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Michele Riondino was born on 14 March 1979 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for Palazzina Laf (2023), Dormant Beauty (2012) and The Past Is a Foreign Land (2008).- Actor
- Producer
Born in Italy, his family moved to Chicago via NYC when he was 10. Walked backstage during his high school theater rehearsal of the musical KISMET...! He was mesmerized, decided to help with building sets and running crew, then auditioned and landed leading roles in all subsequent plays, like Rebel Without a Cause, and contest plays reaching and after winning Illinois State Championships, he was hooked. At Columbia College Theater Department, is where he met and worked with the founders of Steppenwolf Theater Co until Brian DePalma created a role for and cast him in THE UNTOUCHABLES. Meeting and working with some of his acting & film idols, he decided to move to LA, continuing to work in Film, TV, and his first love...Theater. He also spent a few years in NYC, where he felt completely at home, and continues following his passion in all mediums in both cities.- Teresa Saponangelo was born on 22 October 1973 in Taranto, Apulia, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Hand of God (2021), Il buco in testa (2020) and Te lo leggo negli occhi (2004).
- Cosima Coppola was born on 17 October 1983 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Kings of Mykonos (2010), Viso d'angelo (2011) and Furore: Il vento della speranza (2014).
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Donato Carrisi was born on 25 March 1973 in Martina Franca, Taranto, Apulia, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for The Girl in the Fog (2017), Into the Labyrinth (2019) and I Am the Abyss (2022).- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Giacomo Abbruzzese was born on 3 June 1983 in Taranto, Apulia, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Disco Boy (2023), Archipel (2010) and Fireworks (2011).- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Italian actor, director and comedian Roberto D'Antona was born in Taranto, he is the youngest of four children. He was just eleven when he took on the starring role in his first short film. In 2006, he joined a theater company and even if Roberto was suffering greatly from the separation of his parents, he faced the future more determinedly and continued to hope to shine on the big screen. From that moment his acting career started. In 2010, Roberto worked as assistant production and actor in several important music videos. In 2012, after starring in several short films, commercials and series, Roberto became nationally-renowned thanks to Dylan Dog: Il trillo del diavolo (2012) by winning the Best Fan Film 2013 to Cartoomics: Fan Film Festival in Milan. In the same year he directed and starred a no sense web series called A.Z.A.S: All Zombies Are Stupid (2012). The series has won five awards in LA Web Series Fest 2013 in Los Angeles (USA), including Best Director and Best Comedy/Horror Series. In 2013, he made one of the most award-winning Italian web series in the world, Johnny (2013), that led Roberto to win even as Best Lead Actor and Best Villain. Many movies and short films followed, but the character that will make him famous is the weirdo sado-masochist Condom in the movie Insane (2015). He won with this character four awards of excellence, among them that of Best Supporting Actor at the London Film Awards 2014 and at the American Movie Awards 2015. In 2016, he will play the main character Sam in the award-winning television series that he wrote, directed, produced and created: The Reaping (2017). In 2017 he made his first Italian theatrical debut with the thriller movie The Wicked Gift (2017) written, directed and interpreted by him.- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Eros D'Antona was born on July 20, 1985 in Taranto, Italy. He is a director, writer and producer known for his work on Die in One Day (2017), Haunted (2017) and Insane (2015). His passion about watching movies started when he was a child and then became his real professional interest. Eros' career started as assistant director and editor in 2008. His first experiences behind the camera were on the musical field working for domestic and international artists. Between 2008 and 2011 Eros shot several video-clips.
In 2011 he worked on many docufilm, reportage and commercial productions. He was the director of photography and the editor in the documentary "L'Ambiente audio/cinetico di Antonio De Franchis" presented in October 2011 at the Biennale di Venezia. The movie is now in the Museum of Contemporary Italian Art in Exlile.
In 2012 he shot his first real short film: Mind Trip (2012). It allowed Eros D'Antona to be known in Milan by a producer in the field of television advertising: Renzo Barzizza, son of the orchestra conductor Pippo Barzizza and brother of the famous Italian actress Isa Barzizza. Eros worked on the development of various projects with major Italian television advertising companies, among these Effetti Digitali Italiani (EDI).
In 2013, Eros was the screenwriter and co-executive producer of Johnny (2013), one of the most awarded Italian web series worldwide in 2014.
