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As a teenager, Coiro, a talented visual artist, spent summers building sets and operating lights at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival. Inspired by numerous productions, including Julie Taymor's "Titus Andronicus" at Theater For A New Audience, Coiro decided to study theater at Carnegie Mellon University, where he eventually graduated with a BFA. He also spent time studying at The Moscow Art Theater in Russia. Coiro got his first professional gig as an understudy to three roles in the American premiere of Conor McPherson's off-Broadway play "This Lime Tree Bower" directed by Harris Yulin at Primary Stages. Within a month of graduating from CMU, Coiro landed the role of Eddie the Bellhop in the Lincoln Center revival of George S. Kauffman's "Dinner at Eight", directed by the late Gerald Gutierrez. Coiro then moved to Los Angeles and began working in construction, including a stint building a house with Nick Offerman. As recounted on Jerry Ferrara's podcast "Bad 4 Business", Coiro received the call that he'd landed his first on-screen acting gig, as Billy Walsh on "Entourage", while digging a hole for a deck in Echo Park. The role of Walsh was originally meant to be a guest star but soon evolved into an iconic character that has defined Coiro's career.- Raf Vallone was an internationally acclaimed Italian movie star known for his rugged good looks. The athletic Vallone, a former soccer player who often was compared to Burt Lancaster, was born Raffaele Vallone in 1916 in Tropea in Calabria, Italy, the son of a prominent lawyer and his aristocratic wife. At the University of Turin, Vallone took degrees in law and philosophy and then entered his father's law firm.
Vallone played semi-professional soccer but never realized his dream of becoming a professional athlete. Subsequently, he became a sports reporter for L'Unita, a communist newspaper, and also a drama critic for La Stampa. During World War II, Vallone served with the anti-Fascist resistance.
His first job as a movie actor was a bit part in We the Living (1942) (aka, "We the Living"), but Vallone was not serious about acting as a career. Hired as a researcher on a film about labor unrest, director Giuseppe De Santis cast Vallone as a soldier competing with Vittorio Gassman for the love of Silvana Mangano in what became the neo-realist classic Bitter Rice (1949) ("Bitter Rice"). The film propelled Vallone, pronounced a natural actor by De Santis, into international stardom and ended his journalism career.
Vallone became a major star in Italy in the 1950s and then a player in the global film industry, making movies in Italian, French and English. Vallone achieved popularity with American audiences in the 1960s, starting with his supporting roles in Two Women (1960) ("Two Women") and El Cid (1961), both co-starring Sophia Loren. Other major actresses he co-starred with on film and stage included Gina Lollobrigida, Anna Magnani, Melina Mercouri, Simone Signoret, and Elena Varzi, to whom he was married for 52 years, until his death in 2002.
Vallone's first "American" role was as the incest-minded Italian-American longshoreman Eddie Carbone in Sidney Lumet's film of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge (1962) ("A View from the Bridge"). Other prominent roles in American films included Otto Preminger's The Cardinal (1963), Roger Corman's The Secret Invasion (1964), Harlow (1965) starring Carroll Baker, and Henry Hathaway's Nevada Smith (1966).
Vallone played many priests during his long career, culminating with the cardinal-confessor of mobster Michael Corleone, a priest who becomes pope and is murdered in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part III (1990). Appearing for the other side, Vallone was memorable as the Mafia boss Altabani in the original The Italian Job (1969). - Gianna Maria Canale was born on 12 September 1927 in Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy. She was an actress, known for Clash of Steel (1962), Theodora, Slave Empress (1954) and Dead Woman's Kiss (1949). She was married to Riccardo Freda. She died on 13 February 2009 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
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- Producer
- Writer
Darkly handsome Nick Mancuso, born Nicodemo Antonio Massimo Mancuso, was born in 1948 in Mammola, Italy but raised as a child in Canada (from age 8). During his over four decade career, films claimed him as the Antichrist (Franco Macalousso) in the Apocalypse trilogy produced by Cloud Ten Pictures (Revelation (1999), Tribulation (2000) and Judgment (2001)), and TV has him best known for his starring roles in the NBC action series Stingray (1986), which ran for two seasons, and as the title hitman who becomes a target himself in the one-season Matrix (1993).
