartino "was bigger than wrestling itself". - Elisa Di Eusanio was born in Teramo August 12th, 1980. She began training as an actress and a dancer at her mothers "Mariella Converti" art workshop. In 2002, Elisa graduated from the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome, and began working in theatre. In the years that follow, Elisa would work on many classical and contemporary theatre productions. In 2007 Elisa appears in her first movie, 'Come tu mi vuoi' (dir. Vollfango de Biasi), and went on to work on many projects, such as "Benedetta Follia" (dir. Carlo Verdone), "Tutti per Bruno" (Netflix), "Fedeltà" (Netflix), "Doc nelle tue mani" (main cast - RAI 1), and "Bang Bang Baby" (Amazon Prime). For her work in the feature film "Good as you" (dir. Mariano Lamberti), Gloria garnered a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the Nastri D'Argento in 2002. Additionally, Eusanio also received a Special Mention from the Arcipelago International Short Film Festival for the short film "Au Pair" (dir. Giulio La Monica), and a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Graal theatre festival for the comedy "Trappola per topi" (by Agatha Christie).
- Chieti on November 14 1980 She's an actress and a burlesque performer. After several years of theater training she beginning her career on stage and in front of the camera, till she met in 2010 the art of burlesque, starting a career as burlesque diva and combining it with her versatility as interpreter.
Chosen by Paolo Sorrentino to star in the award-winning film The Great Beauty (2013), as strong appearance, characterized by another reference to the nuances of seduction, in the movie she tests the senses of the protagonist Toni Servillo.
In 2018 she co-stars in the film comedy Non è vero ma ci credo (2018) and in 2019 she was in the cast of the Soap Opera Un posto al sole (1996) where she plays the role of Clara Fiorito. She also appeared in the branded content The Red Stain (2018) ; the short film produced by Roman Coppola for Coppola Winery, where she plays the beautiful and mysterious Monica. The short film was screened at the opening of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Nominated Best Italian Performer 2015 by the GQ magazine, there are many events where she has taken part, as a diva of this performing art, from the most important Italian and international festivals (Berlin, Stockholm, Istanbul). From the Australian Burlesque Festival, (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane) to the stage of Salone Margherita, Italian's temple of variety show, till all major events linked to international brands such as Yoox, Mazda and Bacardi.
In 2016 he published her first book "Eros e burlesque" for Gremese Editore.
She can speak English and Italian. - Cinematographer
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Michele D'Attanasio was born on 18 June 1976 in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. He is a cinematographer and editor, known for Freaks Out (2021), Capri-Revolution (2018) and Caravaggio's Shadow (2022).- Writer
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Luis César Amadori was born on 28 May 1903 in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Honeysuckle (1938), La pasión desnuda (1953) and Almafuerte (1949). He was married to Zully Moreno. He died on 5 June 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Gianni Di Venanzo was born on 18 December 1920 in Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a cinematographer, known for 8½ (1963), The Girlfriends (1955) and Juliet of the Spirits (1965). He died on 3 February 1966 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
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Ivo Garrani was born on 6 February 1924 in Introdacqua, Abruzzo, Italy. He was an actor, known for Waterloo (1970), The Leopard (1963) and Orlando e i Paladini di Francia (1956). He was married to Lidia Gheducci. He died on 25 March 2015 in Rome, Italy.- Actress
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Milly Carlucci was born on 1 October 1954 in Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for The Taming of the Scoundrel (1980), Tomorrow I'm Getting Married (1984) and Pappa e ciccia (1983). She has been married to Angelo Donati since 21 April 1985. They have two children.- Mauro Marino was born on 20 April 1958 in Popoli, Abruzzo, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), Bread and Tulips (2000) and Voci notturne (1995).
- Francesco Panzieri is an Italian-American visual effects compositing artist and supervisor based in Los Angeles, CA. He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Visual Effects Society. After developing an interest in film-making and special effects from an early age, Panzieri earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Film Science from the International Academy of Image Arts in L'Aquila, Italy. He then enrolled in a one-year 3D-animation & visual effects conservatory program at the New York Film Academy in New York City, NY. To date, Panzieri has contributed to over 30 feature films and 75 television series. His most notable work includes: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (nominated for Best Visual Effects at the 88th Academy Awards), Avengers: Infinity War (nominated for Best Visual Effects at the 91st Academy Awards), Dune: Part One (94th Academy Award recipient for Best Visual Effects) and Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny. Panzieri has directly collaborated with many renowned production companies such as Disney, Marvel Studios, LucasFilm, Netflix, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Bad Robot and Lionsgate as well as acclaimed visual effects studios Digital Domain.
