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Amy Lou Adams was born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, to American parents, Kathryn (Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams, a U.S. serviceman who was stationed at Caserma Ederle in Italy at the time. She was raised in a Mormon family of seven children in Castle Rock, Colorado, and has English, as well as smaller amounts of Danish, Swiss-German, and Norwegian, ancestry.
Adams sang in the school choir at Douglas County High School and was an apprentice dancer at a local dance company, with the ambition of becoming a ballerina. However, she worked as a greeter at The Gap and as a Hooters hostess to support herself before finding work as a dancer at Boulder's Dinner Theatre and Country Dinner Playhouse in such productions as "Brigadoon" and "A Chorus Line". It was there that she was spotted by a Minneapolis dinner-theater director who asked her to move to Chanhassen, Minnesota for more regional dinner theatre work.
Nursing a pulled muscle that kept her from dancing, she was free to audition for a part in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), which was filming nearby in Minnesota. During the filming, Kirstie Alley encouraged her to move to Los Angeles, where she soon won a part in the Fox television version of the film, Cruel Intentions (1999), in the part played in the film by Sarah Michelle Gellar, "Kathryn Merteuil". Although three episodes were filmed, the troubled series never aired. Instead, parts of the episodes were cobbled together and released as the direct-to-video Cruel Intentions 2 (2000). After more failed television spots, she landed a major role in Catch Me If You Can (2002), playing opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. But this did not provide the break-through she might have hoped for, with no work being offered for about a year. She eventually returned to television, and joined the short-lived series, Dr. Vegas (2004).
Her role in the low-budget independent film Junebug (2005) (which was shot in 21 days) got her real attention, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress as well as other awards. The following year, her ability to look like a wide-eyed Disney animated heroine helped her to be chosen from about 300 actresses auditioning for the role of "Giselle" in the animated/live-action feature film, Enchanted (2007), which would prove to be her major break-through role. Her vivacious yet innocent portrayal allowed her to use her singing and dancing talents. Her performance garnered a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Adams next appeared in the major production, Charlie Wilson's War (2007), and went on to act in the independent film, Sunshine Cleaning (2008), which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Her role as "Sister James" in Doubt (2008) brought her a second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild award, and a British Academy Film award. She appeared as Amelia Earhart in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) and as a post-9/11 hot line counselor, aspiring writer, amateur cook and blogger in Julie & Julia (2009). In the early 2010s, she starred with Jason Segel in The Muppets (2011), with Philip Seymour Hoffman in Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master (2012), and alongside Clint Eastwood and Justin Timberlake in Trouble with the Curve (2012). She played reporter Lois Lane in Man of Steel (2013) and con artist Sydney Prosser in American Hustle (2013), before portraying real-life artist Margaret Keane in Tim Burton's biopic Big Eyes (2014).
In 2016, she reprised her role as Lane in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and headlined Denis Villeneuve's science fiction drama Arrival (2016) and Tom Ford's dark thriller Nocturnal Animals (2016). In 2018, she received another Oscar nomination, her sixth, for starring as Lynne Cheney in the biographical drama Vice (2018), opposite Christian Bale as Dick Cheney.- Actor
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Terence Hill was born as Mario Girotti on March 29, 1939 in Venice, Italy to a chemist. His mother was German, and as a child the family lived near Dresden, Saxony, Germany where they survived the Allied bombings of World War II. Italian film-maker Dino Risi discovered him at a swimming meet and he made his first film at the age of 12, Vacanze col gangster (1952) (Holiday for Gangsters). He continued acting to finance his studies and motorcycle hobby. After studying classical literature at the University of Rome for three years, he decided to devote full time to acting. In 1962 he appeared in Luchino Visconti's The Leopard (1963), He then signed a contract for a series of adventure and western films in Germany. In 1967 he returned to Italy to play the lead in God Forgives... I Don't! (1967). While on location in Almeria, Spain, he married an American girl of Bavarian descent, Lori Zwicklbauer, who was the dialogue coach for the picture. The producers of this movie wanted him to change his name. He then got a list with 20 names on it and 24 hours time to choose one of these names. He decided to take Terence Hill cause he liked it the most and it has the same initials as his mother's name (Hildegard Thieme). They only told the public that "Hill" was his wife's name out of publicity reasons. At this time of upcoming feminism a man who took his wife's name was something special. In 1976 Hollywood called and he appeared in March or Die (1977) with Gene Hackman and starred in Mr. Billion (1977) with Valerie Perrine. Since then he has concentrated on action/adventure films starring himself and often working with long time partner Bud Spencer. Terence lives in Massachusetts and is a film producer, as well as talented and respected actor.- Debora Caprioglio was born on 3 May 1968 in Mestre, Venice, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Paprika (1991), Albergo Roma (1996) and Paganini (1989). She was previously married to Angelo Maresca.
