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- Lilli Carati was born on 23 September 1956 in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress, known for A Lustful Mind (1986), Skin Deep (1979) and L'alcova (1985). She died on 20 October 2014 in Besano, Lombardy, Italy.
- Tecla Insolia was born on 13 January 2004 in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. She is an actress, known for Vite in fuga (2020), L'Albero (2024) and L'arte della gioia (2024).
- Music Artist
- Actress
- Music Department
Very famous Italian singer. In the sixties she had a love affair with actor Corrado Pani who was married to another woman at the time and gave birth to a son. Because of this she was banned from TV studios for many years. During the last 20 years she has not shown her face in public and has not appeared in any film or television show.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Edoardo Cicorini (born August 7, 1967), better known as Edoardo Costa, is an Italian actor, entrepreneur and former model. His career began in the fashion industry as a model in the early 1990s for the modeling agency Why Not. Desiring something more, he began studying acting in Paris and Milan as well as in Los Angeles at The Actors Studio. He soon made television appearances on various American television series including Baywatch, Arliss, The Bold and the Beautiful.
Costa also made a variety of independent American films leading to his debut in a first major feature as the terrorist Emerson, in the final installment of the Die Hard series, Live Free or Die Hard, with Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. His first major role in an American film was in the soon to be released drama Kiddie Ride, directed by Harold Guskin and starring James Gandolfini and Famke Janssen.
Costa continues to work in both the United States and Italy. He has made forays into theater in the plays, Bread Love Fantasy and Very Old Man, alongside Italian acting legend Marcello Mastroianni (Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita) and worked on numerous Italian soap operas, television series, films and reality shows.
Costa was born in Varese, northern Italy, the son of a Rosangela, who worked at the local electric company and Pietro Cicorini, a transport business owner. Costa is the eldest of two children, he and his sister Monica. Costa attended Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore where he studied philosophy. He served his military service as a Carabinieri in the mid 1980s. It was during this that he was discovered in a local Milanese restaurant bar by a modeling scout.
Costa's modeling has seen him work in Paris, Moscow, Los Angeles and Tokyo. He has appeared in print and television commercials for brands including Giorgio Armani, Laura Biagiotti, Versace, Tissot, Cerutti, Diet Coke and Toyota. In 1999, he began his acting career with a part in a popular Italian television series, going on to appear in further television programs and several Italian films.
In 2007 Costa took control of Beatrice International Models, an agency with forty years experience in the fashion industry on a par with Ford Models, Elite and Next. Former models include Iman and Stephanie Seymour. The venture catapulted Costa into the international spotlight. The modeling agency also recently began a formal dialogue with The National Eating Disorders Association and its CEO, Dr. Lynne Grefe. Beatrice International Models will be the first international modeling agency that will work together with the association to spread awareness and positive prevention about the diseases that have plagued the industry for decades. In 2007, Costa also opened The Actor's Academy Milano. Inspired by his experience at The Actor's Studio, Costa began one of the first schools in Europe to exclusively recruit Lifetime Members of the Actor's Studio as well as teachers from the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, all of whom specialized in method acting using the system created by Constatin Stanislavski. The Actor's Academy Milano hosted acclaimed actors such as Academy Award winner Martin Landau and Oscar nominated actor Mickey Rourke. The Actor's Academy Milano has asked Gary Swanson to play a pivotal role in its development. Swanson was one of the first teachers to start "Inside the Actor's Studio" hosted by James Lipton. Swanson was among the few personally chosen by the executive committee that includes the late Paul Newman, Ellen Burstyn, and Arthur Penn.
Costa began charitable work in the mid 1990s while still a model. Through a friendship with Quincy Jones, Costa has used his celebrity to support projects in Afghanistan, Brazil and Africa. Costa states that it was Nelson Mandela who encouraged him to become more actively involved in philanthropic work.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Giacomo Campiotti was born on 8 July 1957 in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Il tempo dell'amore (1999), Corsa di primavera (1989) and Come due coccodrilli (1994).- Luisa Rivelli was born on 10 February 1931 in Ternate, Varese, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress, known for Jane Eyre (1957), È mezzanotte... butta giù il cadavere (1966) and The Stone Forest (1965). She died on 12 June 2013 in Guidonia Montecelio, Italy.
