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Paul Henreid was born Paul Georg Julius Freiherr von Hernreid Ritter von Wasel-Waldingau in Trieste, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the son of Marie Luise Heilig (Lendecke) and Baron Karl Alphons Hernreid. His father was an aristocratic banker, who was born to a Jewish family whose surname was changed from Hirsch to Hernreid.
Paul grew up in Vienna and studied at the prestigious Maria Theresa Academy (graduating in 1927) and the Institute of Graphic Arts. For four years, he worked as translator and book designer for a publishing outfit run by Otto Preminger, while training to be an actor at night. Preminger was also a protégé (and managing director) of Max Reinhardt. After attending one of Henreid's acting school performances, Preminger introduced him to the famous stage director and this led to a contract. In 1933, Paul made his debut at the Reinhardt Theatre in "Faust". He subsequently had several leading roles on the stage and appeared in a couple of Austrian films. Paul, like his character Victor Laszlo in Casablanca (1942), was avidly anti-fascist. He accordingly left continental Europe and went to London in 1935, first appearing on stage as Prince Albert in "Victoria the Great" two years later.
Henreid made his English-speaking motion picture debut in the popular drama Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), as the sympathetic German master Max Staefel, who proves to be Chipping's truest friend and ally. After that, however, he became incongruously typecast as Nazi henchmen in Mad Men of Europe (1940) and Night Train to Munich (1940). That year, he moved to the United States (becoming a citizen the following year) and quickly established himself on Broadway with "Flight to the West", as a Ribbentrop-type Nazi consul. His powerful performance led to radio work in the serial "Joyce Jordan-Girl Interne" and a film contract with RKO in 1941.
This marked a turning point in Paul Henreid's career. He finally escaped the stereotypical Teutonic image and began to play heroic or romantic leads, his first being Joan of Paris (1942), opposite Michèle Morgan, as French RAF pilot Paul Lavallier. Significantly, his next film, Now, Voyager (1942), defined his new screen persona: debonnaire, cultured and genteel, lighting two cigarettes simultaneously, then passing one to Bette Davis. According to Henreid, this legendary (and later often lampooned) scene was almost cut from the film because the director, Irving Rapper, had concerns about it. Next came "Casablanca", where Henreid played the idealistic, sensitive patriot Victor Laszlo; the poorly received Bronte sisters biopic Devotion (1946), as an Irish priest; and a stalwart performance as a Polish count and Ida Lupino's love interest, In Our Time (1944).
After several dull romantic leads, Henreid reinvented himself yet again. He played a memorably athletic and lively Dutch pirate, the 'Barracuda', in RKO's colourful swashbuckler The Spanish Main (1945). Another of his best later performances was as a sadistic South African commandant in the underrated film noir Rope of Sand (1949), which re-united him with his former "Casablanca" co-stars Peter Lorre and Claude Rains. After the Arabian Technicolor adventure, Thief of Damascus (1952), Henreid's star began to fade. His last noteworthy appearance during the fifties was as an itinerant magician in the oriental extravaganza Siren of Bagdad (1953) . The most memorable of several in-jokes, had Henreid lighting two hookahs (water pipes) for one of his harem girls, spoofing his famous scene from "Now, Voyager".
Outspoken in his opposition to McCarthyism and adhering to his rights under the First Amendment, he was subsequently blacklisted as a "communist sympathizer" by the House Committee on Un- American Activities. In spite of the damage this did to his career, he re-emerged as a director of second features and television episodes for Screen Gems, Desilu and other companies. In 1957, Alfred Hitchcock (in defiance of the blacklist) hired him to direct several episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955). Towards the end of his career, Paul Henreid directed his former "Now, Voyager" co-star Bette Davis in the camp melodrama Dead Ringer (1963) and toured with Agnes Moorehead on stage in a short-lived revival of "Don Juan in Hell"(1972- 73). Henreid died of pneumonia in a Santa Monica hospital in April 1992, after having suffered a stroke. He has the distinction of having not just one but two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for his films, and one for his television work.- Dalila Di Lazzaro was born on 29 January 1953 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She is an actress, known for Phenomena (1985), Jealous Eyes (1989) and Killer contro killers (1985).
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Dante Spinotti was born in Tolmezzo, Udine, in the northeastern Italian Region of Friuli. He began his career at RAI (Italian TV), before that he spent lot of time in Kenia as cinematographer for his uncle. In 1985, producer Dino De Laurentiis offered him a chance to work in USA for the first time with Michael Mann for the feature Manhunter (1986). From that experience, Spinotti became one of the most appreciated cinematographer in Hollywood. His particular vision gives a movie a great sense of reality. Among his works are: The Last of the Mohicans (1992) (Academy Nomination), Heat (1995), L.A. Confidential (1997) (Academy Nomination), The Insider (1999) (Academy Nomination), and Wonder Boys (2000). He married his wife Marcella, and they live in Los Angeles, Rome, and Tolmezzo.- Writer
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Damiano Damiani was born on 23 July 1922 in Pasiano di Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Mafia (1968), The Reunion (1963) and Confessions of a Police Captain (1971). He died on 7 March 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Carla Gravina was born on 5 August 1941 in Gemona del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She is an actress, known for Il lungo silenzio (1993), Esterina (1959) and La terrazza (1980).
- Loredana Nusciak was born on 3 May 1942 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She was an actress, known for Django (1966), No Way Out (1973) and Gladiators 7 (1962). She was married to Gianni Medici. She died on 12 July 2006 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
- George Dolenz was born in Italy in 1908 to a large family. He left Italy in the 1920s to start a new life and it seemed that he didn't want to look back on his old one. He arrived in Los Angeles in the 1940s and it was there that he somehow met up with Howard Hughes. Hughes signed him up as a leading man at RKO Pictures--which he owned--but, under Hughes' contract, George only starred in one film, Vendetta (1950), with Faith Domergue. He became a master of several dialects, and could play urbane Continental roles such as "Baron Sergei" in In Society (1944), with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Latin-American types such as the mysterious "Cortega" in Scared Stiff (1953), with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and even Roman-era royalty such as "Emperor Theodosius" in Sign of the Pagan (1954). When his contract with Hughes ran out, George appeared in many films for other studios throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and starred in the TV series The Count of Monte Cristo (1956). George was the father of actor Micky Dolenz of The Monkees (1965), husband of actress Janelle Johnson Dolenz and the grandfather of actress Ami Dolenz.