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Massimiliano Furlan, also known as Massi, was born in Treviso, Italy, near Venice.
His journey in the entertainment industry began in Italy as a stand-up comedian.
In 1998, he relocated to Miami Beach, USA, where he and his brother Christian ventured into the restaurant business for several years.
In 2007, he made the move to Hollywood, CA, where his acting talents quickly caught attention. He secured roles in prominent productions like the HBO pilot 1%, Terminator: Sarah Connors Chronicles, and Criminal Minds.
His breakthrough came with a role in the highly anticipated 2012 film, The Dark Knight Rises.
In a recent interview, Massi, once dubbed "The New Villain in Town," expressed his aspiration to collaborate with Sir Anthony Hopkins.
Summer of 2014 marked a significant period with recurring roles on NCIS Los Angeles and a notable part in the film Blood of Redemption alongside Dolph Lundgren, Billy Zane, and Vinnie Jones.
Following this, he portrayed a Persian vampire in the final season of HBO's True Blood and appeared in The Last Ship, a TNT series by Michael Bay.
The year 2015 commenced with a role in a 20th Century Fox comedy, Keeping up with the Joneses, featuring Zach Galifianakis, Gal Gadot, Isla Fisher, and Jon Hamm.
Ending the year on a high note, he starred in two major projects: Trafficked, a movie addressing human trafficking with Ashley Judd, and Live by Night, a period film set in Boston during the late 1920s, directed by Ben Affleck and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio.
Recent notable appearances include guest spots on Supernatural as an Italian priest and The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, portraying Gianni Versace's designer.
His filmography expanded with roles in blockbuster hits like Jumanji: The Next Level, opposite Dwayne Johnson, and Bad Boys For Life.
Upcoming projects include Day Shift, a vampire film for Netflix starring Jamie Foxx, and Wrong Place, alongside the late Bruce Willis.
Scheduled for release soon are Golden with Brian Austin Green, Blunt with Amy Smart and Billy Zane, and the Apple TV series Sugar, featuring Colin Farrell and James Cromwell (premiering April 5, 2024).
In addition to his acting career, Massi is an avid participant in competitive pickleball tournaments across the country, amassing numerous medals.- Actress
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Francesca Rettondini was born on 7 March 1971 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress and producer, known for Ghost Ship (2002), Dolcemente Complicate (2021) and Endless Dark (2013).- Actor
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Gastone Moschin was born on 8 June 1929 in San Giovanni Lupatoto, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Godfather Part II (1974), The Conformist (1970) and The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966). He was married to Marzia Ubaldi. He died on 4 September 2017 in Terni, Umbria, Italy.- Malisa Longo was introduced to the world of art in her native city of Venice very young, where she took her first steps as a poet and painter. It's 1968 and the city enjoyed one of its most experimental cultural upheaval that focused in the development of the Academy and in the Biennale.
In this highly creative atmosphere, inspired by the magic of the lagoon, Musa and protagonist of its own works, the artist expresses her art in a whirlwind of colors, full of lights and shadows, but also eruptions of brightness. Looking for new ideas, Malisa arrives in Rome where she is captured by the world of movies. Here she begins a long journey as an actress, playing in more than 70 films, alongside actors like Ben Gazzara, Arthur Kennedy, Bruce Lee and Christopher Mitchum. Some of these movies, true cult of international cinema, were directed by Federico Fellini, Terence Young and Tinto Brass.