In 2014 Eros produced and directed the award-winning feature film Insane (2015), his first one that it was also written by him. In 2015 he produced and directed Haunted (2017), his first feature film spoken in English.- Cosimo Cinieri was born on 20 August 1938 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He was an actor, known for La prima legge di Newton (2012), Pasolini, la verità nascosta (2013) and I guerrieri dell'anno 2072 (1984). He was married to Irma Palazzo. He died on 19 August 2019 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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- Writer
- Actor
Alex D'Antona (Taranto, May 19, 1987) is an Italian independent film director, screenwriter, and actor, currently a university student at DAMS in Bari.
In 2014, he embarked on his journey as a theatrical actor with the Mola-based company "Tuttinscena - Cultura & Spettacolo," where he challenged himself by taking on completely different roles, ranging from the hunchback Iago in Aladdin to the Cat in Pinocchio. His first role in cinema came in 2016 when he portrayed the ghost of an old lady in the film "Haunted" by Funny Dreamers Production, which had international distribution. He continued collaborating with Funny Dreamers on "Clownery" and simultaneously joined L/D Production Company as a cast and crew member for projects such as "The Last Heroes," "Caleb," and "Hidden - Verita' Sepolte."
His debut as a director and screenwriter occurred in 2021 with "Applausi," a short film denouncing homobitransphobia in Italy. The film was conceived and produced in collaboration with Fabiano Tagarelli in response to the Senate's shelving of the DDL Zan. The synergy between the two directors was so strong that they formed a small collective, an informal production group called PAF! Production. In 2023, they realized their first feature film, "A Haunting in Council House", produced by V Channels Media in collaboration with Funny Dreamers Productions.- Actor
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Teo Teocoli was born on 25 February 1945 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Bibo per sempre (2000), The Three Musketeers (1991) and Ciao marziano (1980). He is married to Elena Fachini. They have three children.- Actor
- Writer
Claudio Spadaro was born in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He is known for Demons (1985), Tea with Mussolini (1999) and La piovra (1984).- Lia Di Leo was born on 22 July 1923 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Earrings of Madame De... (1953), Sins of Casanova (1955) and Moglie e buoi... (1956). She died on 15 December 2006 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
- Italia Almirante-Manzini was born on 3 June 1890 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. She was an actress, known for Hedda Gabler (1920), Ironie della vita (1917) and La piccola parrocchia (1923). She was married to Amerigo Manzini. She died on 15 September 1941 in São Paulo, Brazil.
- Paki Valente was born on 6 September 1959 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He is an actor, known for La dottoressa Giò 2 (1998), Bridge to Hell (1986) and Close Friends (1992). He was previously married to Anna Marchesini.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Mietta was born on 12 November 1969 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. She is an actress, known for La piovra (1984), La fuga (2017) and L'ispettore Giusti (1999).- Roberta Vinci is a retired Italian tennis player. Until 6 April 2015, she held the position of world No. 1 in doubles, and reached a career-high of No. 7 in singles in May 2016. She is the fourth Italian woman to have reached the top 10 in singles, having attained the rank after Flavia Pennetta, Francesca Schiavone and Sara Errani. At 33 years and 4 days old, she became the oldest player ever to make her first appearance in the top 10.
Vinci rose to worldwide prominence at the 2015 US Open, when she reached the semifinals and defeated world No. 1, Serena Williams, in three sets, ending Williams's hopes of winning the calendar Grand Slam, in what has been described by numerous commentators as one of the biggest shocks in tennis history. She went on to lose to her childhood friend Flavia Pennetta in the first all-Italian Grand Slam final.
Vinci won 35 WTA Tour titles, 10 in singles and 25 in doubles, including the 2012 French Open, the 2012 US Open, the 2013 Australian Open and 2014 Australian Open, and 2014 Wimbledon titles with regular partner Sara Errani. In doing so, they became only the fifth pair in tennis history to complete a career Grand Slam.
She and her Italian teammates Mara Santangelo, Flavia Pennetta, and Francesca Schiavone beat the Belgian team 3-2 in the 2006 Fed Cup final. Justine Henin-Hardenne had to retire in the fifth and final match due to an injury in her right knee, which allowed Italy to win its first Fed Cup trophy. With the Italian team, she also won the Fed Cup in 2009 and 2010 against the USA. - He began studying acting at the age of 8 and was part of two theater companies. After a period devoted mainly to theater, he decided to focus on film and television. She had the opportunity to study at a renowned academy in Rome, specializing in cinematography, where she had the chance to learn from the experiences of some of the greatest Italian artists, including Gigi Proietti, Cinzia Torrini, Eleonora Giorgi, Pupi Avati and many others.
