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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.- 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.
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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).- Writer
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Umberto Contarello was born on 13 July 1958 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is a writer and actor, known for The Great Beauty (2013), This Must Be the Place (2011) and Marrakech Express (1989).- Actor
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Roberto Citran was born on 26 January 1955 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is an actor, known for Nine (2009), The Bull (1994) and Hotel Rwanda (2004).- Producer
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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).- 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.- Actress
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Ilaria D'Elia was born on 16 June 1975 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for Another Thing (2009), Gangs of New York (2002) and Killer Net (1998).- Actor
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Carlo Reali was born on 6 December 1930 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is an actor and editor, known for Uno sceriffo extraterrestre... poco extra e molto terrestre (1979), Banana Joe (1982) and Everything Happens to Me (1980).- Writer
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Antonello Belluco holds a degree in Political Science. After some years working in Radio and in independent television networks, from 1983-1987 he was a Programmer/Director for RAI.
Following the successful experience of his fi st music-video clips, he directed commercials for several national campaigns. Still today, he hones his cinematographic style while shooting television ads. Author and Director of three musicals, The Wall (Pink Floyd) , Joe & Kuti Angel, The Risen (Jesus Christ), he directs several films and documentaries (titles showed at the end of this press) for home distribution, until, aged forty-eight, he completes his fi st opus: "Anthony Warrior of God" with Jordi Mollà, Arnoldo Foà and Mattia Sbragia. The film is sold worldwide. He then completes another TV movie: "Giorgione" followed by "The Secret of Italia", heralding the return of star Romina Power to the screen. He wrote the screenplay "Rosso Istria" and "On my shoulder - For "On my shoulders" he is also producer and director. His next film : C14 (The Holy Shroud) (announced)
His bibliography: "My" Secret of Italy - Testimony of an unwanted cinema (2015) Self-portrait of a soul (2021)- Writer
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Carlo Mazzacurati was born on 2 March 1956 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for The Right Distance (2007), Another Life (1992) and La sedia della felicità (2013). He was married to Marina Zangirolami. He died on 22 January 2014 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.- Actor
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Osiride Pevarello was born on 26 July 1920 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Caligula (1979), Crime Busters (1977) and Rush (1983). He died on 15 December 2016 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- 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.- Writer
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Enzo Monteleone was born on 13 April 1954 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for El Alamein - The Line of Fire (2002), La vera vita di Antonio H. (1994) and Due partite (2009).- Stefano Scandaletti was born on 23 October 1977 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is an actor, known for Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012), Renzo e Lucia (2004) and La pelle dell'orso (2016).
- Riccardo Patrese was born on 17 April 1954 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is married to Suzy. They have three children.
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Susana Pampín was born on 16 December 1964 in San Antonio de Padua, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress and writer, known for Incident Light (2015), Death Doesn't Exist, and Love Doesn't Either (2019) and Argentina, 1985 (2022).- Titus Livius, known in English as Livy, was a Roman historian. He wrote an extensive history of Ancient Rome titled Ab Urbe Condita (''From the Founding of the City''), covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own lifetime.
- Anna Maria Malipiero was born on 23 March 1972 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Dangerous Beauty (1998), A spasso nel tempo (1996) and Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna (1998).
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Giuseppe Maffioli was born on 28 April 1925 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for The Big Feast (1973), The Pizza Triangle (1970) and The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life (1972). He died on 3 June 1985 in Treviso, Veneto, Italy.- Director
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Francesco Massaro was born in 1935 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for The Leopard (1963), Tomorrow I'm Getting Married (1984) and Il generale dorme in piedi (1972).- Piero Pastore was born on 3 March 1903 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963), Acciaio (1933) and Queen of the Seas (1961). He died on 8 January 1968 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Enrica Ajò was born in Padua, Veneto, Italy. She is known for Emergency Treatment (2007), Notte prima degli esami (2006) and Sacred Heart (2005).
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Pino Ferrara was born on 11 March 1929 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for Carambola (1974), Alfredo, Alfredo (1972) and La malavita attacca. La polizia risponde. (1977). He died on 8 August 2011 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Massimo Carlotto was born on 22 July 1956 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is a writer, known for Badlapur (2015), The Mercury Conspiracy (2013) and The Goodbye Kiss (2006).