With a rewarding careers that expresses itself with a literary vein, Malisa stands out as a writer, screenwriter and journalist. Amongst her most acclaimed works, to be mentioned, is the novel "Just as I am" (prelude by Tinto Brass), the book of poems "Il cantico del corpo" and the book and interviews collection, "Aggiungi un seggio al tavola. Politica e curiosità culinarie" (Graus), a finalist for the award "Minori on the Amalfi Coast, the novel "Vita di Elisa" (Mondadori), and the book of poems "Appunti dell'anima" (Lietocolle), that in September 2014 won the literary prize "Spoleto Art Festival Expo".
Despite her busy artistic commitments, Malisa Longo never abandoned her first love for painting. A love that continued to grow with a continued passion, and took centre stage in several painting exhibitions, winning several awards. Malisa Longo actually lives and works in Rome, Ital - Valentina Bellè was born on 16 April 1992 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Ferrari (2023), Love Gets a Room (2021) and The Good Mothers (2023).
- Gian Luca Pasi De Preposulo was born on 10 November 1982 in Montebelluna, Veneto, Italy. Gian Luca Pasi De has been married to Jessica Chastain since 10 June 2017. They have two children.
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From 1955, Fabio Testi's home town Peschiera del Garda was also home to Bertolazzi Film, a motion picture studio which specialised in the production of colourful pirate movies. Lake Garda was merrily used as the ersatz Caribbean. At Bertolazzi, young Fabio began his career first as an extra, then as a stunt man and body double. As a stunt man, he appeared in the classic westerns The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) and (as one of Henry Fonda's minions in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). He started getting small film roles from 1967 and this helped to finance his architectural studies at the Antòn Maria Lorgna Institute in Verona. After graduating, Testa did not became a surveyor as originally planned, but made commercials for Coca Cola and proceeded to further studies at Verona's Academy of Fine Arts to improve his acting. For several years, he appeared in genre films, often lesser spaghetti westerns like One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana! (1970). As a bona fide action hero, his athletic prowess and imposing physique became a definite asset. Nonetheless, still dissatisfied with the roles he was getting, Testi attended diction classes in Cambridge to improve his English and went to London for acting lessons.
Upon his return to Italy, he finally made his breakthrough after being picked by Vittorio De Sica for the role of the ill-fated Giampiero in the Oscar-winning historical drama The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970). In the wake of the picture's success, Testi has alternated between performing in art films by directors like Claude Chabrol and Denys de La Patellière, and genre films of the giallo (What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)) or poliziotteschi/crime variety (Camorra (1972), Revolver (1973), I guappi (1974)). Over the years he has acted alongside international stars like Oliver Reed, Anthony Quinn, Robert Mitchum (in The Ambassador (1984)), Eli Wallach and David Hemmings. By the mid-1980's, Testi was seen more often in television productions. In the 90's, he also turned his attention towards the theatre with a role in a stage adaptation of Federico Fellini's The Road (1954).
Though still very active on the screen, Testi has had the time to sideline as a kiwi farmer, an enterprise which grew from a hobby into a lucrative business (Italy, as a result, becoming Europe's first producer of kiwi fruit). In 2006, Testi ran for political office as Mayor of Verona, representing the conservative Cattolici Liberali Cristiani.
As an unapologetically self-confessed Latin lover type, Testi has made headlines in the press (particularly the Italian gossip press) not only for the work in his chosen profession, but also for a series of well publicized romantic entanglements with actresses Ursula Andress, Edwige Fenech, Jean Seberg and Charlotte Rampling. He was married to the Spanish fashion designer and make-up artist Lola Navarro from 1984 to 1996. His second wife has been art gallery curator Antonella Liguori.- Béatrice Macola was born on 2 December 1965 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. She was an actress, known for Schindler's List (1993), La piovra (1984) and Sindrome veneziana (1989). She died on 13 December 2001 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Leonora Fani was born on 18 February 1954 in Crocetta del Montello, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Dog Lay Afternoon (1976), Sweet Adolescents (1977) and Giallo in Venice (1979).