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Versatile production executive with a proven background in production finance, international media deals and business affairs. Experienced with global matrixed organizations, entrepreneurial startups and charities, Max is a Media Producer for the World Bank in Washington D.C. and consultant of other private companies in Europe, CEO and founder of MaXaM Productions. He was the Chief Producer for the World Bank of the historic projection mapping event "Fiat Lux" held in Vatican City on December 8th during the official opening of the Jubilee of Mercy. The event, which consisted of projecting images and videos from the best photographers and videographers in the world on St. Peter's Basilica's facade and dome, was co-produced by Paul Allen's Vulcan Productions, Obscura Digital, Li Ka Shing Foundation and Okeanos Foundation and broadcast worldwide live by 5 satellites. "Fiat Lux" was covered by the media in all industrialized countries, translated in 20 languages and had an outreach of 4.4 billion people in 47 countries.
In 2015 Max produced and directed "The Secret of Joy" a $500K project made of a short film, a book and a song to raise awareness and funds for the cause of pediatric cancer. In 2009 Mr. Bartoli co-wrote, produced and directed the sci-fI feature "Atlantis Down", starring Michael Rooker and X-Files star Dean Haglund. The film was premiered at the Chinese Mann Theater in Hollywood and at Apollo Cinema in Piccadilly Circus (London) and has been picked up for worldwide distribution by Hollywood-based Entertainment 7.
Mr. Bartoli also directed, produced and edited the 8-episode TV series entitled "Atlantis Rising: The Making of Atlantis Down" which has was aired by Cox 11 in Virginia from February until December 2010.
In 2008, Max was also a recipient of the prestigious Cisterna d'Argento, an award of the Italian Government to honor outstanding achievement in the arts, peace, economics, and science. Previous honorees include: Pope John Paul II, Nelson Mandela, and the former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi. Ignotus was viewed in a special screening in Rome by Pope Benedictus XVI, the former Italian Prime Ministers Romano Prodi and Silvio Berlusconi, among others, and from each Mr. Bartoli received personal praise for the film.
In 2006 Mr. Bartoli produced and directed the short film, "Ignotus", which won 25 awards at International Film Festivals in 18 months. Among them are: Best International Short Film at the New York International Film Festival, Best Foreign Language Short at the San Fernando Valley International Film Fest in Hollywood, and two Silver Pelican Awards at the Taormina Film Festival.
In 2004 for MaXaM Productions, Max wrote, produced and directed two documentaries: "Postcards From The Past" and "Time Travelers". From 2002 to 2004, he was a director/producer for the advertising company, Rotella and Partners for which he directed several videos and two documentaries one entitled "Coliseum", that won Italy's 'Media Star Award', the other: "Tunisia the Jewel of the Mediterranean Sea".
Since 1998, Max has worked as a director and producer for various advertising agencies in Italy and England, directing and producing corporate and institutional videos, as well as TV commercials. In 1997 he co-wrote with Francesco Licata "Metropolis" a TV program which was broadcast nationwide in Italy by Italia 1, a Mediaset station, as part of the Benefit TV gala Trenta Ore Per la Vita.
Born in Italy, and having earned a degree in Media Law, Max Bartoli has spent many years working in England and the US, where he lives. He is also the author of two books published in 1989 and 1991, which won him the title of 'Youngest European Fiction Writer' in 1989.
From 1998 until 2005 Max has worked as a director and producer for various advertising agencies in Italy and England, directing and producing sports videos, corporate and institutional videos, as well as TV commercials.- Actress
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Anna Bonaiuto was born on 28 January 1950 in Latisana, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for L'amore molesto (1995), The Postman (1994) and Il Divo (2008).- Actor
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Giuseppe Battiston was born on 22 July 1968 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Perfect Strangers (2016), Pinocchio (2022) and Bread and Tulips (2000).- He turned to boxing in his early youth and initially had an amateur career. Carnera had his first professional fight in September 1928: He defeated Leon Sebilo by knockout. in the second round. Carnera also won the following five fights, only to lose to Franz Diener in Leipzig due to a disqualification. Further victories followed, including against Young Stribling. In the 1930s, Carnera took part in several fights in the USA. He won his first 17 encounters with American boxing by knockout victory. In February 1933, Carnera took on Ernie Schaaf in New York, whom he knocked out in the 13th round. defeated. His opponent died two days later as a result of his battle injuries.
In June 1933, Carnera won against Jack Sharkey in New York, becoming the world heavyweight boxing champion. The new world champion was able to successfully defend his title twice, against Paulino Uzcudun and Tommy Loughran, and was exploited as an Italian national hero by Benito Mussolini's fascist regime. Carnera then lost the world title in June 1934 to Max Baer, who knocked him out in the 11th round. defeated. A year later he also suffered a defeat against the future boxing world champion Joe Louis. Because of a kidney removal in 1938, the diabetic was forced to stay away from boxing for several years.
During this time he was able to celebrate some success as a boxing actor in Hollywood. Carnera attempted a comeback in professional boxing in 1945, which initially started well with two victories. However, after three consecutive defeats against Luigi Mussina, he finally retired from active boxing. The former boxer then began a second sports career as a wrestler in 1946, which he continued successfully into the 1960s. In 1947, Budd Schulberg wrote the novel "The Harder They Fall", about a boxer whose fights were arranged, and which was made into a Hollywood film in 1956.
Since Carnera had always been said to have contacts with the underworld, he was immediately identified with the leading role in "The Harder They Fall". The former boxer sued the film company that made the novel, but without success. Carnera married Giuseppina Kovacic in 1953, with whom he obtained American citizenship, settled in Los Angeles and had two children. - Actor
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Romano Puppo was born on 25 March 1933 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Robowar (1988), Escape from the Bronx (1983) and Tough Guys (1974). He died on 11 May 1994 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.- Cinematographer
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Luca Coassin was born in Udine, (Friuli) in 1967 and grew up in Budoia, a beautiful small town of 900 inhabitants, located near the mountain areas in the North-Eastern part of Italy. Surrounded only by the countryside and the paintings of his father, Luca started being a painter since he was a child and a photographer even before he learnt to write his name, so that the world of images turned out to be his job. After getting his high school diploma with a major in science, he moved to Milan to study still life and fashion photography, and then secured a scholarship in Rome at the National film school. As a very lucky student , at the age of 20 he benefitted from training under the leadership of master Giuseppe Rotunno (AIC - ASC ) for 2 years.- Ivan Rassimov and his younger sister, Rada, decided to pursue a career in acting. Ivan studied acting at the University at Trieste. After attending military service in Italy, he then settled in Rome to pursue his acting career. A series of small roles began his career, one of them being from the legendary director Mario Bava with Planet of Vampires.