Although he developed an interest in acting in high school, he chose to study psychology at the University of Toronto. The acting bug bit again, however, and he was soon drawn to various Canadian theatre groups in the 1970s. During this time, he became artistic director for the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre, at the same time building up his classical resume at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
TV and film soon came his way in the late 1970s, and he tackled roles both in Hollywood, first as TV's Dr. Scorpion (1978), and back in his homeland, where he won the prestigious Genie award for the movie Ticket to Heaven (1981) as a man caught up in a religious cult. He impressed moviegoers as well with his moody, sexy presence in the US film Heartbreakers (1984) co-starring Peter Coyote and has also provided solid support for other stars, notably for Steven Seagal in one of that star's best action thrillers Under Siege (1992).
A sturdy name as an anti-hero or heavy in modestly-budgeted independents, Nick has proven over the years to be a solid, durable player in the "tough guy" crime mold, almost always with a serious edge. More recent, post-millennium gritty films include Time of Fear (2002) Today You Die (2005), starring his "Under Siege" cohort Steven Seagal, Contract Killers (2008), Violent Blue (2011), Entity (2013) and The Big Fat Stone (2014).- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Mauro Fiore was born on 15 November 1964 in Marzi, Calabria, Italy. He is a cinematographer, known for Avatar (2009), Training Day (2001) and The Island (2005). He has been married to Christine Vollmer since 2000. They have three children.- Costume Designer
- Actress
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Donatella Versace was born on 2 May 1955 in Reggio di Calabria, Italy. She is a costume designer and actress, known for Madonna: Take a Bow (1994), Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula (2005) and Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (2009). She was previously married to Paul Beck.- Actor
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Leopoldo Trieste was born on 3 May 1917 in Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Il peccato degli anni verdi (1960), Don't Look Now (1973) and Seduced and Abandoned (1964). He died on 25 January 2003 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ninetto Davoli was born on 11 October 1948 in San Pietro a Maida, Calabria, Italy. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Uno su due (2006), The Decameron (1971) and La Tosca (1973). He has been married to Patrizia Carlomosti since 1973. They have two children.- Vittoria Belvedere was born on 17 January 1972 in Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy. She is an actress, known for Augustus: The First Emperor (2003), Zoloto (1992) and Sturmzeit (1999). She has been married to Vasco Valerio since 12 June 1999. They have three children.
- Born in Italy in 1925, Antony Carbone was raised in Syracuse, New York, and credits the area's cold and snow (which he hated) for his determination to move out and become an actor. He has worked on stage, in TV and in a baker's dozen movies, but his best-remembered acting credits are the exploitation flicks he made for Roger Corman (A Bucket of Blood (1959), Last Woman on Earth (1960), Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)). He is now a stage director.
- Actor
- Stunts
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Riccardo Pizzuti was born on 28 May 1934 in Cetraro, Calabria, Italy. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Uno sceriffo extraterrestre... poco extra e molto terrestre (1979), Crime Busters (1977) and Lady Frankenstein (1971).- Antonio Cantafora was born on 2 February 1944 in Crotone, Calabria, Italy. He was an actor, known for Carambola (1974), Diamond Pedlars (1976) and And God Said to Cain... (1970). He died on 20 April 2024 in Rome, Italy.
- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Production Designer
Gianni Versace was born on 2 December 1946 in Reggio di Calabria, Italy. He was a costume designer and production designer, known for Judge Dredd (1995), Showgirls (1995) and Cover Up (1984). He died on 15 July 1997 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.- Director
- Writer
Carlo Carlei was born on 16 April 1960 in Lamezia Terme, Calabria, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Flight of the Innocent (1992), The Last Legion (2007) and Padre Pio (2000).- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
After school, Amelio studied philosophy. He graduated with a doctorate. Amelio developed a keen interest in film at a young age. In 1970 he began working as a cameraman for the Italian state television RAI. A little later, Amelio worked as an assistant director for RAI. In 1970 he directed his first television film: "La fine del gioco". He then also took part in the production of several TV commercials, for example for the state-owned airline Alitalia. In the 1970s, Amelio first attracted attention in international cinema with films such as "La città del sole" (1973), "La morte al lavoro" (1978) and "Il piccolo Archimede" (1979).