he has participated in numerous film projects, beginning with short films and culminating in his most recent work, "Commissario Ricciardi 2." In this film, he plays the role of Gennaro, deputy head of a gang of restless kids who create problems for the authorities. - Helia Colombo was born on 16 June 1933 in Taranto, Italy. She was a director and writer, known for The Police Are Blundering in the Dark (1975). She died on 27 July 2004 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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- Music Department
Gino Mattera was born on 14 March 1923 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Faust and the Devil (1949), Hercules (1958) and The Lost One (1947). He died on 25 April 1960 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Michele Lacerenza was born on 7 January 1922 in Taranto, Italy. Michele was a composer, known for Wrath of God (1968), Mission Bloody Mary (1965) and Blood at Sundown (1965). Michele died on 17 November 1989 in Rome, Italy.- Salvatore Marco Murianni was born on 24 May 1979 in Taranto, Italy. He is an actor, known for Forces of Nature (2024) and Gift of Success.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Alessandro Pavone is a cinematographer and producer/director based in Dubai. He specializes in nonfiction and commercials, and is known for his coverage of major international events. Alessandro has documented wars and humanitarian issues worldwide, earning him prestigious accolades such as two Emmy awards, a Peabody, and an Overseas Press Club's Murrow award.
His portfolio includes documentary programs for various media outlets, such as VICE, HBO, BBC, Showtime, Apple TV+, ABC, PBS, The New York Times, and ESPN. His work has also been screened at film festivals around the world. Alessandro has also filmed branded films and commercials for entities like Facebook, Disney+, Hyundai, and Coach.
Alessandro has also served as an additional cinematographer on numerous other films, including "Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story" which was screened in theatres worldwide. His continuing coverage of the fall of ISIS in Iraq has been featured on the Apple TV+ series "The Line" and the History Channel's series "Hunting ISIS."- Nicola Martinucci was born on 28 March 1941 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He is an actor, known for Aida (1981), Turandot (1983) and Il trittico (1983).
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- Writer
- Director
Giobbe Covatta was born on 11 June 1956 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Muzungu (1999), All Human Rights for All (2008) and Il Mio Regno per una Farfalla. He has been married to Paola Catella since 17 May 2003. They have one child.- Daniela Calò was born on 17 May 1970 in Sava, Taranto, Puglia, Italy. She is an actress, known for Hypersleep (2022), Thou Shalt Not Kill (2015) and Tartarughe sul dorso (2004).
- Tino Schirinzi was born on 12 August 1934 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Chopin (1982), Un certo Harry Brent (1970) and Paganini (1976). He was married to Daisy Lumini. He died on 18 August 1993 in Barberino di Mugello, Tuscany, Italy.
- Mauro Serio was born on 29 November 1960 in Taranto, Apulia, Italy. He is an actor, known for Un passo dal cielo (2011), I Am the Abyss (2022) and Out of Bounds (2007).
- Actor
- Producer
Born and raised in Puglia (Taranto - 25/09/1993), is very close to his family and his hometown.
In 2012, to pursue his passion for acting, he moved to Rome. He began to study various techniques with many gifted actors coaches both in Italy and the USA. Among them were Ivana Chubbuck, Bernard Hiller and Paul Haggis.
In 2015, his first major film, playing the leading role, was in the thriller "DIABOLIKA" in Italy. For this he received the "VII International Social Commitment Award" the "Star of Merit" as "Young Starring Actor In An International Movie".
He then played the leading role of Steven in the short film "ANIEL" Directed by Clyde Anderson AKA Claudio Fragasso.
In 2016 his next role was in the short film "BELLO DI MAMMA TUA" and he was awarded as "Best Starring Actor" at the "Film Festival Terra Di Siena".
In 2016, he received the "National Raf Vallone Cinematography Award" in Tropea, as "Actor Revelation of the Year" and a special mention at the "VIII Culture and Solidarity Award".
In 2017 he played Luca, a plainclothes policeman involved in a paranormal story in the movie "SCARLETT".
In 2017 he hosted an event on "Investigative Journalism" at "Dal Verme Theatre" in Milan. Among the guests were many famous journalists from the Italian TV shows: "Quarto Grado", "Le Iene" and "Striscia La Notizia".
In 2018 he co-starred in "ED È SUBITO SERA" with Franco Nero and Gianluca Di Gennaro, Directed by Claudio Insegno. Based on the true story of the young Dario Scherillo, killed by the Camorra in a case of mistaken identity. The national movie preview was in 2019 at "Camera Dei Deputati" and the world premiere was at the "Tcl Chinese Theatre" in Hollywood, CA. This film was the acclaimed winner of the "Best Narrative Film" at the "International Independent Film Awards Los Angeles" and also awarded the "Best Drama" at the "South Film and Arts Academy Festival in Chile".