With his strong, piercing eyes and striking look, Rassimov was often cast as villains, from Nazi soldiers, to tough guys, to murder suspects. Rassimov also occasionally played good guys and saw it as a novelty item from his bad guy roles. From playing a police detective, an archaeologist, and even a psychiatrist in Mario Bava's last theatrical movie, Shock (1977). He was most often seen as a male stalwart of the Italian cannibal films in acting alongside Me Me Lai in three of them, most notably being _Jungle Holocaust (1977)_.
By 1987, Rassimov more or less retired from acting and lived in a villa north of Rome with his wife and teenage daughter. He worked as the director of a publishing house for comic books and novels until his death in 2003. - Laura Solari was born on 5 January 1913 in Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]. She was an actress, known for Roman Holiday (1953), Duel of the Titans (1961) and Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone (1947). She was married to Oscar Semere and Arthur Roper Caldbeck. She died on 13 September 1984 in Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland.
- Nora Gregor was an operetta diva, stage and film actress. She made her debut in Graz, Austria, and from there went to the Volksbühne an das Raimund-Theater in Vienna. She also worked at the Reinhardt Bühne in Berlin. From 1930 to 1933 she lived in Hollywood and also in Berlin. She made her first silent movie in 1921 and her first talkie in 1930 (Olympia (1930)). In 1937 she worked at the Burgtheater in Vienna and emigrated to Switzerland, France and Chile, where she died in Vina del Mar.
- Actress
Edy Vessel was born on 23 October 1940 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She is an actress, known for 8½ (1963), The Trojan Horse (1961) and Rocambole (1963). She is married to Pierluigi Vitalini. She was previously married to Camillo Crociani.- Her parents were Riccardo Orfei - the clown Bigolon - and Violetta Arata - a Circus star, so Miranda Orfei's entire life was lived in a circus. A simple, yet charismatic girl, full of energy, she started working in one herself: horse rider, trapeze artist, and acrobat. Since 1962, she started her own circus, and her popularity remains unabated to the present date (2002), in part helped by her numerous appearances on television shows. After a car accident prevented her from further acrobacies and arena shows with pigeos, horses and elephants, she kept her presence with her faithful public.
- Rosita Torosh was born on 10 November 1945 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), The Red Nights of the Gestapo (1977) and Almost Human (1974). She died on 10 December 1995 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
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Laura Samani was born on 9 October 1989 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. Laura is a director and writer, known for Small Body (2021), The Sleeping Saint (2016) and Rosso liquido (2013).- Anita Kravos was born in 1974 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Great Beauty (2013), Raise Your Head (2009) and Come l'ombra (2006).
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Omero Antonutti (born 3 August 1935) is an Italian actor and dubber, appearing regularly in films and theatre performances. He was born at Basiliano, Friuli. Antonutti's most notable performance to date was in the Taviani brothers' acclaimed film "Padre Padrone". He is also regularly employed in the dubbing of foreign films into Italian, and has provided Italian-language dubs for many of Christopher Lee's parts. In Spain, he has worked with Víctor Erice in "El Sur", and Carlos Saura in "El Dorado". He also played Noah in "Genesis: The Creation and the Flood". He has served as voice actor for Christopher Lee in films such as "Tale of the Mummy", "Sleepy Hollow", "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith", "Season of the Witch", "Dark Shadows", "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies".- Actor
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Lorenzo Acquaviva was born on 12 November 1968 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for The Old Guard 2, Wild Blood (2008) and The Invisible Boy: Second Generation (2018).- Actor
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Alessandro Bressanello is known for his work on The Hand of God (2021) as Aldo, Veneciafrenia(2021) as Colonna, Tolo Tolo (2020), Pop Black Posta (2019) as Lorenzo, Mozart in the Jungle (2016) as Lionel, Spectre (2015) as the Priest, Antonio him smeckt's nicht( 2016) as Antonio,Sole a catinelle (2013)as doctor Surace, Vacanze di Natale a Cortina (2011) as Bepi, Romanzo di una strage ( 2012) as Mariano Rumor, Casanova (2005), Come Dio comanda (2008) as Marchetta, La Masseria delle allodole (2007), Carlo Goldoni: Venezia, gran teatro del mondo (2007) as Carlo Goldoni. He began working as a musician in the '60s and then devote himself to study theater. Opened in 1976 the Tag Teatro in Venice. From 1980 to 1990 he was president of the cooperative Tag Theatre, where he worked as an actor and a director, producing numerous shows that have travelled all over the world. Since 1995 he opened his own company, Produzioni Teatrali Veneziane, with whom he still works, producing numerous shows, while also working in other fields such as the Carnival of Venice and the organization of major street-events, as well as the production of large-scale events in different countries of Europe. Alessandro Bressanello specializes in the theater of the Commedia dell'Arte and held numerous master classes in Italy and abroad about it, but he also dealt with stagings of baroque operas and contemporary theater. As an actor, director and producer has worked in Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Austria, Yugoslavia, Russia, Greece, Turkey, England, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Malta, Brazil, Mexico, USA, Ile de la Reunion. In addition to theater, he starred in over 70 films, working also as casting and assistant director, with Italian, French, German, British, Spanish, Japanese, Russian and U.S. productions.- Samira Lui was born on 6 March 1998 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
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Handsome, ash blonde-haired Italian actor Stelio Candelli was born in Trieste on the to a family of Civil Servants. Between 1954 to 1957 he studied drama at the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, making his film debut in Alberto Lattuada's," Guendalina" (1957). However, it was "Le notti di Lucrezia Borgia" (1959), a Renaissance costume vehicle for ill-fated British actress Belinda Lee, that brought him commercial notice and he subsequently appeared in a number of successful 'Sword n' Sandal' Cinecitta epics during the early 1960s, of which the best was, "Le sette folgori di Assur" (1962) opposite Hollywood actor Howard Duff. In 1965 Stelio co-starred in Mario Bava's seminal Alien sci-fi flick, "Terrore nello spazio" aka "Planet of the Vampires". The James Bond spy boom of the mid-1960s offered him the lead roles in, "Agente segreto 777" (1965) and "Suicide Mission To Singapore" (1966) in which he changed his screen name briefly to 'Stanley Kent'. The Anglo name change worked and brought him to the notice of the BBC who were casting for a lead character in a Mafia based TV series entitled, "Vendetta", to be filmed in London and Malta (standing in for Italy). With hit theme music composed by John Barry, "Vendetta" became highly popular running from 1966 to 1968. Stelio played a deadly hunter of all things Mafia by the name of Danny Scipio and the series now enjoys cult status. Unbelievably the BBC has still to release available episodes on DVD. A series of so-so spaghetti westerns (some opposite his friend Anthony Steffen) such as '"Viva Django" (1971) followed and whilst these were clearly fun to make, Stelio shone more in contemporary fare such as the English shot giallo, "La muerte llama a las 10" aka "The Killer Wore Gloves" (1974). Another BBC TV series, "Circus" (1975) brought a welcome return to London and British Television screens followed a few years later by a guest spot in an episode of the Ian Ogilvy, "Return of the Saint" (1979). The least said about "Orinoco - prigioniere del sesso" (1980) the better. In the Hollywood "Winds of War" epic series, the Italian actor had a memorable role as a sinister scar-faced Gestapo agent but ironically enough it was a rather mundane part in Lamberto Bava's cult horror movie, "Demons" (1985) that often brings him most recognition internationally.- Susanna Pasolini was born on 10 March 1891 in Casarsa della Delizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964). She was married to Carlo Alberto Pasolini. She died on 1 February 1981 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
- Rodolfo Ranni was born on 21 October 1937 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He is an actor, known for Los machos (1994), El puntero (2011) and Las esclavas (1987).