Amelio celebrated his breakthrough as an internationally recognized film director in 1990 with "Porte aperte". With "Il ladro di bambini" in 1992, Gianni Amelio impressively staged the conflicts of conscience of a carabinieri officer in today's Italian society. In 1994 he came to the public with the film "Lamerica", which dealt with the current refugee problem between Albania and Italy and exposed the unscrupulous dealings with the plight of refugees by the smuggling organizations. The director has been honored with several international awards for his film work.
He received an Oscar nomination in 1991 for "Porte aperte". In 1992, Amelio was awarded the Nastro d'Argento, the Felix Award and the Cannes Grand Prix for "Il ladro di bambini". Another silver ribbon (Nastro d'Argento) at the Venice Film Festival followed in 1994 for "Lamerica". In the same year he received the Grolla d'Oro for his life's work. In 1996 the Spanish Goya Film Prize also followed for "Lamerica". The director also published a book under the same title in 1994 about the film "Lamerica". At the same time, Amelio also worked as a theater director: in 1995 he staged the play "I pagliacci" in Genoa's Carlo Felice Theater. The director's other successful films were "Così ridevano" in 1998 and "Le chiavi di casa" in 2004.
In 2008 he took over the management of the Torino Film Festival from Nanni Moretti.- Producer
- Director
- Actor
In 1976, Julius graduated from St. John's University with a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy. He then earned an advanced Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Connecticut. While attending college in 1974, he founded Universal Marine Medical Supply, Co. (UMMSC), which is now the largest international medical supply company servicing cruise ships, oil rigs, super yachts, merchant vessels, tankers, and freighters. Julius is CEO of UMMSC, which maintains offices in New York, Miami, Houston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Southampton England, Singapore and Athens.
In 1977, Julius and his college professor Dr. Satish Patel formed Tishcon Corporation, one of the nation's largest private labeling vitamin and health supplement manufacturing plants, headquartered in Westbury, New York. In 1978, along with Xavier Roberts, he capitalized on the the worldwide Cabbage Patch craze by opening the Cabbage Patch Babyland General Hospital Store, formerly located on 41st Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan. At Babyland General Hospital Julius met Steve Ross, then CEO of Time Warner, who became instrumental in Julius' acquisition of an overall production deal at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California.
In 1980, while continuing his career in pharmaceutical distribution, Julius accepted a position as a personal assistant to director Sergio Leone. Under Leone, Julius worked on the New York portion of Once Upon a Time in America (1984) and participated in the development of two films: In God's Name and Saint Peter's Banker. At this time, Julius began to attend courses and seminars in film production at Cinecittà Studios in Rome, Italy. From 1981 to 1983, while still developing projects with Leone, Julius went on to produce a television pilot for a Fox TV show entitled "Behind the 8 Ball," starring Jerry Orbach, John Amos, and Jimmy Baio.
Julius's next venture was as Head of International Promotions for the action film Above the Law (1988). This led to a 17-year producing partnership with Warner Brothers Studios, where Julius was responsible for producing a series of action blockbusters including: Hard to Kill (1990), Marked for Death (1990), Out for Justice (1991), Under Siege (1992), On Deadly Ground (1994), Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), The Glimmer Man (1996), Fire Down Below (1997) and The Patriot (1998).
After his 17-year tenure at Warner Brothers Studios as a producer, Julius returned to New York and co-founded Manhattan Pictures. Julius then produced and distributed Enigma (2001), starring Kate Winslet, The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002) and In Praise of Love (2001), a Jean-Luc Godard film. In concurrence with Manhattan Pictures, Julius founded Julius R. Nasso Productions, which produced award-winning films including: Prince of Central Park (2000), starring Kathleen Turner, Danny Aiello, Cathy Moriarty, Jerry Orbach and Harvey Keitel; and One Eyed King (2001), starring William Baldwin, Dash Mihok, Armand Assante, Jason Gedrick, Connie Britton, and Chazz Palminteri.
Julius' most acclaimed achievement is his production of Narc (2002), starring Jason Patric, Ray Liotta, and Busta Rhymes, which was nominated for the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Award and won the Special Prize Policier Award at the Cognac Film Festival in France. Following Narc, Julius produced In Enemy Hands (2004), starring William H. Macy, Til Schweiger, Lauren Holly, and Scott Caan; and Hearts of War (2007), starring Roy Schneider and Daryl Hannah, and Nina Dobrev.
