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- Actress
- Producer
Assunta De Rossi was born on 19 February 1983 in Lecce, Italy. She is an actress and producer, known for Wretched Lives (2001), The Palawan Script (2012) and Maria la del Barrio (2011).- Actress
- Writer
Rebecca Coco Edogamhe was born on 5 September 2001 in Lecce, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Summertime (2020), Mia (2023) and Robbing Mussolini (2022).- Eleonora Sergio was born on 31 March 1979 in Lecce, Apulia, Italy. She is an actress, known for Il capo dei capi (2007), Don Matteo (2000) and Sotto una buona stella (2014).
- Director
- Editor
- Writer
Donatella Baglivo was born on 18 May 1946 in Tricase, Lecce, Italy. She is a director and editor, known for Un poeta nel Cinema: Andreij Tarkovskij (1984), Hollywood Dearest (1988) and Andrey Tarkovsky in Nostalghia (1984).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Riccardo Quarta was born on 22 November 1982 in Lecce, Apulia, Italy. Riccardo is an assistant director, known for Slam (2016), L'ultimo paradiso (2021) and Mom + Mom (2018).- Actress
- Additional Crew
Regina Bianchi (1 January 1921 - 5 April 2013), was an Italian stage and film actress. Born in Lecce as Regina D'Antigny, she was the daughter of two theater actors. Forced by the fascist phobia for the foreign culture to change her surname, she adopted the surname of her paternal grandmother. At age 16, she entered the stage company of Raffaele Viviani and the same year she debuted in the comedy play "Campagna napoletana" in which she played the leading role of Reginella. In 1939 she starred in the drama film "Il ponte di vetro"; in the film set she became engaged to the director Goffredo Alessandrini, that was her partner for over twenty years. After having announced her retirement in 1944, she came back in 1959 with the title role in Eduardo De Filippo's "Filumena Marturano". She won two Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress, in 1963 for Nanni Loy's "The Four Days of Naples" and in 1996 for Leone Pompucci's "Camerieri", and appeared as Anna, the mother of Mary, in Franco Zeffirelli's "Jesus of Nazareth" in 1977. In 1996 she was awarded Grand Officer of the Italian Republic for artistic merits. She died at 92 in her home in Rome.- Antonio Conte was born on 31 July 1969 in Lecce, Italy. He has been married to Elisabetta Muscarello since June 2013. They have one child.
- Loredana Lecciso was born on 26 August 1972 in Lecce, Puglia, Italy. She was previously married to Fabio Cazzato.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Rita Capasa was born on 25 January 1972 in Lecce, Italy. She is an assistant director and producer, known for Messengers (2004), Before It Had a Name (2005) and A Woman (2010).- (Berklee College of Music)
Film composer Francesco de Donatis is a passionate musician, captivating audiences with his compositions for Film, TV and Video Games.
He composed music for over 300 commercials as
Sunoco, Reebok,Tequila 1800, Grey Poupon,Zzzquil,Tiaa,Peugeot Europcar,Pharma Transplant, Trunk Club, The Lumineers, Vista Print, Subway Radio, Hello Toothpaste, Bon Appetit Pizza, Gsbh, Gsbh Happy Birthday, Case Study, Umass Stock Search, Amerisource Animation, Inspira etc etc
He composed music for Le Iene (Mediaset) for the commercial Vaporart.
In 2020, composed the Soundtrack of the documentary "Memoria Nueva" by Stefano Petroni and won Ferrara Film Festival - Winner of FFF Earth, Ariano International Film Festival - Winner of Best documentary AIFF Green 2020, Around Film Festival Barcelona - Winner of the Globe Award and Ventotene Film Festival - Finalist
In 2012, composed the Soundtrack of the documentary "Jet Set Quando L'aereoporto sembrava Via Veneto" by Antonello Sarno (Mediaset) and he won the first prize of Rome Film Festival 2012 with the screening of the documentary on all Alitalia Flights from March 2013.
In 2012, won first prize at the Contursi Film Festival with the soundtrack for the shortmovie "Faccia Da Ladro" by Alessandro Palminiello, Rossellini Production of Rome.
In 2015, won First Place "Best of Fest" at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival with the documentary "Time Capsule" BBC, Chris Summerfield, LA USA.
From his early childhood, de Donatis has proven to have a strong musical sensibility and unique talent as a composer. In 2003, he studied Composition and Vocal Performance at the Conservatory "Nino Rota" Monopoli (BA). Following in 2006, he won a scholarship to enter the Academy Chigiana, majoring in Composition for Film under the guidance of the Oscar Winner Maestro Luis Bacalov.