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Lodovica Comello was born on 13 April 1990 in San Daniele del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She is an actress, known for Poveri ma ricchi (2016), Poveri ma ricchissimi (2017) and Violetta (2012). She has been married to Tomas Goldschmidt since 1 April 2015. They have one child.- Lyla Rocco was born on 18 January 1933 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She was an actress, known for Le avventure di Nicola Nickleby (1958), Ça va barder (1955) and One Step to Eternity (1954). She was married to Alberto Lupo and Steve Barclay. She died on 17 January 2015 in Rome, Italy.
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Gino Paoli was born on 23 September 1934 in Monfalcone, Gorizia, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy. He is a composer and actor, known for Last Night in Soho (2021), Goodfellas (1990) and Firewall (2006). He has been married to Paola Penzo since 28 May 1991. They have two children. He was previously married to Anna Maria Fabbri.- Giulia Gonella was born on 7 November 1992 in Venezia, Italy. She is an actress, known for Don Matteo (2000), Zamora (2024) and I Hate Christmas (2022).
- Livio Lorenzon was born on 6 May 1923 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963) and Tharus figlio di Attila (1962). He died on 23 December 1971 in Latisana, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
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Lelio Luttazzi was born on 27 April 1923 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for L'Avventura (1960), Rocco and His Brothers (1960) and Totò, Peppino e la... malafemmina (1956). He died on 8 July 2010 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.- Writer
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Sergio Amidei was born on 3 October 1904 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was a writer and producer, known for Rome, Open City (1945), Un borghese piccolo piccolo (1977) and General Della Rovere (1959). He died on 14 April 1981 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Director
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Giacomo Gentilomo was born on 5 April 1909 in Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]. He was a director and writer, known for The Lovers (1946), Condottieri (1937) and Ecco la radio! (1940). He died on 16 April 2001 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
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Albert Conti was born on 29 January 1887 in Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]. He was an actor, known for The Black Cat (1934), Plastered in Paris (1928) and Torch Singer (1933). He was married to Miriam Wherry (née Patricia Cross). He died on 18 January 1967 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Composer
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Oscar De Mejo was born on 22 August 1911 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was a composer, known for L'ippocampo (1945), Rent Control (1981) and Tutta la città canta (1945). He was married to Alida Valli and Dorothy. He died on 28 January 1992 in Manhattan, New York, USA.- Actor
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Paolo Rossi was born on 22 June 1953 in Monfalcone, Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Camerieri (1995), Mille bolle blu (1993) and Silenzio si nasce (1996).- Editor
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Alessandro Comodin was born on 5 June 1982 in San Vito al Tagliamento, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He is an editor and director, known for Summer of Giacomo (2011), Happy Times Will Come Soon (2016) and Gigi la legge (2022).- Fulvia Franco was born on 21 May 1931 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She was an actress, known for I Spy (1965), Tempest (1958) and Don Chisciotte and Sancio Panza (1968). She was married to Tiberio Mitri. She died on 15 May 1988 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Michela Rocco di Torrepadula was born on 18 September 1970 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. She is an actress, known for Nefertiti (1994), L'avvoltoio sa attendere (1991) and I ragazzi del muretto (1991). She was previously married to Enrico Mentana.
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Teho Teardo was born on 19 September 1966 in Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He is a composer and director, known for Il Divo (2008), You Carry Me (2015) and The Girl by the Lake (2007).- Director
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Ivan Gergolet was born in 1977 in Monfalcone, Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. Ivan is a director and writer, known for L'uomo senza colpa (2022), Dancing with Maria (2014) and Akropolis (2005).- Lorenzo Piani was born on 19 January 1944 in Monfalcone, Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He is an actor, known for Deep Red (1975), Prete, fai un miracolo (1975) and Decameron n° 4 - Le belle novelle del Boccaccio (1972).
- A multifaceted artist, he lays the first foundations of his artistic career as a Dj. His passion for music leads him to explore the world of singing and audio/video production by creating various works present today on his YouTube channel named: Ramaz&Lou. At the same time, the desire to try his talent as an actor grows in him, appearing in some commercials and in Italian films/Tv series of national importance. To date, Luca also explores the world of modeling, posing for brands and photographic works.