- Laura Troschel was born on 3 November 1944 in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress, known for Se un giorno busserai alla mia porta (1986), Delitti (1987) and Ciao marziano (1980). She was married to Pippo Franco. She died on 29 September 2016 in Rome, Italy.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Renato De Maria was born in 1958 in Varese, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Hotel paura (1996), The Front Line (2009) and Italian Gangsters (2015). He has been married to Isabella Ferrari since April 2002. They have two children.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Editor
Luigi Benvisto is an Italian cinematographer born in Varese, Italy.
His enthusiasm for films was inspired by his father who took him to the theater weekly, cementing his zest for movies. When he was only a few years old he started to lose his hearing. With time more and more frequencies were gone and he had to wear hearing aids since then. Unable to rely on sound, his eyes became the most powerful tool. What he couldn't glean from the auditory conversations, he picked up from visual clues, capturing the slightest changes and facial expressions, diving deep into details and discovering that what you see tells more than what you hear.
Later in life his parents gifted him with a small SD camera and Luigi started shooting short movies and small projects, educating himself to filmmaking and cinematography.
At the age of 25, Luigi's work was noticed by an Italian producer. He moved to Rome to fulfill his passion, where he lived in a garage and worked on movie sets for free.
In 2008 he received a 2-years scholarship to study filmmaking at NYFA. Less than three months later he was in New York City, with very little knowledge of the English language and nowhere to reside.
Having established himself since those years, with a full understanding of the English language, Luigi worked on countless projects, shooting music videos, commercials, features, documentaries and fashion films all around the world. He traveled from Atlanta to Alaska, from Los Angeles to London, from Seattle to New York.
In 2016 he was the cinematographer for the short movie "Cloud Kumo" shot in Hiroshima, Japan, which won the Student Academy Silver Prize and the Golden Eagle Award, fulfilling the dream of visiting the ASC Clubhouse and meeting masters like Dean Cundey, Richard Crudo, Robert Primes and Michael Goi.
In 2018 he briefly returned in Italy to shoot two television series: the first season of "Il Salone delle Meraviglie" for RealTime Discovery and a series of documentaries for "Le Ragazze", hosted by Gloria Guida and airing on RAI 3 during prime time.
He has worked on several movies screened at the most prestigious festivals in the world such as Cannes, TriBeCa, Sundance and David of Donatello.
Luigi is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild IATSE Local 600, the AIC (Association of Italian Cinematographers) and the Imago (European Federation of Cinematographers).
He's also the jury member of the Miami Independent Film Festival.
He lives in the United States since 2008.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Writer
Ciro Visco was born on 20 July 1979 in Varese, Italy. He is an assistant director and director, known for Blocco 181 (2022), Gomorrah (2014) and DOC - Nelle tue mani (2020).- Giuseppe Pambieri was born on 18 November 1944 in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. He is an actor, known for To Rome with Love (2012), The Legend of Sea Wolf (1975) and Mathias Sandorf (1979). He is married to Lia Tanzi. They have one child.
- Cristina Del Basso was born on 3 May 1987 in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. She is an actress, known for Cosi fan tutte (2008), Balla con noi - Let's Dance (2011) and Una cella in due (2011).
