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Giancarlo Giannini is an Oscar-nominated Italian actor, director and multilingual dubber who made an international reputation for his leading roles in Italian films as well as for his mastery of a variety of languages and dialects.
He was born August 1, 1942, in La Spezia, Italy. For 10 years he lived and studied in Naples, earning a degree in electronics. At 18 he enrolled in the Academy of Dramatic Art D'Amico in Rome and made his stage acting debut there. His credits included performances in contemporary Italian plays as well, as in Italian productions of William Shakespeare's plays "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer's Night Dream". In 1965 he made his television debut starring as David Copperfield in the TV miniseries made by RAI ,the Italian national TV company. He made his big-screen debut in Libido (1965), a Freudian psychological thriller. Since 1966 he has been in a successful collaboration with legendary Italian director Lina Wertmüller, who made several award-winning films with Giannini as a male lead. He appears as peasant Tonino who prepares to assassinate dictator Benito Mussolini in Love & Anarchy (1973), as a sailor in the irony-laden comedy Swept Away (1974), and as a concentration-camp survivor in the Oscar-nominated Seven Beauties (1975). He also starred as a Jewish musician arrested by the Nazis in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's masterpiece Lili Marleen (1981).
Giannini also made a reputation for dubbing international stars in films released on the Italian market, such as Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Michael Douglas, Dustin Hoffman, Gérard Depardieu, and Ian McKellen, among others. He received a compliment from Stanley Kubrick for his dubbing of Nicholson in The Shining (1980). Giannini's fluency in English and his mastery of dialects has brought him a number of supporting roles in Hollywood productions, such as A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Hannibal (2001), Darkness (2002), and Man on Fire (2004), among many others. He appears as Rene Mathis in the 21st James Bond film Casino Royale (2006), and reprises the role in the sequel, Quantum of Solace (2008).- Lorenzo Richelmy was born on 25 March 1990 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He is an actor, known for Marco Polo (2014), Rainbow: A Private Affair (2017) and The Girl in the Fog (2017).
- Paolo Malco was born on 10 April 1947 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He is an actor, known for The New York Ripper (1982), Young Lucrezia (1974) and The Survivors of the Bounty (1974).
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Franco Ferrini was born on 5 January 1944 in La Spezia, Italy. He is a writer and actor, known for Phenomena (1985), Once Upon a Time in America (1984) and Demons (1985).- Editor
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- Producer
Sara Fgaier was born in 1982 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. She is an editor and director, known for Sulla terra leggeri (2024), The Years (2018) and 9x10 novanta (2014).- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Art Department
Davide De Stefano was born on 13 October 1973 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. Davide is a production designer and art director, known for Voice from the Stone (2017), Becker's Farm and The Nativity Story (2006).- Writer
- Actor
Enzo Ungari was born on 13 July 1948 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He was a writer and actor, known for The Last Emperor (1987), La maschera (1988) and Art of Love (1983). He died on 22 February 1985 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Writer
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- Actor
Enrico Oldoini was born on 4 May 1946 in La Spezia, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for 13dici a tavola (2004), The Pool Hustlers (1983) and Don Matteo (2000). He died on 10 May 2023 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Director
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luigi Perelli was born on 26 October 1937 in La Spezia, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for La piovra (1984), Roma dodici novembre 1994 (1995) and Amore grande, amore libero (1976).- Actor
- Director
- Composer
Antonio Salines was born on 1 July 1936 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for Spectre (2015), Zio Vania di Anton Cechov (1990) and I fratelli Karamazov (1969). He was married to Flavia Milante. He died on 22 June 2021 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Eros Pagni was born on 28 August 1939 in La Spezia, Italy. He is an actor, known for Deep Red (1975), Love & Anarchy (1973) and Full Metal Jacket (1987).- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Gianni Brezza was born on 9 November 1942 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He was a director and actor, known for Loretta Goggi in quiz (1983), Innamorati pazzi (1999) and Canzonissime (1987). He was married to Loretta Goggi. He died on 5 April 2011 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
- Writer
Tony Laudadio was born on 11 May 1970 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for We Have a Pope (2011), Love Stories (2013) and Sabato, domenica e lunedì (2004).- Anne Tonietti was born on 20 January 1940 in La Spezia, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Three Musketeers: Part I - The Queen's Diamonds (1961), Le panier à crabes (1960) and The Sailor's Journey (1963). She was previously married to Bernard Woringer.