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Mario Maranzana was born on 14 July 1930 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for La Bohème (1988), Puccini (1973) and Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (1964). He was married to Maria Luisa Rado. He died on 12 January 2012 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Director
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Franco Giraldi was born on 11 July 1931 in Comeno, Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy [now Komen, Slovenia]. He was a director and writer, known for La rosa rossa (1974), A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and Roma dodici novembre 1994 (1995). He died on 2 December 2020 in Trieste, Friuli, Italy.- Actor
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Antonio Centa (10 August 1907 - 19 April 1979) was an Italian film actor. Born in Maniago, Province of Pordenone, Centa was among the most active and popular actors between the mid-1930s and 1943 (when the Italian film industry almost halted because of the war). He was especially popular with the female audience, and had critically acclaimed performances, notably in Renato Castellani's films "A Pistol" Shot and "Zazà". After the war his success declined, and he gradually started to be cast in supporting roles.- Producer
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Member of the European Film Academy, Bruno Pischiutta is an internationally celebrated and award-winning writer, director and producer with a career that spans more than five decades. He is known for his lifelong commitment to fostering the art of filmmaking. He established his career in his native Italy and, in 1975, he founded and directed Rome's Centro Iniziative Di Azione Culturale, the nation's only alternative school for theatre and film at that time. He is known for his high quality film production skills, and specifically noted for his socially oriented feature films.
Born in Udine in 1947, Pischiutta graduated from the Institute of Dramatic Art in Trieste in 1966. He studied philosophy at the University of Trieste in 1971, and he is an International Academician appointed by the Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia in 1981.
In his long film career, he has been a director, screenplay writer, producer and executive producer, lead actor, editor, casting director, film agent, costume and scenery designer, and a film teacher. He made films and documentaries for both the silver screen and for TV. He hosted events and, to this date, he is the artistic consultant and presenter at the Global Nonviolent Film Festival.
Last but not least, Bruno Pischiutta is a businessman and head of his own film company in Canada, Global Film Studio.
He started his career in theater, in the early 60s in Udine, where he produced, directed and played in a recital of poems and monologues by William Shakespeare. In 1962, he produced, directed and played in a recital of poems and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht. In 1963, he played in "La Pesca", a drama by Eugene O'Neill. In 1964, he played in a drama of Father David Maria Turoldo, "Quando La Terra E' Madre", that was staged in Udine at the San Francis' Monumental Church.
In 1965, at the age of 18, he played in "Pentecost", another Turoldo drama, that was staged at the Velodromo Vigorelli in Milan and performed in front of an audience of 9,000 people. He was honored to play before the Cardinal Giovanni Montini who, few months later, became Pope Paul VI.
That same year, he moved to Trieste where he graduated from the Institute of Dramatic Arts, and he became a professional actor. While in Trieste, he worked as an actor at RAI radio and in theater, and he studied philosophy at the University of Trieste.
In 1966, he auditioned and was admitted as an actor in the Italian language theater group of the Narodno Kazaliste Theater of Rijeka, Yugoslavia.
In those first years of his professional life, he was blessed to know and to befriend the local intellectuals. He was a personal friend of writers such as Tito Maria Maniacco, Elio Bartolini and Amedeo Giacomini, of artists such as Mario Baldan and Mimmo Biase, of philosophers such as Sergio Sarti, of actress Rosita Torosh and director Giorgio Marini, and many others. Some of them were much older than he was and his cultural education became, in many ways, formed under their influence.
Some of the plays he performed in while at the Narodno Kazaliste Theater in Rijeka are: "Song of the Lusitanian Bogey" by Peter Weiss, directed by Francesco Macedonio; "Miser" by Molière; "La Locandiera" by Carlo Goldoni; and "Uncle Vanja" by Anton Chekhov.
In 1966, when he was 22 years old, he completed his university studies in Philosophy at the University of Trieste.
In the late 60s, American film production companies started to leave Italy as their preferred shooting location and commenced shooting in Croatia. There, he was cast as an actor in motion pictures produced by Columbia Pictures, Dino De Laurentiis Productions, and several others. As a professional film and theater actor, he had the possibility to work with great directors such as Nanni Loy and Francesco Rosi, with some great actors such as Nino Manfredi, Martin Landau, Jason Robards and Peter Falk, with Oscar-winning director of photography Pasqualino De Santis, and others.
Bruno Pischiutta was cast in Rosolino Paternò, soldato... (1970), directed by Nanni Loy, with Nino Manfredi, Jason Robards and Peter Falk. He was also cast in the Hollywood Studio production Many Wars Ago (1970), directed by Francesco Rosi, with Mark Frechette, Gian Maria Volontè and Pier Paolo Capponi. In this picture, he performed in a scene alongside Alain Cuny, the great French actor who appeared as the organ player in Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960).
In 1972, at the Venice Film Festival, Bruno Pischiutta received the Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Many Wars Ago (1970).
In 1971, as soon as he left Rijeka and arrived back to Italy, he shot a 50-minute long documentary (his first film). He wrote, produced, directed and executive produced Solo miseria e poi... è sempre così (1971) (Only poverty and then... it is always like that.) that was screened in Milan and later had a limited release in Italy.
That same year, he produced an LP record of poetry written during the Italian Resistance: "Poemi Della Resistenza Friulana". Pischiutta recited the poetry. One of the poems was by the great Pier Paolo Pasolini and this created the first contact between them: this is how Pasolini learned about Bruno Pischiutta. Every copy of the disks was sold and Pischiutta's choice and performance received great reviews in Italian newspapers and on radio.
During that time, he was hired as an actor by Dario Fo, Franca Rame and Nanni Ricordi in Milan. Dario Fo, in 1997, received the Nobel Prize for literature. Pischiutta, with Dario Fo and Vittorio Franceschi, founded the Political Theater in Italy.
Pischiutta left Dario Fo in 1972 to found, with Vittorio Franceschi and Salvatore Cafiero, Nuova Scena, the most interesting theater group of that time.
In 1973 he launched his own theater in Milan (the Bertolt Brecht Theater) and he wrote, directed and acted in a very successful tragicomedy play about the environment entitled "Pulci & Smog" (Fleas & Smog).
Bruno Pischiutta took a stand against the Vietnam war and, when Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, called for peace marches across Europe, he participated in the first one that took place in Torino. He then wrote to Bob Dylan and asked him the authorization to translate, in Italian language, certain songs he had written against the Vietnam war, and to produce a record. Dylan accepted and allowed Pischiutta to produce and record the LP entitled "Vietnam Chiama Lotta" (Vietnam calls for a fight). The record was very favorably reviewed by the national newspaper L'Unità and it went on to receive a wide success. Pischiutta also produced a recital entitled "The Vietnam War Today" that he performed in Milan and in Florence. The recital had Pischiutta reading parts of the spiritual will of Ho Chi Minh, while Marco Tutino sang Bob Dylan's songs in Italian language.