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Ugo Liberatore was born on 26 September 1927 in San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Bora Bora (1968), Incontro d'amore (1970) and Lovemaker (1969). He died on 21 June 2012 in Pescara, Italy.- Giulia Rubini was discovered by the director Luciano Emmer who spotted her photo in her art photographer uncle's shop window. Emmer, casting for a heroine for his comedy High School (1954), auditioned 18-year old Giulia who passed the test and went on to star in the picture. Giulia then tended to be typecast as naïve ingénues in romantic drama (Le ragazze di San Frediano (1955)) or comedy (La banda degli onesti (1956)). She had a string of supporting roles in foreign productions (El Hakim (1957), The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960)) and peplum (Goliath and the Barbarians (1959), David and Goliath (1960), with Orson Welles as King Saul) and rounded off her career as female leads in a trio of spaghetti westerns (Ringo and His Golden Pistol (1966), Adios, Hombre (1967), Uno straniero a Paso Bravo (1968)). At her most ornamental in colourful adventure spectacles, filmed in exotic locales, Giulia enhanced pictures like Edgar G. Ulmer's Atlantean fantasy Journey Beneath the Desert (1961), the swashbuckler Rage of the Buccaneers (1961) (as Ricardo Montalban's love interest) and, as an Indian girl, in the German-Italian co-production Kidnapped to Mystery Island (1964), set against the background of the British Raj versus a sect of fanatical Kali worshippers. The latter was produced by Bavaria Film and released in the U.S. by Columbia, who offered Giulia a studio contract. However, having just learned of her second pregnancy and wanting to remain in Italy, she turned the offer down, choosing family life over career.
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Gabriele D'Annunzio was born on 12 March 1863 in Pescara, Abruzzi e Molise, Italy [now Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy]. He was a writer, known for Samson and the Slave Queen (1963), La luz, tríptico de la vida moderna (1917) and La crociata degli innocenti (1917). He was married to Maria Hardouin di Gallese. He died on 1 March 1938 in Gardone Riviera, Lombardy, Italy.- Writer
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Carmine Amoroso was born in 1963 in Lanciano, Abruzzo, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Cover Boy... Last Revolution (2006), Porn to Be Free (2016) and Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations (1992).- Writer
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Ennio Flaiano was born on 5 March 1910 in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a writer and actor, known for 8½ (1963), La Dolce Vita (1960) and Nights of Cabiria (1957). He was married to Rosetta Rota. He died on 20 November 1972 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Gaetano Crocetti was born on 15 December 1894 in Montesilvano, Abruzzo, Italy. He was married to Angela Crocetti. He died on 29 August 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Alessandro Cicognini was born on 15 January 1906 in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a composer and writer, known for Bicycle Thieves (1948), Forrest Gump (1994) and Umberto D. (1952). He died on 9 November 1995 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Production Designer
Alessandro Marvelli was born on 21 August 1982 in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. Alessandro is a production designer, known for Running for Grace (2018), The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016) and The Bygone (2019).- Director
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Duilio Coletti was born on 28 December 1906 in Penne, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Torpedo Zone (1954), Under Ten Flags (1960) and The House of Intrigue (1956). He died on 22 May 1999 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Producer
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Enrico Venti was born on 30 December 1978 in Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy. He is a producer and actor, known for Felicità (2023), Mia (2023) and Vicini di casa (2022).- Arnaldo Fabrizio was born on 11 September 1943 in Schiavi di Abruzzo, Italy. He was an actor, known for Goliath and the Sins of Babylon (1963), The Ten Gladiators (1963) and Samson and the Mighty Challenge (1964). He died on 12 August 2021 in San Salvo, Italy.