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Luisa Mattioli was born on 23 March 1936 in San Stino di Livenza, Veneto, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Night of the Great Attack (1959), La bella Lola (1962) and Romulus and the Sabines (1961). She was married to Roger Moore. She died on 5 October 2021 in Zurich, Switzerland.- Actor
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Pierpaolo Spollon was born on 10 February 1989 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for Master Ceccato (2018), The Red Door (2017) and L'allieva (2016).- Actress
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Eva Grimaldi was born on 7 September 1961 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress and producer, known for Intimacy (1988), A mia immagine (2023) and Forever (1991). She has been married to Immacolata Battaglia since 19 May 2019. She was previously married to Fabrizio Ambroso.- Composer
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Born in Burano (Venice) in 1941, Pino Donaggio studied violin at the Conservatory of Venice and Milan.
After a period of adolescent performer of classical music with the Solisti Veneti and the Soloists of Milan, in 1959 he began to devote himself to the pop music that soon led to international success.
He has participated in ten editions of the Sanremo Festival getting a 3rd place in 1963 with the song "Giovane giovane" and a 4th place in 1966 with the song "Una casa in cima al mondo". His best-known song and performed is 1965 "Io che non vivo (senza te)" starring, among others, also by Elvis Presley.
Since 1973, Donaggio began gradually to abandon pop music to devote himself to composing music for films. In over forty years of activity it has put together more than two hundred soundtracks for the big and small screen, both in Italy and abroad.
He lives and works in Venice.- Actor
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Walter Chiari was born on 8 March 1924 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Romance (1986), Vanità (1947) and The Little Hut (1957). He was married to Alida Chelli. He died on 20 December 1991 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Actress
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Lory Del Santo was born on 28 September 1958 in Povegliano Veronese, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for The Lady 2: L'odio passionale (2015), The Lady 3 - La Perfidia Patinata (2017) and The Lady (2014).- Eugenio Franceschini was born on 19 September 1991 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. He is an actor, known for Sapore di te (2014), Maldamore (2014) and Medici (2016).
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Salvatore Samperi was born on 26 July 1943 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Malicious (1973), Ernesto (1979) and Smell of Flesh (1974). He was married to Francesca Bardella. He died on 5 March 2009 in Trevignano Romano, Lazio, Italy.- Afdera Franchetti was born on 8 July 1931 in Preganziol, Veneto, Italy. She was previously married to Henry Fonda and Howard Taylor.
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Jessie James Decker was born on April 12, 1988 in Vicenza, Italy as Jessica Rose James. She is an actress known for her country music career with songs, "I Look So Good" and "Boys In The Summer". She has been married to Eric Decker since June 22, 2013. They have two children.- Martha Roth was born on 29 May 1932 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. She was an actress, known for Mujeres engañadas (1999), Una familia de tantas (1949) and Corazón salvaje (1956). She was married to Juan Fernando Pérez Gavilán and Rubén Fuentes. She died on 7 October 2016 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- He had a relationship with actress Connie Nielsen when she lived and worked in Italy. The couple had a son, Sebastian Sartor, born on November 26, 1989. After the transfer of the actress to the United States, the two were on good terms and the actor has continued to see his son, going back and forth between the two continents.
- Rik Battaglia was born on 18 February 1927 in Corbola, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for Esther and the King (1960), Orlando e i Paladini di Francia (1956) and Duck, You Sucker! (1971). He died on 27 March 2015 in Corbola, Veneto, Italy.
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Being the son of a violinist Vivaldi started playing the violin himself early in his life. In 1703 he became priest and in 1716 the director of a conservatory of the church in Venice. Being a famous violinist he gave concerts all over Europe also composing a lot of violin concerts and other string works. There is not much information about his life only that he died in poverty in Vienna.- Laura Efrikian was born on 14 June 1940 in Treviso, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Hercules and the Captive Women (1961), David Copperfield (1965) and The Young Nun (1964). She was previously married to Gianni Morandi.
- Massimo Serato was born on 31 May 1916 in Oderzo, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for Don't Look Now (1973), The Loves of Hercules (1960) and The Humanoid (1979). He died on 22 December 1989 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Silvia Monti was born on 23 January 1946 in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Lady Caroline Lamb (1972), Blackie the Pirate (1971) and The Fifth Cord (1971). She has been married to Carlo de Benedetti since 10 July 1997. She was previously married to Luigi Donà dalle Rose.