- Matteo Taranto was born in 1976 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He is an actor, known for Loose Cannons (2010), Spectre (2015) and Thou Shalt Not Kill (2015).
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- Actor
Gian Carlo Fusco was born on 18 June 1915 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He was a writer and actor, known for Bocche cucite (1970), La mano sul fucile (1963) and Le avventure di Pinocchio (1947). He died on 17 September 1984 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actress
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Anna Pepe was born in 2003 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. She is an actress and composer, known for I soliti idioti 3: Il ritorno (2024), Anna: Balaklub - What Up (2021) and Artie 5ive, ANNA: Anelli e Collane (2023).- Giuliano Esperati was born on 1 December 1933 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He is an actor, known for The Age of the Medici (1972), Violent Rome (1975) and Jekyll (1969).
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Nicola Bartolini Carrassi was born on August 1,1971. In 1987 he began his career as the presenter of a series of TV-shows devoted to kids and youth audience, hosting over 4,000 hours of live TV, concerts and road shows.
In 1990, he started a new line of creative work: voice talent, voice director, and dialog supervisor in an animated series broadcast by Mediaset -the first commercial network in Italy, France, Spain and Germany.
In 1992 he joined Telepiu' (SKY Italia) and after a period as an actor, he became the Head of the Writers' Department. In 1993 he was promoted to executive producer and story-writer and put in charge of localizing the company's most important properties managed by the network.
During this period he wrote 'Piccoli problemi di Cuore' a 61 x 30-minute series inspired by the stories of Marmalade Boy, a Japanese animated character produced by Toei Animation. Carrassi also created new properties for the Milan Football Club, Panini Comics, Marvel Italia, and Mediolanum Comunicazione. One of his projects from this time, 'Cartoni&Tv' is still today, one of the most famous brands appearing in books, magazines, CD collections, and other merchandising products, earning a European Animation Award.
In 1999 Nicola Bartolini Carrassi moved to Hollywood, California and changed his name to the more American sounding Ryan Carrassi. In Hollywood, he worked as producer and consultant for television broadcasters and US content producers. Then, in 2001 Ryan returned to Italy taking on the roles of Marketing Manager, Creative Director, and finally General Manager for Alboran Spa, a Mediolanum Company. At Alboran Spa in 2002, Ryan created and launched Europe's first web TV platform powered by Eutelsat. In addition, he also produced My Virtual Boy, a project that changed the panorama of the World Wide Web, introducing a format that would help contribution to the success of web 2.0.
In 2003 Ryan joined Mediafilm Spa as Creative Director in charge of the Marketing Division and Content Acquisition Department focusing on Horror Movies and Animation. In 2005 as General Manager he created a new distribution workflow for Medusa Home video, a Fininvest Company, and 20th Century Fox Italy. As Head of Acquisitions, he made deals for feature titles such as "Freddy vs Jason", "A Home at the End of the World", "The Pool", "Ants in the Pants (Porky College)", and the complete catalogue of David DeCoteau movies. He wrote and produced "The Pool 2", the sequel to German movie "The Pool" and co-edited "Day of the Dead 2" - winning a prize for the best marketing campaign, "Brotherhood", "Final Stab" and many more.
He founded "TGCOM Teens" the youth version of the famous on-line news magazine produced by RTI Multimedia. Since1993 Ryan has also been involved in journalism writing for to the newspaper La Nazione, contributing numerous columns and reviews devoted to animation, TV shows, movies, celebrity gossip, and previews.
A talented song writer, Ryan has written theme music for animation series, films, TV movies and television programs. He has published six novels, Bayside School inspired by the famous Power Rangers series, plus an autobiography and a history of animation from 1975 until the present.
Ryan has created, direct and published several magazines such as Cartoni&tv published by Panini Comics, Poster tv, Ukiyo, Uncensored Monthly, il DVD dei Piccoli, Cinema Francese, Fumetti in DVD.