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He is a film producer, director and distributor. He was born in Pescara (Abruzzo, Italy) in currently lives in Rome, where he graduated cum laude in 2016 in Modern Literature with the thesis "Virtual reality and image culture in the civilization of entertainment". He founded the production company called Il Varco and produced 22 short films, 4 feature films and the edition of 7 books. He's the artistic director of Il Varco - International Short Film Festival, Italy. He also founded the Short Days in Rome and the Abruzzi's film screening "New Abruzzi Cinema" in Pescara and the film distribution Gargantua Film. His film productions were featured in more than 150 festivals all around the world including Cannes Quinzaine, Locarno, Venice SIC@SIC, Camerimage, Rotterdam IFFR, In the Palace, Drama, Cyprus, Rome Film Festival. As a director, he shot "Onyricon" in 2015, "Spettri" in 2017, "Materia Celeste" in 2019 and "Polepole" in 2021. In 2020 he worked alongside Werner Herzog for his film Accelerator in Leticia, Colombia, in which he developed the filmed correspondence "Letters to Herzog" and the short film "Flores del precipicio". He was among the finalists of Premio Zavattini 2021/2022. His short film "Happy New Year, Jim" premiered at Cannes Film Festival during the 54. Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. In 2023, he was chosen to participate in Locarno Spring Academy with Radu Jude where he shot "Eschaton Ad", that premiered in Locarno that same year. In August 2023, he participated to Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Creator's Lab in Yucatan, Mexico. In November 2023, his debut feature documentary "A Stranger Quest" was presented at the 41. Turin Film Festival. He was invited to be part of Berlinale Talents in 2024 and he is a voting member of EFA - European Film Academy as since 2024.- Manuel D'Amario was born in 1986 in Atessa, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy. He is an actor, known for Nemici (2023), The Promised Life (2018) and Timballo (2017).
- Gabriella Giacobbe (L'Aquila, 1923 - Rome, January 8, 1979) was an Italian actress active in theater, television and cinema. She is formed at the school of theater of Giorgio Strehler and performs long at the Piccolo Teatro of Milan. She also works with Luchino Visconti and Eduardo De Filippo. She also had a prolific career in television, appearing in dramas of success as "A come Andromeda, La donna di picche e I promessi sposi". More sporadic are his film appearances, which, however, include works by Luigi Magni, Dino Risi, Nelo Risi and the famous spaghetti western "Keoma" by Enzo G. Castellari. She died of cancer on January 8, 1979 at age 55.
- Giampiero Mancini was born on 30 May 1972 in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. He is an actor, known for Hard Night Falling (2019), I segreti di Borgo Larici (2014) and Anti-Drug Squad (2011).
- Corrado Pensa was born on 19 July 1939 in Atri, Abruzzo, Italy. He died on 29 February 2024 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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Bruno Maccallini was born on 7 March 1960 in Avezzano, Abruzzo, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Donna Roma (2007), L'anno prossimo... vado a letto alle dieci (1995) and Softly, Softly (1984).- Director
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- Actress
Janis Rattenni was born on 24 May 1983 in Casoli, Abruzzo, Italy. She is a director and assistant director, known for Unter uns (1994), Tatort (1970) and Kommissar Dupin (2014).- Actor
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Guido Celano was born on 19 April 1904 in Francavilla al Mare, Abruzzo, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for Piluk, the Timid One (1968), The Life of Giuseppe Verdi (1938) and Journey to the Lost City (1960). He was married to Tina Xeo. He died on 7 March 1988 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Nanda Primavera was born on 23 August 1898 in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Wayward Wife (1953), Moglie e buoi... (1956) and Beautiful But Dangerous (1955). She was married to Guido Riccioli. She died on 9 August 1995 in Marino, Lazio, Italy.
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Anton Giulio Majano was born on 5 July 1909 in Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for La rivale (1956), Condottieri (1937) and Cento serenate (1954). He was married to Franca May and Maresa Gallo. He died on 12 August 1994 in Marino, Lazio, Italy.- Jarno Trulli is an Italian racing driver. He competed in Formula One from 1997 to 2011, driving for Minardi, Prost, Jordan, Renault, Toyota, Lotus Racing and Team Lotus. His best result in the World Drivers' Championship was sixth place in 2004; this was also the year in which he scored the only win of his Formula One career at the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix.
Throughout his Formula One career, Trulli was renowned for his skill in qualifying, regularly achieving far better grid positions than rivals with superior cars to his own. He was also known for his defensive driving style which allowed him to successfully hold off quicker drivers, sometimes for an entire race. The combination of being able to achieve high grid positions in comparatively slow cars and his ability to hold off faster drivers would often result in a line of vehicles forming behind him during a race, which was commonly referred to as the 'Trulli Train' by commentators, fans and journalists.
Trulli retired from Formula One at the start of the 2012 after having competed in the championship for 15 years. In 2014-15 he competed in the inaugural season of the FIA Formula E Championship, driving for Trulli GP, a team he founded himself. - Benito Barbieri was born in 1936 in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. He is an actor, known for Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror (1981), The Third Solution (1988) and Le braghe del padrone (1978).
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- Director
- Writer
Marco Cassini was born on 17 May 1986 in Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for Oltre la bufera (2019), La notte non fa più paura (2016) and La porta sul buio (2018).