In 1973, in Milan, he wrote his first screenplay: "Mare Povero" (Poor Sea). The following year, he moved from Milan to Lecco, on Como Lake, few kilometers north of Milan. There, he produced some successful shows, one of which was a recital of Italian religious poetry.
In 1974 he arrived to Rome where he lived until 1983, the year when he emigrated to Canada. While in Rome, he was cast by Oscar-winning Billy Wilder in his film Avanti! (1972) (Forward!), starring Jack Lemmon.
During his time in the capital city, he became friends with film director Nanni Loy, the Honorable MP Marco Pannella, journalist Luciano Bruni, Minister Giacomo Mancini, TV host Osvaldo Bevilacqua, professor Antonio Garofalo, actors Ubaldo Lay, Dario Penne, Vittorio Gassman, Bruno Vilar, Raimondo Penne, actress Paola Borboni, artist Beppino Volpe, and many other personalities of the time.
Bruno Pischiutta produced, directed and played the leading role in "Antonello Capobrigante Calabrese", a theater drama in five parts written by Vincenzo Padula. He brought the show on tour to every city in Calabria.
When he returned to Rome, he produced, directed and acted in a theater recital of Calabrian folk songs and poems with Anna Gadaleda. He produced and directed a recital of Spanish and South American poetry with Spanish songs and poems by Federico García Lorca, Pablo Neruda and others; Pischiutta was acting in the show, while Raul Cabrera was singing and playing the guitar. The show was performed at different cabaret locations and theaters in Trastevere. The show was met with great success, and Pischiutta brought it to several cities across Italy and to the Stadium of Torino in front of an audience of 8,000 spectators.
This was the time when he opened his own theater and theater school in Ostia, the part of Rome by the sea. He called the enterprise Centro Iniziative di Azione Culturale (C.I.A.C.). There, he taught theater, while Professor Paolo Uccello, who was a published author and the authority in film technology in Italy, taught film to the students. At C.I.A.C., Bruno Pischiutta produced theater shows that were always followed by a debate with the audience and, every two weeks, he organized an art exhibition with works by the best painters of Rome. Once a month, on Sundays, a show for children was presented. The audience was filling the place. The activity of the Center got the interest of Rome's major media and it was followed by the artists and intellectuals from the capital city. Federico Fellini's clan was often present at Pischiutta's Center; the well known journalist Domenico Pertica, 'Momo' to his friends, was a fan of the Center and promoted its activities in Giornale d'Italia where he explained to the political people of the time the social and artistic importance of C.I.A.C.
He produced and directed "The Frog's Tale", a theater show for children. He also produced, directed and performed in a recital entitled "Poesia Come Magia and Magia Come Poesia". The most successful play he wrote and published was "Sotto Processo" (On Trial). This was his last theater show. He wrote the script, he produced and directed it and he also performed in it. It was a two-hours one man show, and the subject was the immobility of the Italian intellectuals of that time.
In 1976, he was awarded the Premio Simpatia. As of 1976, Bruno Pischiutta, Franco Zeffirelli and Federico Fellini were the only directors to achieve this distinction.
That same year, he wrote, cast, produced, directed and executive produced Compagne nude (1977), his first feature film and Centro Iniziative di Azione Culturale production. He cast Irma Olivero in the leading role. The film is portraying several aspects of Italian women's lifestyle at that time. The film was released nationally and internationally in 1977. He shot the picture in Rome, in black and white, and he mono-colored it later.
Also in 1976 he wrote, cast, produced and directed the feature film Il Suicidio di Elsa (1978) (Elsa's Suicide). The story, a Saglo Film production, is about the motivation of suicide of two young girls, one very rich and one very poor, both called Elsa. It describes certain aspects and problems of the high and of the low classes of Rome in the late 70s.
In 1978, The Belle Arti of Rome awarded him One Million Lire for the organization of suburban youth cultural activities related to film & theatre, and Anna Maria Scheible awarded him in Salerno for Outstanding Playwriting & Direction.
In 1979, in North Italy, he wrote, produced, cast and directed the feature film Isola meccanica (1978) (Mechanic Island) - 30M Italian Lire budget - with Femi Benussi. This was a Saglo Film production, Pischiutta's new film company. The story in the film starts with an act of violence that generates other acts of violence. Bruno Pischiutta was also the lead actor in this feature. The film, distributed by Lark Distribution, premiered in the theater of Centro Iniziative di Azione Culturale and it was later released (limited) in Italy.
In 1980, between Rome and Venice, he wrote, produced, cast and directed Ultimo incontro a Venezia (1980) (Last Encounter in Venice), another Saglo Film production, with a budget of US $2M. The plot is about an American war correspondent, Vietnam veteran, who is dying in Venice for alcoholism. Bruno Pischiutta starred in this film alongside Irma Olivero. The film premiered in Venice and it was released in North Italy. In 2012, the English version of the picture was released by the Tribeca Film Institute's 'Reframe Collection', and it is now available on Amazon.
In 1980 he made his first international production, again with Saglo Film, the feature film titled The Comoedia (1981), with a budget of US $4M. The movie is freely inspired by the Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri. The film is a modern transposition of the antique poem and it deals with young people's drug problem in the USA in the 80s. The Comoedia (1981) was shot between North Italy and New York City. He wrote, produced, cast and directed the film. Actress Liliana Tari was cast in the starring role. Bruno Pischiutta edited this picture together with Ruggero Mastroianni, Marcello's brother. The film premiered in Galleria Rizzoli in New York City, and it was later widely screened in Italy, Norway and other European countries. The English version of the picture was released by Tribeca Film Institute's 'Reframe Collection', and it is now available on Amazon.
In 1981, at the New York International Film and Television Festival, Bruno Pischiutta receives the Bronze Medal for The Comoedia (1981) - selected among 3,800 entries. Following the success of the film in New York, Pischiutta was appointed International Academician by the Instituto Universitario di Pavia (Italy).
A stepping stone in launching his North American presence was the interview that famous Italian TV anchor Paolo Frajese conducted with him in New York City. The interview was broadcast nationally and internationally.
In 1982, at the request of Pordenone TV station, he directed, produced, cast and anchored By Bruno Pischiutta (1982), a half-hour documentary about himself. The documentary, produced by Saglo Film, was broadcast by Pordenone TV in Italy. That same year, he wrote the feature film screenplay entitled "Witches 2001".
