Roberto Leggio
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Roberto Leggio was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1963. Since a child he had
been fond of literature. He drew and painted in a professional art
institute in Vicenza. Rebellious and sporadic in his studies, he still
won a scholarship grant and moved to Edinburgh, where he stayed for two
years. Back in Italy he worked at Fine Arts Dept. of Venice University
and as keeper in a museum. This situation did not satisfies him, and he
moved to Spain. For six months he lived between Lloret De Mar and
Barcelona, where he took many jobs while frequenting the cultural
circle of Nueva Tendencia. Thereby he became proficient with the
cine-camera and some painting techniques. In 1987 he returned to
Venice: wrote, produced and directed "Breaking Glass", an experimental
short film. The same year he set up StudioOmbra agency, where he worked
as an advertising agent and Art Director, and simultaneously the
multimedia Neurotica firm, which also includes painting, photography
and music. In 1992 he definitively abandoned the advertising
/multimedia activity and began writing full time. His works were
divided between the activities of cinematography journalist (for many
nationwide papers) and the writing of tales, theatrical texts, scripts
and screenplays for the cinema. He published many tales and essays,
among them: Oltre l'Alba (Editoria Universitaria, 1994), Effetti
Elementari (Albert Gardin Edizioni, 1996), Andrea G. Pinketts, l'Ultimo
Cowboy Metropolitano (Fareneith 451, 1998). In 2004 he directed - in
cooperation with Federico Greco - the documentary "H. P. Lovecraft,
Hypothesis of a journey in Italy", presented LXI Venice Film Festival;
and the movie "Road To L. - The Lovecraft Mystery", winner of the
Silver Meliés prize at the XXV FantaFestival of Rome. Since 1996 he
lives and works in Rome.