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Arrigo Boito was born on 24 February 1842 in Padua, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire [now Veneto, Italy]. He was a writer, known for Match Point (2005), Batman Begins (2005) and Faust and the Devil (1949). He died on 10 June 1918 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Actor
Count Stefenelli was born on 8 March 1870 in Padova, Padua, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor. He died on 1 March 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Carlotta Lo Greco was born on 30 August 1978 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Jack Frusciante Has Left the Band (1996), Don Matteo (2000) and R.I.S. - Delitti imperfetti (2005). She has been married to Luca Capuano since 12 July 2012. They have two children.
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Nino Zanchin was born on 20 May 1930 in Camposampiero, Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is an assistant director and director, known for I figli chiedono perché (1972), La lunga sfida (1967) and Requiem for a Secret Agent (1966).- Actor
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Otello Toso was born on 22 February 1914 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for Death of a Cyclist (1955), Il ponte dei sospiri (1940) and I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli) (1948). He died on 15 March 1966 in Curtarolo, Veneto, Italy.- Giancarlo Previati was born on 2 September 1954 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is an actor, known for The Tourist (2010), Io, Canova (2016) and The Comfort of Strangers (1990).
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Born in Padua in 1953, he studied architecture, photography and acting in Rome. In 70's he was the curator of several Roman film club of the programmes. He also made two films in super8. He then went on to organize the roadshow exhibitions Filmopera, on cinema based on famous operas and Shakescreen, on films made either about Shakespeare or his works. In 1980 he wrote a screenplay for RAI, ALL'OMBRA DEI SAVOIA, and over the next five years he made documentaries about archeology for RAI and for Istituto Luce. In 1985 he founded the Nuova Dimensione, with which he produced his first feature film, RORRET, followed in 1992 by his second film, QUATTRO FIGLI UNICI. In 1999 his film PRIMA LA MUSICA, POI LE PAROLE was presented at the Giffoni Film Festival. From 2003 to 2006 he directed the TV serial UN POSTO AL SOLE and from 2000 to 2005 taught directing at the Film School "Anna Magnani" in Prato. NON VOLTARMI LE SPALLE (2006) and MINEURS (2007) are his latest films.- Actress
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Mara Zampieri was born on 24 May 1941 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Macbeth (1993), La fanciulla del West (1991) and The Ship Sails On (1983).- Pina Bottin was born on 17 March 1933 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Hannibal (1959), The Naked Maja (1958) and Il sole negli occhi (1953).
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Gianpaolo Capovilla was born on 30 October 1945 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Tabula rasa (1968), Partner (1968) and Acts of the Apostles (1969).- Mirco Bergamasco was born on 23 February 1983 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.
- Gianni Cavalieri was born on 7 March 1908 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for Miseria e nobiltà (1954), Captain Phantom (1953) and I due Foscari (1942). He died on 5 July 1955 in Treviso, Veneto, Italy.
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Giulio Morelli was born on 8 May 1915 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He was a writer and assistant director, known for Cavallina storna (1953), Cento piccole mamme (1952) and La roccia incantata (1949). He died on 10 May 1985 in Italy.- Eleonora Daniele was born on 20 August 1976 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Anthony, Warrior of God (2006), Carabinieri (2002) and Storie Italiane (2017). She has been married to Giulio Cesare Tassoni since 14 September 2019. They have one child.
- Carlo Mazzone was born in Padua, Italy and worked with Vittorio Gassman, Dario Fo, Giorgio Strehler and others in post-war Italy. He began his performing career as a mime and was Marcel Marceau's first Italian partner. He was assistant to Jacques Lecoq from 1948 -1951. In 1958 he emigrated to the USA, where he appeared in a number of stage productions and in the 1965 film "The American Wife" with Ugo Tognazzi. He began to use both parents names, and became known as Carlo Mazzone-Clementi. He devoted his life to the spread of mime and Commedia dell'Arte in the USA, and taught at Stratford, Ontario; Carnegie Mellon, Brandeis, NYU, and the American Conservatory Theatre. His students included Julie Harris, Rene Auberjonois, Joan van Ark. In 1974 with his wife Jane Hill, he founded a school in northern California, for the physical training of the actor. Called the Dell'Arte School of Mime & Comedy, the school continues to this day as Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre.