Until this time, he had published only one book, the theater play "Sotto Processo". Now, after the release of The Comoedia (1981), he published a hard cover book about the film containing the whole script in Italian and English languages, as well as many stills. He also published one more book entitled "... E Va Bene, Parliamo di Cinema..." (...and OK, let's talk about movies...). This was an essay about the Italian Cinema and the related media.
In 1983, he emigrated to North America and he choose to live in Toronto, Canada. In less than a month after his arrival, he was hired as a director by Visual Productions Inc. and Emmeritus Productions Inc. headed by executive producer Lionel Shenken.
When he arrived in Toronto, he visited Eaton Center and, for the first time, he saw a gigantic North American shopping mall. This gave him the idea to write a TV series called Shopping Center. He wrote, directed and cast Shopping Center, a mini-series of five features of 24 min. each (1983-1984), that was produced for Visual Productions Inc. These features were widely distributed on principal Canadian TV networks and in the United States.
In 1985 he wrote, directed and cast the feature film The Bounty Hunters (1985) with Jon Austin in the principal role. The film was produced for Emmeritus Productions Inc.
That same year, he was hired by Telelatino (TLN), a new Canadian Television Network broadcasting in Italian and Spanish languages that was founded by executive producer Emilio Mascia. For Telelatino, he wrote, directed, cast and produced La Piazzetta (1985-1986) (The Little Square), a TV series of 13 shows of 24 min. each, in association with Luce Film Inc. and executive producer Vito Barbera.
He founded a TV production company called Genvilm International Inc. where he worked for one year and a half. During that time, he directed over 100 TV commercials (mostly about fashion and furniture) that were broadcast on local and national TV stations. He also created a TV series of 13 episodes of half-hour each called Wonderful Woman. In this series, fashion models were photographed and featured at some of the most beautiful and renowned architectural structures of Toronto. The most memorable include the CN Tower where models were filmed at the top of the tower with the city as background, the Royal Bank of Canada's sky rise golden buildings where models were strategically positioned on concrete supports located in the fountain, the Imperial Commerce Bank of Canada headquarters in downtown Toronto where models were filmed on the top balcony and he positioned male and female models against the rock of the Scarborough Bluffs. Wonderful Woman was presented in world premiere during a cruise on the tall ship Empire Sandy on Lake Ontario that was attended by top Toronto TV executives.
In 1986, Bruno Pischiutta became a Canadian resident and founded his first Canadian film and TV production company, Studio 1027.
With Studio 1027, he wrote, directed, cast, produced, anchored and executive produced Telemoda (1985) (Fashion TV), a TV series of 26 shows of 24 min. each. The shows were broadcast by-weekly on CFMT International Toronto. He also wrote, directed, cast, produced, anchored and executive produced La Vetrina Del Successo (1986) (The Window of the Success), a TV series of 13 shows of 24 min. each that were broadcast by-weekly on CFMT International Toronto too.
In 1987 Bruno Pischiutta founded Clockwise Production and wrote, directed, cast, produced and executive produced the feature film Life's Charade (1987), starring Josette Garramone. The film features a fictional story of an unexplained teenage suicide. It deals with the wide problem of teenage suicide and it proves that, after all, teenage suicide is not unexplained. The picture premiered in Toronto at the headquarters of Action Basis Inc. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, as a non-official entry, and as an Official Selection at the New York International Film & TV Festival; later it had a limited release in Canada.
In 1987, at the New York International Film and Television Festival, Bruno Pischiutta received the Finalist Award, for Life's Charade (1987). The film qualified between the first five selected among 5,600 entries.
In 1989, in Niagara falls he wrote, directed, cast, produced and executive produced The Telegram (1989) - $1.4M budget - with Sonia Lindgreen. The picture premiered in Toronto at the headquarters of Action Basis Inc. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, as a non-official entry, and it had a limited release in Canada.
In 1990, in Niagara Falls and in St. Catherines he filmed The Glassblower (1990) which he directed and cast. The movie had John Anderson in the lead role. This feature film was written and produced by Yvonne Korent for Pangea Productions inc. The picture premiered in 1991 at The Film Palace, and it later had a limited release in Canada.
In 1991, he founded The Film Palace that was one of Canada's largest film production studios in the early 90s. The studio was rented for productions by companies such as Disney, and it had screening facilities too, where the premieres for Bruno Pischiutta's films were often hosted.
In 1992 in Toronto, he created and held the first edition of the International Film Workshops at The Film Palace. He went on to hold his International Film Workshops in Canada, Ghana and Romania, and taught hundreds of young and promising filmmakers acting, directing, screenplay writing, and producing. To this day, he continues to teach, on an exclusive basis, promising talent.
That year, he also wrote, directed, cast, produced, edited and executive produced the feature film Lured (1993) with Christina Macris and Byron McKim in the starring roles. The film is based on a fictional story about a young man who has money, family and a good social position. A casual meeting with a young girl results in him loosing everything he had before.
In 1994 Pischiutta wrote, directed, cast, produced, edited and executive produced Easy Weekend (1996), a short film starring Christina Macris again. The film is based on a fictional story of a date rape and it deals with this widely diffused phenomenon.
In 1996 he wrote, directed, produced, edited and executive produced the 24 min. documentary titled The Film Palace. The premiere of the picture at The Film Palace was followed by a limited release.
In 1997 in Quebec City, Pischiutta directed, cast, edited and executive produced Dead Love (1997) with a $300K budget. This is a 24 min. short film starring Christina Macris and Gabe King. The picture premiered at the cinema of the National Film Board of Canada in downtown Toronto, and it was later released in Canada and broadcast on TV.
In 1998, he wrote, directed, cast, produced, edited and executive produced the feature film Maybe (2003) with a budget of $2.8M. Most of the characters of the film are young, and the film features several situations of a group of friends. In particular, one of them is bulimic and, by following her story, the movie offers a very precise pictures of bulimia and its motivations. In America, over nine million females and one million males between nine and sixteen years old are bulimic. The film, starring Christina Macris, was completed and released in 2003 in North America. It was screened in Toronto and at the Cannes Film Festival as a non-official entry. Later, the film was an Official Selection and screened in-competition at the Bahamas One World Film Festival.
In 2000 Pischiutta held the second edition of his International Film Workshops program for actors, directors, producers and screenplay writers. The Workshops took place at the new headquarters of his company, Toronto Pictures Inc., in Toronto.