In 2018 in Milan, he was the Host of the event "The Rights And Duties Of Civilization" by the President of the Constitutional Court Marta Cartabia.
In 2019, he played the leading role of the young father with a problematic life in "MORS TUA VITA MEA" Directed by Alessandro Prete.
In 2019 he played the leading role of Alex, a disabled homosexual in the comedy "LA GOCCIA E IL MARE" Directed by Daniele Falleri. Winner of the Variety Jury "Festival Tulipani Di Seta Nera Rai Cinema" - Multiethnic Award "Italian Black Movie Awards" - Winner of the "Corti sul Mare Festival".
In 2019 he co starred with Carlotta Antonelli in the 1960s era fairy tale of love and bullying, "ARIDA" Directed by Francesco Maria Dominedò. Winner of the "International Film Festival Terra di Siena" Audience Award.
In 2019 he played the leading role of Stefano De Torres in "IL GIORNO PIU' BELLO" Directed by Valter D'Errico, produced by Jo Champa and Susan Rockefeller. The story of a boy with solid principles who will have to deal with his own psyche, in a total antithesis of his appearance. Special mention at the "Taormina Film Festival - "Camomilla Award Women for Women" - "Monica Scattini Award" at the "Festival Tulipani Di Seta Nera Rai Cinema" - Winner of the "International Film Festival Terra di Siena" Social Award. Caretta also received the "Comune di Marcellina Award" "For the masterful and courageous interpretation".
On the "International Day Against Violence On Women", he performed a monologue on Rai 1 interpreting the "Letter Of Carmine Ammirati To His Mother", victim of feminicide.
In December 2019 he received the "Lex Et Ars Award" inscribed with: "To The Actor Gianclaudio Caretta, Who Through The Magic Of The Seventh Art, Cinema, Fights Feminicide And Violence Against Women".
At the beginning of 2020 he started playing the leading role of Robbi, a handyman Robot that becomes almost human, in the comedy "L'UOMO PERFETTO". Directed by Diego Ruiz, with Nadia Rinaldi and Milena Miconi. After completing a most successful run in Rome, the play has been on tour all over Italy in theaters for three months.
From the overwhelming reviews and outstanding ticket sales, the director Ruiz cast Caretta in the upcoming leading role of Tommy in the show "LA CILIEGINA SULLA TORTA" with Ugo Dighero and Edy Angelillo, now in preproduction to open later this year.
For the past 2 years he has continued studying and training at the "Acting Lab Studio" of Alessandro Prete in Rome.- Emanuele Cannarsa was born on 1 August 1945 in Taranto, Apulia, Italy. He is an actor, known for Prima che il sole tramonti (1976), La città dell'ultima paura (1975) and Double Game (1977).
- Cesare Giulio Viola was born on 26 November 1886 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He was a writer, known for Shoeshine (1946), Turbine (1941) and The Children Are Watching Us (1943). He was married to Vittoria Pignatelli della Leonessa. He died on 3 October 1958 in Positano, Campania, Italy.
- Ubaldo Sgura was born on 17 April 1986 in Taranto, Italy. He is an actor, known for Surprise Trip (2022) and Club 57 (2019).
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Giancarlo De Cataldo was born on 7 February 1956 in Taranto, Apulia, Italy. He is a writer and actor, known for We Believed (2010), Romanzo Criminale (2005) and The Father and the Foreigner (2010).- Actor
- Additional Crew
Saverio Maria Indrio was born on 18 October 1963 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He is an actor, known for Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012), Three the Movie (2017) and Tre - Sé - Shalosh (2011).- Guido Giannettini was born on 22 August 1930 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He died on 12 May 2003 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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- Actor
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Gino Marturano was born on 8 February 1931 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He is an actor, known for Le tigri di Mompracem (1970), Year of the Gun (1991) and Mission Stardust (1967).- Antonio Lucarella was born on 26 May 1944 in Taranto, Italy. He is a writer, known for The Nude Princess (1976), The Gestapo's Last Orgy (1977) and Bruna, formosa, cerca superdotato (1973).
- Ettore Toscano was born on 21 May 1941 in Taranto, Apulia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Gli amori di Angelica (1966), Ginepro Became a Man (1962) and Peter Strohm (1989). He died on 25 August 2020 in Taranto, Apulia, Italy.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Davide Montemurri was born on 25 April 1930 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for Lezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga (1976), Last Year at Marienbad (1961) and Accadde a Zurigo (1981). He died on 4 July 2021 in Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.- Ilaria Turi was born on 28 May 1984 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy.