Francesco de Donatis graduated in Film Scoring with a minor in Video Game Music at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston USA under scholarship and in Composition at University of Salford in Manchester UK under scholarship.
He studied contemporary composition with the famous composer M Tibor Józef Pusztai, Orchestration with Richard Davis (Orchestrator for Robin Hood prince of thieves), film scoring with George S. Clinton (Austin Power Composer), Sheldon Mirowitz (The Nazi officer's wife, Odyssey of life etc.) Dario Eskenazi (My first wedding, To fool a thief etc) and music for videogames with Michael Sweet (Xbox 360 logo, Cartoon Network, Sesame Workshop, PlayFirst etc etc)
He studies Music Orchestration for Film with the famous Hollywood orchestrators such as :
Conrad Pope (John Williams orchestrator, James Newton Howard, Alan Silvestri, Danny Elfman, Mark Isham, James Horner, John Powell, Alexandre Desplat and Howard Shore)
Nan Schwartz (orchestrator of " Argo, "The Life of Pi," "Godzilla," "Rise of the Guardians," "My Week With Marilyn," "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Pt. 1," "Julie and Julia," "My One and Only, "" Benjamin Button, "" Gracie, "" The Express, "" Uptown Girls, "" Mulan II, "" Firewall, "" Freedom Writers, "" Bobby, "" Lions for Lambs, "" Next, " )
Norman Ludwin (orchestrator of Jurassic World, Inside Out, Star Trek Into Darkness, Super-8, John Carter, and Priest)
Currently Francesco de Donatis works as a film composer at several American House Productions such as Gratitude Sound, GMP, John Arms Production Music. - Carlo Schipa was born on 11 October 1899 in Lecce, Italy. He was an actor, known for Sally (1925), Little Annie Rooney (1925) and The Fighting Hombre (1927). He was married to Lucille and Jolanda. He died on 25 August 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
Carlo Bollino was born on 15 November 1961 in Lecce, Apulia, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for La posta in gioco (1988).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Tito Schipa was born on 27 December 1888 in Lecce, Italy. He was an actor, known for I Sing for You Alone (1933), A Good Woman (2004) and Lorenzo's Oil (1992). He was married to Antoinette Michel and Diana Prandi. He died on 16 December 1965 in New York City, New York, USA.- Marco Materazzi was born on 19 August 1973 in Lecce, Italy. He is an actor, known for Nike: Take It to the Next Level (2008), L'allenatore nel pallone 2 (2008) and Le strade di Max (2013).
- Director
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Bachelor's degree with honors in Arts and Literature from the University of Rome La Sapienza, EU post-graduate scholarship in directing. Before his debut as a film director he was a planner, assistant director and made lots of "making of", short films, commercials and music videos. In 2016 he made his feature film directorial debut with "WAX: We Are the X", shot in France in collaboration with Rai Cinema. The film got prizes in London and in Houston, Texas. In 2017 Lorenzo Corvino was nominee for the David Di Donatello's Best Debut Director.- Gianni Sperti was born on 12 April 1973 in Manduria, Lecce, Italy. He is an actor, known for Milonga (1999), La talpa (2004) and Uomini e donne (1996). He was previously married to Paola Barale.
- Pasquale Bruno was born on 19 June 1962 in San Donato di Lecce, Apulia, Italy. He is an actor, known for Tifosi (1999) and Quelli che... il calcio (1993).
- Thomas Mazzotta was born on 18 March 1992 in Lecce, Apulia, Italy. He is an actor, known for Icaro 2012 (2006), Euphoria (2018) and Capri-Revolution (2018).
- Nino Marchesini was born in 1895 in Lecce, Puglia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Caribbean Hawk (1962), Cantami buongiorno tristezza (1955) and Siamo ricchi e poveri (1953). He was married to Italia Marchesini. He died on 13 January 1961 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Federico Lobuono was born on 19 April 2000 in Lecce.
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Annabella Miscuglio was born on 4 November 1939 in Lecce, Apulia, Italy. She was a director and writer, known for A.A.A. Offresi (1981), Vigilando reprimere (1972) and Effetto Puglia (1988). She died on 23 February 2003 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Antonio Caprarica was born on 30 January 1951 in Lecce, Apulia, Italy. He is married to Iolanta Miroshnikova.
- Achille Starace was born on 18 August 1889 in Sannicola, Lecce, Apulia, Italy. He died on 29 April 1945 in Milan, Lombardia, Italy.
- Maurizio Buccarella was born on 30 July 1964 in Lecce, Puglia, Italy.
- Barbara Lezzi was born on 24 April 1972 in Lecce, Puglia, Italy.