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Ruaridh Mollica was born in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. He is known for Witness Number 3 (2022), Too Rough (2022) and Stonemouth (2015).- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Born in Tuscany, Italy Luca Calvani studied textile engineering and moved to Milan and then New York to complete his education.
While in New York City, a photographer turned screenwriter/director Kelley Sane pointed him to acting introducing him to Ron Stetson where he studied for two years. He later trained with Susan Batson and attended sessions at the Actor's Studio.
His American debut ,the HBO series Sex and the City (1998), where he starred opposite Alan Cumming and Sarah Jessica Parker.
In Europe, Ferzan Özpetek award-winning The Ignorant Fairies (2001) aka "Le Fate Ignoranti."
Between 2001 and 2012 he worked on on CBS TV's daytime drama As the World Turns (1956), Il commissario Manara (2008) directed by Davide Marengo, on Tutti pazzi per amore (2008) directed by Riccardo Milani, Married to a Cop (2007), Sposami (2012) and Una buona stagione (2014). All series aired on Rai Uno network.
Also for RaiUno, Luca hosted prime-time talk show Effetto sabato (2008).
Among his film credits, Fausto Brizzi's, Men Vs Women (2010) Tom Tykwer's action thriller The International (2009), Woody Allen's To Rome with Love (2012), Mark Steven Johnson's When in Rome (2009) and the indie feature The Good Guy (2009) directed by Julio DePietro.
In September 2013 he joined Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander and screen wife Elizabeth Debicki when he was cast by Guy Ritchie as villainous Alexander Vinciguerra. Then starred opposite Piotr Adamczyk and Torsten Voges in German Polish thriller Wrobiony (2016) directed by Piotr Smigasiewicz.
Travelled and entrepreneurial in the fall of 2014 Calvani launched "Inspiritu", a line of fine fragrance candles.
Calvani is trilingual, he speaks French and English in addition to his native Italian.
He lives in Camaiore at Le Gusciane a Tuscan country estate where he produces Organic Gin and Honey.
His directorial debut Il cacio con le pere (2023) is due out later this year.- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Italian born, Marco Calvani is an award-winning writer and a director based in Los Angeles. Over the course of his twenty-year career as a playwright, he received commissions from the Phoenix Theatre of London, Kunsthaus Tacheles of Berlin, Théâtre de la Ville of Paris, Grec Fundaciò of Barcelone and La MaMa Theatre of New York among others.
His cinema debut The View from Up Here stars Oscar winner Melissa Leo and César winner Leïla Bekhti. It was originally a play commissioned to him by The Actors Studio and directed by Oscar winner Estelle Parsons.
He's currently in post-production with his first feature film High Tide, produced by LD Entertainment and starring Oscar winner Marisa Tomei, Tony winner Bill Irwin, Spirit Award winner Mya Taylor and Marco Pigossi.- Clara Calamai was born on 7 September 1909 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. She was an actress, known for L'adultera (1946), Deep Red (1975) and Obsession (1943). She was married to Leonardo Bonzi. She died on 21 September 1998 in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Pamela Villoresi was born on 1 January 1957 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Seagull (1977), The Great Beauty (2013) and Splendor (1989).- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Giovanni Veronesi was born on 31 August 1962 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Manual of Love (2005), Che ne sarà di noi (2004) and Italians (2009).- Writer
- Director
- Composer
Curzio Malaparte (1898-1957) was a prominent Italian writer who directed one film, Strange Deception (which he also wrote and scored) that was recognized a decade later by US critic Parker Tyler in his book, Classics Of The Foreign Film.After serving in the Great War. Malaparte (who chose a last name that was a takeoff on Bonaparte) was active in the new Fascist movement but was later stripped of his membership for revealing too much information on how the party took power, and for comparing Hitler their ally to a woman.The author was exiled to several islands on house arrest.He also got in trouble with the Catholic Church for his book, The Skin, which was put on the index of prohibited works,though toward the end of his life he was more sympathetic to religion as well as to Communism.In 2012, US film editor Walter Murch translated some of his writing into English.His literature as well as his more limited film work is receiving a new appreciation for its connections to the Neo-Realism and Surrealism movements, though Malaparte remains an individual in a class all his own.- Corrado Guarducci was born on 26 August 1913 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Cousins (1959), Classe Tous Risques (1960) and The Long Absence (1961). He died in 1970.
- Actress
- Director
Sarah Ferrati was born on 9 December 1909 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. She was an actress and director, known for Gli spettri (1963), Lo zoo di vetro (1963) and Le troiane (1967). She was married to Luigi Infantino. She died on 3 March 1982 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Antonella Fattori was born on 25 July 1963 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. She is an actress, known for Elisa di Rivombrosa (2003), Berlin '39 (1993) and Una Fottuta Bugia.
- Actor
- Composer
- Producer
Marco Cocci was born on 5 September 1974 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor and composer, known for Sp1ral (2015), Even and Fughe da fermo (2000).- Director
- Cinematographer
- Editor
Teresa Paoli was born in 1975 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. She is a director and cinematographer, known for 100 Per Cent (2005), Di tessuti e di altre storie (2010) and Firenze città aperta (2002).- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Guido Mazzoni was born on 30 June 1986 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. Guido is a cinematographer, known for Ghost Night (2022), Guarda in alto (2017) and Ananke (2015).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Danilo Zanna was born on 15 April 1982 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor, known for MasterChef Türkiye (2011), Görümce (2016) and Çat Kapi Ask (2019).- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
- Director
Piero De Bernardi was born on 12 April 1926 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Speriamo che sia femmina (1986), Amici miei (1975) and Between Miracles (1971). He died on 8 January 2010 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Sergio Masieri was born on 1 July 1943 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor.
- Actor
- Producer
Paolo Rossi was born on 23 September 1956 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor and producer, known for Lucignolo (1999), See You in Montevideo (2014) and Paolo Rossi: A Champion Is a Dreamer Who Never Gives Up (2020). He was married to Simonetta Rizzato and Federica Cappelletti. He died on 9 December 2020 in Siena, Tuscany, Italy.- Anita Todesco was born on 14 June 1932 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. She was an actress, known for D'Artagnan contro i 3 moschettieri (1963), The Saracens (1963) and Tartar Invasion (1961). She died on 15 July 2015 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy.
- Yuri Chechi was born on 11 October 1969 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy.
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
Alessio Spinelli was born on 16 March 1973 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. He is a producer and assistant director, known for The Core (2003), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008).- Benedetta Degli Innocenti was born on 14 January 1989 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. She is an actress, known for Sacrificio: A Star Wars Fan Film (2019).
- Sem Benelli was born on 10 August 1877 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. He was a writer, known for Le figlie del mare (1918), La cena delle beffe (1942) and The Gorgona (1915). He died on 18 December 1949 in Zoagli, Liguria, Italy.
- Mario Bertini was born on 7 January 1944 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy.
- Lando Bartolini was born on 11 April 1937 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor, known for The Turandot Project (2000), Madama Butterfly (1982) and Simon Boccanegra (1985).
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Enrico Coveri was born on 26 February 1952 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. Enrico is known for Prick Up Your Ears (1987). Enrico died on 7 December 1990 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.