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Didier Casnati is the founder and leader of the famous private party band "The Gypsy Queens". Casnati started his acting career with a Monte-Carlo based soap opera "Monaco Blue" written and directed by Belgian singer Ivan Heylen. He has worked on set with Michael Caine (Quicksand, 2003), with Mathew Modine and Roma Downey (Funky Monkey, 2004), with Billy Zane (Big Kiss, 2004), and more recently Tony Danza, Joe Pantoliano, John Patrick Shanley. Didier Casnati speaks 4 languages and plays 4 music instruments, The Gypsy Queens music is world famous for songs such as "(tu vo fa) l'Americano" (Love in the Villa, 2022) and "L'Italiano" (2013). Didier Casnati is a Lee Strasberg method trained actor.- Max Cavallari was born on 8 July 1963 in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. He is an actor, known for Pinocchio (2002), Amici ahrarara (2001) and La fidanzata di papà (2008). He was previously married to Ilaria Pagni.
- Francesco Scardamaglia was born on 23 February 1945 in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. He was a writer and producer, known for Uno sceriffo extraterrestre... poco extra e molto terrestre (1979), Watch Out, We're Mad (1974) and Goliath and the Sins of Babylon (1963). He died on 17 October 2010 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Ilenia Lazzarin was born on 6 September 1982 in Busto Arsizio, Varese, Italy. She is an actress, known for Liberiamo qualcosa (2009), Un passo dal cielo (2011) and Un posto al sole (1996). She was previously married to Roberto Palmieri.
- Actress
- Director
- Additional Crew
Mietta Albertini was born on 7 March 1949 in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971), Il gioco degli inganni (1980) and Haus im Süden (1984).- Editor
- Editorial Department
Marco Denna was born on 11 May 1955 in Busto Arsizio, Varese, Lombardy, Italy. He is an editor, known for Julia and Julia (1987), Suor Jo (2005) and Die Walküre (1996).- Tamara Donà was born on 5 December 1973 in Cittiglio, Varese, Italy. She is an actress, known for Le retour d'Arsène Lupin (1989), E (2003) and I'll Leave It All Behind Me (1995).
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Gianna Maria Garbelli was born in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. She is known for Portagli i miei saluti... avanzi di galera (1993), Boutique (1989) and La galette du roi (1986).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Den Harrow was born on 4 June 1962 in Varese, Italy. He is an actor, known for Welcome to the 80's (2009), Den Harrow: A Taste of Love (1983) and Den Harrow: Mad Desire (1984). He is married to Annalisa Orlandi. He was previously married to Federica Bertoni.- Daniela Morelli was born on 20 December 1949 in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. She is an actress, known for Il processo a Caterina Ross (1982), Mignon è partita (1988) and Remake (1987).
- Editor
- Director
- Writer
Michele Rocchi was born on May 31, 1997 in Varese, Italy. Is a Film Director, writer and cinematographer. He graduated in summer 2016 from an Italian artistic high school, where he has acquired a great sensitivity for art and philosophy. He studied history of art, graphic design and painting techniques; while he nurtured his dream of becoming a Film Director. He started studying self-taught cinema history and cinematic grammar when he was 16, up to direct and produce his first feature film "John Blazer" at the age of 18. Since 2015 he collaborates with the Cortisonici Short Film Festival as a selector of the international competition. In 2018 he started working for the production company Gruppo Editoriale Jedi, first as an assistant director of Namas Acerboni and then as a television director and author. In June 2020 he decides to leave the company because he disagrees with their way of working which he considers to be "incorrect, reprehensible and dishonest". After this experience, he immediately started working with Namas Acerboni's NST Production to make a making-of documentary for the TV series "3.33". In 2021, together with 2 partners, he founded the production company Landing 2 Studios Srl in Milan to make documentaries. An experience that soon ends because early in 2022 he is forced to close the company due to bankruptcy. He thus begins to devote himself to automation, Web3 and artificial intelligence, planning to create his next films using these technologies.- Elena Ossola was born on 8 August 1983 in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. She is an actress, known for Trappola d'autore (2009), Don Matteo (2000) and I misteri di Laura (2015).
- Fiorella Pierobon was born on 18 March 1960 in Somma Lombardo, Varese, Italy. She is an actress, known for Oltre la quarta dimensione (1996), Missione d'amore (1993) and Festivalbar (1986).