Ryan also continues to be the official Italian voice-actor for the characters "Brock" (Pokemon), "Batman" (Batman Beyond), "Ewan McGregor" (Lucas Arts Star Wars videogames) and "Dudy", the Milan Football club mascot. He has just published his first novel in Spanish and Japanese.- Actress
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Sara Bertelà was born on 2 March 1966 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. She is an actress and cinematographer, known for Cellini: A Violent Life (1990), Bad Tales (2020) and Il pugile e la ballerina (2007).- María Grazia Bianchi was born on 21 January 1940 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. She is an actress, known for Regina Carbonell (1972), Un demonio con ángel (1975) and La cruz de la montaña (1974).
- Alberto Sorrentino was born on 16 February 1916 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He was an actor, known for Le sette spade del vendicatore (1962), I tre corsari (1952) and Jolanda la figlia del corsaro nero (1953). He died on 1 February 1994 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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Born in La Spezia, Adriano Rimoldi moved to Florence in the 1930s in order to study medicine. As he grew passionate about theatre, he participated in some student spectacles organized by the GUF-Teatro sperimentale and won a radio contest as announcer and newsreader. His first role was that of a radio man in the white telephone comedy Mille lire al mese (Max Neufeld 1939) which starred Alida Valli and which dealt with the new medium of television. Rimoldi's role as protagonist in Addio giovinezza! (1940) by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli, catapulted Rimoldi to stardom. In the film Rimoldi must choose between a simple seamstress (Maria Denis) and a femme fatale (Clara Calamai). In Tosca (1940/41), started by Jean Renoir but finished by Carl Koch, Rimoldi plays the rebel Angelotti, who manages to flee from Scarpia's prison but later on is betrayed by Tosca. He mostly worked with director Corrado D'Errico (Miseria e nobiltà, 1940; La compagnia della Teppa, 1941; Capitan Tempesta, 1942; Il leone di Damasco, 1942) but also with Mario Soldati (Tragica notte, 1942), Dino Falconi (Don Giovanni, 1942), and Christian Jacque (Carmen, 1942; released 1945). It was with Vittorio De Sica's I bambini ci guardano /Children Are Watching Us (1943), that he managed to obtain a substantial lead in a modern, realist drama, as the lover of Isa Pola, wrecking her marriage and family life.
During the time of the German Occupation, Rimoldi worked in Spain, and became a star of in the Spanish cinema. He played leads in films such as Dora la espía (Raffaele Matarazzo 1943) which co-starred the diva of the silent era Francesca Bertini, followed by a dozen films by Ignacio F. Iquino, often paired with Spanish actress María Martín. Rimoldi returned to Italy in the late 1940s in La mano della morta (Carlo Campogalliani 1949) with María Martín, Sigillo rosso (Flavio Calzavara 1950) with Gino Cervi and Carla del Poggio, Capitan Demonio (Carlo Borghesio 1950), again with Martín in the Giovanni Guareschi adaptation Gente cosí (Fernando Cerchio 1950) with Vivi Gioi and Camillo Pillotto, and Ultimo perdono (Renato Polselli 1952) with Franca Marzi. In 1952 Rimoldi returned to theatrical comedy with Gran baldoria by Garinei and Giovannini, and with Isa Miranda in 1955 in Valentino Bompiani's Albertina, directed by Italo Alfaro. In 1954 Rimoldi acted in the new medium of television in three television plays; he also managed to establish himself there with the operetta Wunderbar, directed by Daniele D'Anza. From the late 1950s to the early 1960s Rimoldi played again in several Spanish films and had a recurring role as the cook in the Spanish TV series Cocina (1957-1958). On the big screen, Rimoldi played Melchior in King of Kings (Nicholas Ray 1961) and in 1963 on tv in the drama Nocturne in New York by Clifford Odets. In 1965 Rimoldi enacted his final film role in the Spanish comedy Zarabanda Bing Bing (José María Forqué 1966) starring Jacques Sernas; the same year he died in Rome; Adriano Rimoldi is the maternal grandfather of film director Matteo Garrone.- Paul Getty was born on 7 September 1932 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He was married to Victoria Holdsworth, Talitha Pol and Gail Getty. He died on 17 April 2003 in London, England, UK.
- Renato Navarrini was born on 18 August 1892 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He was an actor, known for Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963), Hercules Against the Barbarians (1964) and The Pirate and the Slave Girl (1959). He was married to Fanny Marchiò. He died on 20 January 1972 in Savona, Liguria, Italy.