In 2003, at the Bahamas One World Film Festival, Bruno Pischiutta received the The Visionary in Film Award for his outstanding direction, writing, producing and editing of the feature film Maybe (2003).
In 2005 in Accra, together with Daria Trifu and Kingsley Sam Obed, he founded the Toronto Pictures' Film Academy of Ghana that was, for many years, the country's largest film school and production center. That same year, Pischiutta held his International Film Workshops program in Accra for the students of the Film Academy. After giving the Ghanaian talent the necessary international filmmaking knowledge and training, Pischiutta directed, edited and cast the feature film Punctured Hope: A Story About Trokosi and the Young Girls' Slavery in Today's West Africa (2009) - $5.8M budget. The picture was co-written by Pischiutta and Kingsley Sam Obed.
The film was executive produced and produced by Bruno Pischiutta and Daria Trifu. It was filmed entirely in Ghana with principal photography ending in August 2005. The film features actors Belinda Siamey and Ruffy Samuel Quansah in the leading roles; they are two African young talent who were trained by Pischiutta.
In 2008 the film premiered in Accra. In 2009, Punctured Hope: A Story About Trokosi and the Young Girls' Slavery in Today's West Africa (2009) was an Official Selection at the Montreal World Film Festival. It was screened in theaters in Los Angeles for three months, and it was qualified for nomination consideration at the 2010 Academy Awards® in the category of Best Picture.
That same year, The Political Film Society in Hollywood nominated Bruno Pischiutta alongside James Cameron, Clint Eastwood and Quentin Tarantino, for his direction of the feature film Punctured Hope: A Story About Trokosi and the Young Girls' Slavery in Today's West Africa (2009). The film received nominations in two categories: Best Film Expose' and Best Film on Human Rights. This qualifies Mr. Pischiutta as one of the best film directors of dramatic feature films in North America.
In 2014, Punctured Hope: A Story About Trokosi and the Young Girls' Slavery in Today's West Africa (2009) was screened, out of competition, at the third edition of the Global Nonviolent Film Festival.
In 2012 Bruno Pischiutta wrote, directed and edited Bruno Pischiutta Film Director (2012) - $273K budget - a 24 min. documentary about his work. The documentary was produced by Daria Trifu. It consists of an assembly of clips selected and cut by Pischiutta from the most relevant films he made between 1980 and 2009. The documentary was release by Tribeca Film Institute's Reframe Collection and it is now available on Amazon.
That same year, Pischiutta co-produced with Daria Trifu the English versions of two of his earlier critically acclaimed films, The Comoedia (1981) and Ultimo incontro a Venezia (1980) (Last Encounter in Venice).
In 2010, Pischiutta and Trifu moved the European office of Global Film Studio to Romania. In Brasov, together with Trifu, Pischiutta founded the Global Nonviolent Film Festival (previously known as the Brasov International Film Festival & Market). The annual event is today the world's leading and most renowned nonviolent film festival. The 1st edition of the Festival took place in 2012 and it was presented by Bruno Pischiutta who addressed the audience from the stage before each evening's screening. Pischiutta continues to be the presenter at the annual event to this day. He also serves as the artistic consultant of the festival.
In 2012, he also held the first edition of his International Film Workshops in Brasov, followed by the 2nd and 3rd editions that were conducted in 2013 and 2014 respectively.
In 2012, Bruno Pischiutta launched the Global Film Actors Agency, a Division of Global Film Studio Inc.. That year, he also created, directed, edited, cast and executive produced Brasov: Probably the Best City in the World (2012), a full length feature documentary that had a budget of $2.1M. The documentary was produced by Daria Trifu and the principal photography lasted 14 months in order for the film to be able to showcase all four seasons. It also featured an interview with Pischiutta. The film premiered, out of competition, at the Global Nonviolent Film Festival in 2012. Few months later, it was screened, with Spanish subtitles, in Havana, Cuba, where Bruno Pischiutta and Daria Trifu were invited by the Romanian Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Cuba Dr. Dumitru Preda and by the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (I.C.A.I.C.).
As an artistic portfolio and poster photographer, he worked with many actors and actresses. Recently, he took the photos that appear on the posters for the 2013, 2014, and 2017 editions of the Global Nonviolent Film Festival.
In 2013 he produced, with Daria Trifu, the 24 min. documentary Brasov International Film Festival & Market 2013 (2014) with a budget of $850K. The film features Trifu and actress Denisa Barvon. The documentary was released in 2014.
In 2015, Daria Trifu wrote an original story which Pischiutta develop into a screenplay that was copyrighted in 2017 with the working title: "Untitled 906". This was added to the slate of eight other screenplays he has previously written for Global Film Studio. The last of the ten screenplays is still being written today, in 2022, with the working title: "Spa". For various reasons, Pischiutta has decided not to reveal the titles and content of these last two films until their release.
In 2016, Global Film Studio moved its European headquarters to Greece. Since then, in addition to writing the latest scripts, holding workshops, and being a presenter at the annual Global Nonviolent Film Festival, Pischiutta is working on the development of the company's six divisions in order to establish Global Film Studio as a large and fully functioning international film Studio.
In 2016, the Global Nonviolent Film Festival took place online for the first time. This move brought the selected films to viewers all over the world. In 2021, Global Film Studio started operations with its distribution division and launched globalcinema.online, a streaming platform where nonviolent films, documentaries, docudramas, animated films and TV series (both features and shorts) are presented on a pay-per-view basis.
During his career, he discovered and launched few talents, and he worked with many personalities in the film, theater, literature, art and business fields. In particular, he discovered Irma Olivero and Liliana Tari in Rome, and he launched their film acting careers. In Milan, he discovered and launched singer Marco Tutino. In Toronto, Canada he discovered and launched film actress Christina Macris and film producer/actress Daria Trifu. In Accra, Ghana he discovered and launched film actors Belinda Siamey and Ruffy Samuel Quansah. In Brasov, Romania he discovered film actress Denisa Barvon.
In addition to his feature films, Bruno Pischiutta has written, directed and produced five documentaries; wrote, directed, produced, cast and anchored three TV Series for a total of 52 episodes; and, wrote, directed and produced over 100 TV commercials that were broadcast nationally in several languages.
Today, he is the chairman of the board Global Film Studio and of two other Canadian corporations, the president of a Canadian corporation that is publicly listed on the stock market in New York City and is the executive in charge of Global Film Actors Agency - a Division of Global Film Studio.