- One of the many massive men of peplum who dominated popular Italian sword-and-sandal epics of the early 1960s, Italian Kirk Morris (né Adriano Bellini) was born in Venice on August 26, 1942. A gondolier and winner of the 1961 "Mr. Italia" bodybuilding contest at the time he was discovered by an Italian movie producer, Kirk was immediately plucked from the canals and greased-up runway for a go at campy muscleman stardom.
Director Tanio Boccia chose Kirk for the title role in Il trionfo di Maciste (1961) (The Triumph of Maciste) and the slightly boyish-looking, pearly-toothed neophyte making a fine impression on camera. Deemed thereafter a perfect speciMAN to showcase their low-budget spectacles, Kirk proved a fitting beefcake hero to help offset the silly special effects and poorly dubbed dialogue. If one was to try and distinguish Kirk from the other absurdly-muscled actor/bodybuilders around at the time (Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Dan Vadis, Ed Fury, Gordon Mitchell, Reg Park, Alan Steel, Brad Harris, Mark Forest, Richard Harrison, Sergio Ciani, et al.), he frequently dyed his pompadour-styled hair from dark to blond and possessed a somewhat sulky resemblance to Elvis Presley. Other than that, his stoic posturings as Hercules, Samson and Maciste were no better or worse than the other bronzed and brawny "biceptuals.
Kirk portrayed Maciste, one of the sons of Hercules, in several other movies -- Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961), The Witch's Curse (1962) (aka Maciste in Hell), Colossus and the Headhunters (1963), Atlas Against the Czar (1964) and Hercules of the Desert (1964). The mythological plots, usually set in ancient Egypt, Greece or Rome, were notoriously formulaic -- saving damsels in distress, freeing slaves, restoring thrones to their rightful rulers, battling evil queens and kings, and defeating life-threatening serpents, beasts, witches and demons.
While his hero's name often changed, Kirk's mission was almost always the same -- flex and save. He portrayed Samson in Clash of Steel (1962); Sansone in Sansone contro i pirati (1963) (Samson Against the Pirates); Hercules himself in Hercules, Samson & Ulysses (1963); Sandar Khan in Terror of the Steppes (1964); Anthar, son of Hercules in Anthar l'invincibile (1964); Nadir in Desert Raiders (1964); Ercole in Maciste il vendicatore dei Maya (1965) (Maciste, Avenger of the Mayans); and Kadir in The Falcon of the Desert (1965);
By 1966, Italian spectacles fell out of favor and lost its core audience. While Kirk would continue to find filming throughout the rest of the decade, most were in featured roles. He played a scientist who gets romantically involved with a voluptuous female alien in the silly-plotted sci-fi adventure Star Pilot (1966), and then played ill-fated bad guy and gunslinger named Ringo in the Terence Hill "spaghetti western" Crazy Westerners (1967).
Kirk went back to playing one last top-billed hero as Jeff Smart, who seeks revenge against a Mexican gang in the "spaghetti western" Sapevano solo uccidere (1968) (I'll Die for Vengeance). The film also featured his bodybuilding comrades Alan Steele and Gordon Mitchell. Kirk ended his movie career with the Italian/German action drama The Seven Red Berets (1969) and as a Scottish soldier in the Italian combat story I 7 di Marsa Matruh (1970).