- Actress
- Writer
Anna Fougez born Maria Annia Pappacena in Taranto, Apulia, Italy in 1894, became a gorgeous dark haired star of Italian cinema, first appeared in a drama 'Le Awenture Di Colette' under the direction of R. Savaresa at the Cine Film Company in 1916 later followed with the Filmgraf Film Company and last seen with the Libertas Film Company in 1922, she was also a screenwriter. she died in 1966 age 72.- Editor
- Actor
- Director
Gino Talamo was born on 13 December 1895 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He was an editor and actor, known for Meu Dia Chegará (1951), Iracema (1949) and I cavalieri del deserto (1942). He died on 9 July 1968 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Composer
- Actor
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Simone Giufrè was born on 6 September 2002 in Taranto, Italy. He is a composer and actor, known for Guardami (2023), Revival and Orologio Sociale (2023).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Patricia Carli was born on 12 March 1938 in Taranto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Whisper If I Forget (2014), Yalancilar Ve Mumlari (2021) and Salle n° 8 (1967).- Massimo Cimaglia was born on 2 August 1963 in Taranto, Apulia, Italy. He is an actor, known for Un passo dal cielo (2011), Circeo (2022) and Gladbeck (2018).
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Domenico Savino was born on 13 January 1882 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He was a composer, known for The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Café Society (2016) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997). He died in 1973 in New York City, New York, USA.- Sandro Viola was born on 2 June 1931 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He died on 20 June 2012 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Visual Effects
- Director
- Writer
Victor Scorrano was born on 24 September 1993 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Keep on Flexin' (2019), Maltese - Il Romanzo del Commissario (2017) and Superhero (2019).- Actor
- Additional Crew
Luca Semeraro was born on 13 August 1962 in Martina Franca, Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He is an actor, known for Stefano Quantestorie (1993), The Legend of Snow White (1994) and World Fairy Tale (1994).- Writer
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Aldo Semerari was an Italian criminologist, anthropologist and psychiatrist. He was also a neo-fascist, who was suspected of complicity in the terror attack that killed 85 people at Bologna railway station in 1980. Semerari was born in Martina Franca, Apulia. He studied medicine at the University of Padua, specializing in psychiatry. During the 1970s he was Professor of Criminal Anthropology at the University of Rome, La Sapienza, and a director of the university's Institute of Forensic Psychopathology. His academic interests primarily involved the study of sadomasochism and sexual crimes. He was also reportedly the first to translate the works of the German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher Karl Jaspers into Italian. In 1962, Semerari was asked to provide a psychiatric analysis of the writer and film-maker Pier Paolo Pasolini, who was then on trial. In his report, Semerari pronounced Pasolini to be a "sexual deviant" and "instinctive psychopath", whose voyeurism and criminal tendencies were stimulated by his communist affiliations. Semerari did not succeed in getting his evidence accepted by the court. The controversial nature of Semerari's evaluation of Pasolini did not dent his status as a leading consultant to the criminal courts in Rome, and throughout the following two decades his psychiatric evaluations continued to influence judicial rulings. In the 1970s, Semerari was also involved in making films himself, developing a partnership with the director and screenwriter Brunello Rondi. In his youth Semerari was a communist ideologue. In 1954, however, he suddenly pivoted to the extreme right, becoming a convert to national socialism. He was also a member of the Propaganda Due (P2) masonic lodge, reputedly maintaining links with SISMI, the Italian military intelligence agency. Semerari also hosted a number of seminars with various far-right militants at around this time. In exchange for financial support for his organization, Semerari helped the members of various criminal organizations evade imprisonment when they were arrested, devising strategies for coping with police interrogation and writing reports that sought to establish either innocence, which were usually supported by a fraudulent diagnosis of mental infirmity. Semerari made similar deals with both Raffaele Cutolo's New Organised Camorra and one of Cutulo's main rivals, the New Family. In August 1980 Semerari was arrested on suspicion of being involved in the bombing of Bologna Central railway. He was freed in April 1981 due to a lack of evidence. On 23 March 1982 Semerari traveled to Naples, ostensibly to meet a local Camorra leader, Umberto Ammaturo, who had requested a psychiatric certificate. Semerari was last seen leaving the Royal Hotel in Naples on 26 March. His decapitated body was discovered on 1 April in a stolen car in Ottaviano, Campania. Semerari was murdered on the orders of Ammaturo, who desired revenge after discovering that his enemy, Raffaele Cutolo, had also availed himself of Semerari's services. Semerari's assistant was Fiorella Carrara, who was found dead from gunshot wounds in her apartment in Rome soon after Semerari's body was discovered.