- Lucia Valentini-Terrani was born on 29 August 1946 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. She was an actress, known for Die Italienerin in Algier (1987), Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'Albergo del Gigilio d'oro (1984) and Falstaff (1982). She was married to Alberto Terrani. She died on 11 June 1998 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
- Gaia Servadio was born on 13 September 1938 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. She was an actress, known for Donne e soldati (1954), My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes (2014) and After Dark (1987). She was married to William Mostyn-Owen and Hugh Myddelton Biddulph. She died on 20 August 2021 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Lio Beghin was born in 1929 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He was a writer, known for La trappola originale (1982). He died on 24 September 2010 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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Fulvio Molena was born on 28 May 1969 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is an editor and actor, known for Il colore della fatica, Il ronzio delle mosche (2003) and H.P. Lovecraft - The Terror Within (2005).- Composer
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Born in Padua in 1976, Fabrizio studied violin, harmony, composition and orchestra conducting. A member of SIAE as a composer since 1993, he took care of the last four editions of the International Review of the Ancient Classic Theatre "Tito Livio - City of Padua", with original compositions. He composed the original score of the musical comedy "There... Where The Nile Rises", performed for the first time in May 1996. Some of his compositions were performed in Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Slovenia, and the United States of America. In 1995 he obteined the diploma of high specialization in orchestra conducting with Piero Bellugi. He conducted: the City of Wimborne Orchestra (Great Britain), the Murcia Youth Symphony (Spain), the Nuremberg Youth Symphony Orchestra and City of Friberg Orchestra (Germany), the Koper Chamber Orchestra (Slovenia) and the Palo Alto Youth Symphony Orchestra (California - USA). In December 1996 he was invited to conduct his compositions in Los Angeles and San Francisco. In 1995 he composed pieces for the 50th Anniversary of the UN and of the First Atomic Bomb of Hiroshima. He is permanent conductor of the Veneto Youth Orchestra and the Silver Symphony Orchestra. Fabrizio attends every year as orchestra conductor and composer the "International Music Meeting" with orchestras coming from all over the world. He is a member of ESTA (European Strings Teacher Association) and his music ranges from symphonic to pop music. He has also composed some ballets (eg. Prometeo, Eutanasia 2000, Clocks and others). He obtained the diploma of high specialization in "Music For Screen" with Stelvio Cipriani. In August 1998 "The International Music Museum" included him in a collection of musicians who have distinguished themselves in the music profession. He produced a CD ("That's Sound") conducting some soundtracks suites (Jurassic Park, Dances With Wolves, Robin Hood) and some of his compositions, performed by the Veneto Youth Orchestra. He composed the music for two Greek Tragedies: "Ifigenia in Aulide" directed by Filippo Crispo staged in June 2000 and "Antigone's Choice" directed by Simone Toffanin staged in summer 2000 in Italy. He orchestrated a new Opera and composed the score for the first episode of a new American cartoon series called "Blinky and Wonderfly," created and directed by Jan Carson Weatherby. Since 2000 he has been working with the composer Andrea Ferrari, producing many original soundtracks for short movies, documentaries and cartoons, including the score for Danny Ledonne's film "I Am Male" and Dennis Przywara's documentary (Starwoids) on "The First Episode of Star Wars - The Phantom Menace". They produced a musical comedy ("Il Tartufo di Dio") directed by Simone Toffanin, musical which has been represented in Padua at the Verdi Theatre. They scored Miranda Spigener's short "Marisa Romanov" accepted at the "2001 Venice Film Festival". He arranged and orchestrated John Lennon's "Imagine" for the singer Cheryl Porter and he orchestrated Roberto Zarpellon's "Harmonia Mundi".- Piero Fracanzani was born on 20 August 1951 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for Sulle mie spalle (2020). He died on 30 April 2021 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.
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Paola Cresti was born on 11 February 1970 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. Paola is a cinematographer and producer, known for Visceral Matter (1997), Final Voyage (1999) and Hollywood Safari (1997).- Andrea Salvetti was born on 18 October 1967 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is a producer, known for Festivalbar (1986).
- Marco Bortolami was born on 12 June 1980 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.
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Tono Zancanaro was born on 9 April 1906 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. Tono was a set decorator, known for La carica delle patate (1979). Tono died on 3 June 1985 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.