Kirk eventually migrated to the United States and went into the advertising field. Years later, however, he returned to Italy and the movies -- but this time as a producer. - Actor
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Giovanni Morassutti (born March 15, 1980 in Padua) is an Italian actor, director, writer, artist, and cultural entrepreneur. Described by Enciclopedia Italiana as "a versatile actor in films and stage performances", since 2001 he has appeared in more than 30 films including independent films, prime-time tv, and international films. He was born Giovanni Enrico Morassutti in Padua, Italy, on March 15th, 1980, to a German mother and an Italian father. Morassutti studied acting and directing since he was a teenager, approaching the work of the realistic school first with Susan Strasberg, then as an auditor at the Actors Studio in New York, observing the sessions moderated by Arthur Penn, Estelle Parsons, Eli Wallach, Lee Grant among others while working as a bike messenger and busboy in New York City. He was a student of Salem Ludwig at the HB studio (2001) and then he began studying with John Strasberg who became his mentor. In America, Giovanni worked with Ellen Stewart founder of La Mama e.t.c. , Ted Mornel, Kathleen M. Wilce, Jordan Mattos and Gus Van Sant. In Italy, after graduating from the National Film School in Rome directed by actor Giancarlo Giannini (2008), he got cast in several roles in theatre and film productions working with Fabio Jephcott, Roberto Faenza, Cinzia Th Torrini, Andrea Manni, Stefano Usardi, Matteo Corazza, Lidia Biondi, Harris Freedman, Riccardo Milani among others. His last work as a director is the theatre production of Madre sin Panuelo by Jorge Palant sponsored by the Argentian Embassy and presented in Rome and Milan in the fall of 2015. In Berlin (2018), he was cast in Daniela Lucato directed by Daniela Lucato which was presented at the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival. (2020) Morassutti is also a contributing artist of the Transversal Theater Company having performed both male leads in Railroad, winner of the Tor Vergata Award at the 28th Annual Festival Internazionale del Teatro Patologico directed by Dario D'Ambrosi. (2021) He is competing for the David di Donatello award for his role in Affittasi Vita (2019) (2019). Giovanni Morassutti has won the award as Best Supporting Actor for his role as Damian in the film Lola (2020) directed by Francesca Tasini. His recent credits also include Fra due battiti (2021), An Approximation of their Barbarous Manners (2021) alongside character actor Bruce Glover, and the leading role of Tarquin in Guilty rebel. As a director, he is working on the post-production of his first documentary film Personal Dream Space and collaborating with filmmaker and producer Marc Smolowitz in the making of The Lonely Child. Morassutti is also known for his involvement in Environmental Sustainability in the arts and Climate Change Theatre. In 2021 he directed the play When staged on the banks of the Tagliamento river using only renewable energy such as solar panels.- Bruno Zanin was born on 9 April 1951 in Vigonovo, Veneto, Italy. He is an actor, known for Amarcord (1973), Marco Polo (1982) and La polizia ha le mani legate (1975).
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Paolo Carnera was born on 2 April 1957 in Mestre, Venice, Veneto, Italy. He is a cinematographer, known for Suburra (2015), Io Capitano (2023) and Bad Tales (2020).- Emilio De Marchi was born on 12 April 1959 in Candiana, Veneto, Italy. He is an actor, known for The Invisible Boy: Second Generation (2018), The Passion of the Christ (2004) and The Demons of St. Petersburg (2008).
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Arcangeli was discovered in 1979 by photographer Helmut Newton in Venice, Italy, where he used to live: some of the photographs made the covers of international magazines. Arcangeli became a fashion model during the 1980s, and he was called by Federico Fellini at Cinecittà Studios in Rome for a screen test to play the young lead of a movie that eventually was unfortunately never made. However, the actor later worked in Fellini's Intervista (1987), playing himself at the time of that first screen test. Arcangeli did make his acting debut in the Italian-Japanese film The Garden of Eden (1980), and continued to appear in a number of films during the 1980s and 1990s, among them Il buon soldato (1982) directed by Franco Brusati, Credo (1983) directed in France by Jacques Deray, Il fantasma di Sodoma (1988) directed by Lucio Fulci and Un amore di donna (1988) directed by Nelo Risi. He appeared in the historical drama Francesco (1989) directed by Liliana Cavani, starring Mickey Rourke, played in the well-received Tinto Brass softcore comedy Paprika (1991) and in the thriller Dark Friday (1993) directed by Aldo Lado. At the same time the actor worked in several stage productions with directors such as Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Luca Ronconi, Lev Dodin, Giancarlo Sepe, Jonathan Miller, and others.