Since 2006, Julius has been working as Harry Belafonte's producer on a number of projects including Sing Your Song (2011) and Another Night In The Free World. Sing Your Song is a biographical documentary that surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. Another Night In The Free World will be Julius' first movie documentary promoting nonviolence.
Julius has produced multiple films premiering in 2013, including Accidental Love (2015), starring Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel; Squatters (2014), starring Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss and Thomas Dekker; Breakout (2013), starring Brendan Fraser and Dominic Purcell; Pride of Lions (2014) starring Louis Gossett Jr. and Bo Svenson; and Getaway (2013), inspired by the Steve McQueen hit of the same name, starring Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez and Jon Voight.
Julius has recently teamed up with Whoopi Goldberg to produce The Christmas Pearl, based on the bestselling novel written by Dorothea Benton Frank and scheduled to be released Christmas 2014.
Julius has earned numerous critical honors, including the 2012 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary for his work with Harry Belafonte on Sing Your Song (2011). He is a 20-year Directors Guild of America member and a highly respected philanthropist, having been honored by countless civic leaders and institutions for his tireless charitable works. Julius recently co-founded Belafonte Arts and Media, located in Manhattan, has multiple movie projects in development and remains CEO of UMMSC International.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Marcello Fonte was born on 7 November 1978 in Melito di Porto Salvo, Calabria, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for Dogman (2018), Asino vola (2015) and Il posto della felicità (2019).- Peppino Mazzotta was born on 20 May 1971 in Domanico, Calabria, Italy. He is an actor, known for Black Souls (2014), La velocità della luce (2007) and We Believed (2010).
- Actress
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Nika Perrone was born in Calabria, in the south of Italy.
She was shortlisted for the Emmy Awards in 2020 for her work in 'ZeroZeroZero'. She speaks English, Spanish, French, Arbereshe.
At the cinema, she has been directed by Angelina Jolie, Julian Jarrold, Valeria Golino, Stefano Sollima, Letizia Lamartire, Pablo Trapero, Maria Sole Tognazzi, Francesca Archibugi, Janus Metz, and Elisa Amoruso. She has also participated in theatrical festivals such as the Venice Biennale, Spoleto Festival, and Dionisie of Segesta (Greek theater).
She graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art 'Silvio D'Amico' (Italy), the Ecole des Maitres with Angelica Liddell (participating in a European tour as an actress in her show), and the School of Dramatic Art 'Miguel Salcedo Hierro' (Spain).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Cristiano Caccamo is an Italian actor. Graduated at the Experimental Center of Cinematography, in 2010 he made his debut in theaters. The first movie that gives him a leading role is "Cenere", released in 2014. The TV debut comes in 2015 with "Questo è il mio paese". In 2017, he joins the cast of "Che Dio ci aiuti", a successful Rai TV series and then of "Don Matteo". In 2018, he is also the protagonist of the movie "Puoi baciare lo sposo", along with Salvatore Esposito and the colleague and friend Diana del Bufalo.- Steve Conte was born on January 16, 1920, in Gagliato, Italy. He came to the US with his family in 1926. They sailed to New York, where he spent his teenage years. During WWII he served in the Army Air Corps, where he was based in Europe. Soon after the war he married and had two children, Shirley and Bruce. Sometime in the late 1950s he divorced and focused on his career. His ex-wife and children moved to Las Vegas sometime later. At the time the family had been living in Los Angeles, where Steve continued to reside. One of his favorite hangouts was Schwab's on Sunset and La Cienega, known for its show business-based clientèle. In 1960 he had a son, Steve, who was put up for adoption, and who searched for and found him in 1992. Among family and close friends, he was known for his sense of humor and love of practical jokes.
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- Additional Crew
Jack Perry was born on 7 March 1895 in Nicastro, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy. He was an actor, known for Steady Company (1932), Celebrity (1928) and A Woman's Man (1934). He died on 7 October 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Francesco Mastroianni was born on 10 October 1991 in Rende, Province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. He is an actor, known for Mafia Mamma (2023), Calibro 9 (2020) and Dead Uncle (2016).
- Alessandro Pess was born on 30 June 1981 in Nocera Terinese, Calabria, Italy. He is an actor, known for The Equalizer 3 (2023), House of Gucci (2021) and Good and Evil (2009).
- Francesco Colella was born on 1 June 1974 in Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for The Good Mothers (2023), ZeroZeroZero (2019) and Don Matteo (2000).