Throughout the 1990s, Arcangeli kept busy working in various films and television projects. He had starring roles in Last Flight to Hell (1990), in Love Ritual (1989), in Black Demons (1991) directed by Umberto Lenzi, Belle da morire (1992), L'urlo della verità (1992), directed by Stelvio Massi, Albert Savarus (1993) based on a novel by Honoré de Balzac, Estasi (1993), and Delitti a luce rossa (1996). He also played Helmut in the TV series Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna (1998) directed by José María Sánchez. He was cast in Red Silk (1999) by Jess Franco, Il conte di Melissa (2001), Incubus (2002) and L'acqua... il fuoco (2003) directed in Luxembourg by Luciano Emmer. Arcangeli moved to the United States, where he already had citizenship, and was immediately cast as Popo in the Showtime/Viacom TV series Zalman King's ChromiumBlue.com (2002), and then played darker or more complex roles, such as Carlton, his first American antagonist opposite actor Jeffrey Wright in the thriller Sin's Kitchen (2004) directed by Fabien Pruvot. Arcangeli has since worked in several other independent films: Gameface (2007) directed by James Rhodimer, the thriller The Seer (2007) directed by Luigi Desole, in Kurando Mitsutake's Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf (2009). In 2009 Arcangeli founded his film production company Empire Films,inc., and he produced and starred in House of Flesh Mannequins (2009) directed by Domiziano Cristopharo, Virus X (2010), and The Ghostmaker (2012) both released in the United States by Lions Gate Films through Grindstone Entertainment, but also executive produced the comedy Scenes from a Gay Marriage (2012) in the same year.
In 2013, along with his production company Empire Films' new business partner, Aaron Benore, and with Jake Barsha of Right Hook Films, Arcangeli co-executive produced the TV miniseries The Bathroom Diaries (2014) in which he plays Snake, and starred in the feature film The Brides of Sodom (2013) directed by Creep Creepersin. He most recently appeared as Chaka in the second season of the TV series Femme Fatales (2011), in Giorgio Serafini's crime thriller investigation Ambushed (2013), in the futuristic thriller written and directed by Paul Hough, The Human Race (2013), played the heavy Larry in Ivan Zuccon's psychological horror Princess of Dark (2013), is to appear also in a drama directed by Everett Lewis, Territory (2016), while there are a whole new slate of projects announced as completed, or in production by Empire Films, such as Orgy of the Damned (2010), the art-house thriller Travel Well, Kamikaze (2013) ready to be presented on the film festival circuit, but Empire Films (www.empirefilms.net) has also several other projects in active production with Arcangeli also set to star in a few.- Actor
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Diego Ribon was born on 14 February 1960 in Dolo, Veneto, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Un mondo fantastico (2022), Good Morning, Aman (2009) and Francesco (1989).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Giacomo De Bello was born in Padua in 1995. Through his father and grandmother he inherits an immense passion for art, storytelling and music. He begins creating his first songs and music videos in his early teens and later directing and producing short films during his college studies. After graduating in Electronic Music and Composition at the A.Steffani Conservatory in October 2018, he pursues a film career starting out on small sets in Milan and London.
Now he works regularly alternating between assistant directors jobs and producing and directing his own films. His professional credits include 2nd2nd AD for Luca Guadagnino's We Are Who We Are (2020), 2nd Floor AD on The Book of Clarence (2023) and AD on the Italian main units of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), Lift (2024), Dune: Part Two (2024) and Disclaimer (2024).
He is the president of Sangre Malo Film through which he produces, teaches and organizes festivals without ever having given up on his musical activities. His shorts have received over 50 awards and official selections at Italian and international festivals and have been distributed on ShortsTV, Amazon Prime. His latest film Scarrafone (2022) is currently in the top 20 horror movies on CHiliTV.- Brunella Bovo was born on 8 March 1930 in Ponso, Veneto, Italy. She was an actress, known for The White Sheik (1952), 10 canzoni d'amore da salvare (1962) and The Loves of Salammbo (1960). She died on 21 February 2017 in Rome, Italy.
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Alessandro Camon was born on 7 June 1963 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is a producer and writer, known for The Messenger (2009), Bullet to the Head (2012) and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010).- Sara Arfaoui was born on 17 June 1995 in Montebelluno, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Riki Feat. CNCO: Dolor de cabeza (2018), L'eredità (2002) and Les Princes et Les Princesses de l'Amour (2018). She has been married to Ilkay Gündogan since 2022.
- Alvise Rigo was born on 12 December 1992 in Venice, Veneto, Italy. He is an actor, known for Nuovo Olimpo (2023), The Dadchelor and Che Dio ci aiuti (2011).
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Francesco Carnelutti was born on 8 April 1936 in Venice, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for The Da Vinci Code (2006), Spring (2014) and Imago mortis (2009). He died on 26 November 2015 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Director
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Claudio Cupellini was born on 18 February 1973 in Camposampiero, Veneto, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for A Quiet Life (2010), Alaska (2015) and Gomorrah (2014).- Actress
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Michela Cescon was born on 13 April 1971 in Treviso, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012), Primo amore (2004) and Blue Eyes (2021).- Music Department
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Antonio Salieri was born in 1750 into a prosperous Italian family of merchants. He studied harpsichord and violin from an early age, and after the death of his parents, continued his music studies in Venice. His talent was noticed by Viennise composer Florian Grassman, who invited him to Vienna, where Salieri remained for the rest of his life. Salieri was only 24 when Emperor Joseph II appointed him the court composer in 1774. The same year he met his wife, Therese von Helfersdorfer, and they went on having eight children.
Salieri held the post of Imperial Royal Kapellmeister from 1788-1824 and also was elected the president of the society of musical artists in Vienna. He wrote 43 Italian-style operas, ballet music, orchestral music including a Birthday Symphony, 2 piano concertos, cantatas, arias, and sacred music. His operas were successful in Paris and Vienna and earned him European recognition as a composer and conductor. Salieri's elevated social standing in Vienna was equal to his celebrity status as a musical artist. He was a teacher of many composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Czerny, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Franz Schubert, and Franz Liszt. Salieri also taught the Mozart's son Franz Xaver. Salieri promoted and conducted Mozart's symphony in G minor in 1791.
There is too little factual evidence of any treacherous activity against Mozart. There are also no facts in support of the charges of poisoning. In 1771 Mozart lost a job to Salieri, who was preferred by the Princess of Wurtemberg for having a good reputation as a teacher. A year later Mozart once again failed to be hired as the Princess's music teacher. Also Mozart blamed Salieri for the failure of his opera premiere. Mozart's father, Leopold, wrote,-"Salieri and his tribe will move heaven and earth to put it down". Poet Alexander Pushkin dramatized the subject in his play "Mozart and Salieri" (1830). There was also the eponymous opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov that initiated a trend of exaggerating a rivalry that was actually provoked by Mozart's whining. Respectfully, Milos Forman expressed the fictional nature of his 'Amadeus (1984)' ; based on the play by Peter Shaffer. Stigmatization of Salieri's image in the public's perception rests upon the inevitable realization that artists are not created equal.- Actress
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Maria Roveran was born on 12 September 1988 in Venice, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress and composer, known for Small Homeland (2013), The Land of the Sons (2021) and Thou Shalt Not Kill (2015).- Writer
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Luciano Vincenzoni, born in Treviso, March 7, 1926, studied law in Rome and Padua. In 1952, with his friend Tony Roma, he produced "Oliva Incantesimo Tragico", starring María Félix. In 1954, he wrote his first script "Hanno Rubato un Tram", directed by Aldo Fabrizi. In this year, he met 'Pietro Germi' and wrote "The Railroad Man". 1956 began a collaboration with Dino De Laurentiis, and created films like "The Great War", "The Best of Enemies", and "The Hunchback". In 1960, with Mino Roli he co-authored "Sacco e Vanzetti", staged in Italy and many foreign countries. During 1963-65 he wrote "Seduced and Abandoned" and "The Birds, The Bees and The Italians" with Pietro Germi, produced by Robert Haggiag. In 1965, with his friend Sergio Leone he wrote "For a Few Dollars More", and helped him to sell the film to United Artists, and in the same year wrote "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". Vincenzoni has worked with Billy Wilder, Peter Bogdanovich, 'Rene Clement' and many others. He is WGA member, emeritus.- Writer
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Antonio Bido was born on 8 January 1949 in Villa del Conte, Veneto, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Blue Tornado (1991), Dimensioni (1970) and The Bloodstained Shadow (1978).- Writer
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Nello Rossati was born on 15 July 1942 in Adria, Veneto, Italy. Nello was a writer and director, known for Top Line (1988), Le mani di una donna sola (1979) and Fuga scabrosamente pericolosa (1981). Nello died on 16 October 2009.- Composer
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Giuseppe Becce was born on 2 February 1877 in Lonigo, Veneto, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Life of Richard Wagner (1913) and The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929). He died on 5 October 1973 in Berlin, Germany.