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- Actress
- Producer
Nicoletta Braschi was born on 19 April 1960 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She is an actress and producer, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), Happy as Lazzaro (2018) and Johnny Stecchino (1991). She has been married to Roberto Benigni since December 1991.- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Monty Banks was a short, stocky but somehow debonair Italian-born
comic actor, later also writer and director. In the US from 1914, he
first appeared on stage in musical comedy and cabaret. By 1917 he
was working as a dancer in New York's Dominguez Cafe. After this he turned
to films, acting and doing stunt work at Keystone, Universal and for
Al Christie. Changing his name from Mario
Bianchi to Monty Banks may have been prompted by
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as a
passing reference to his playing '"montebanks". By 1919 Banks had moved
to Vitagraph to play a villain in
The Grocery Clerk (1919), foil
to star comic Larry Semon.
Banks first came to the fore in his own right as star of the "Welcome
Comedies" made by Warner Brothers. He spent the early
1920s at Fox and Grand Asher, graduating to writing and directing two-reel comedies with himself as the star. Most noteworthy entries in regard to inventive sight gags and Mack Sennett--style madcap plots are
Pay or Move (1924) and
The Golf Bug (1924). The success of
this series prompted Banks to create an independent production company,
the Monty Banks Pictures Corporation, in conjunction with
writer/director Howard Estabrook. He
made several feature-length films for Pathe, including
Play Safe (1927)) (generally considered
his best work), which featured a climactic runaway train sequence. This
style of fast-action slapstick made it inevitable that Banks suffered
more than his fair share of injuries, especially since he continued to
do many of his own stunts.
From the late 1920s Banks worked in England and made several
appearances in sound films. However, his accent proved to be something
of an obstacle. He therefore decided, after 1930, to concentrate on
directing and producing. He helmed four features starring the popular
entertainer Gracie Fields, who became his
second wife in 1940. In 1935 he directed a well-received
George Formby comedy,
No Limit (1935), about the TT motorcycle
races on the Isle of Man, which were shot on location there.
With the outbreak of World War II Banks--being an Italian citizen--would
have faced internment in England as an enemy alien. He therefore deemed
it necessary to flee to Canada, and from there to the neutral United
States. He eventually obtained American citizenship, for which he had
applied years earlier, but had forgotten to submit the necessary
paperwork. Back in Hollywood he ended up at 20th Century-Fox,
directing Stan Laurel and
Oliver Hardy in
Great Guns (1941), arguably one of
their lesser efforts.
Banks died of a heart attack during a trip through Italy in January
1950, aged just 52. Sadly, the majority of his one- and two-reelers are
now considered lost films. As a result, his status as a leading comic
of the silent screen may have somewhat diminished--except, perhaps, in
his home town of Cesena, where a foundation was established in his
honor (the "Aula Didattica Monty Banks"), offering students "practical
courses on experimental aspects of video production".- Chiara Baschetti was born on 28 March 1987 in Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She is an actress, known for Medici (2016), Conversazioni con altre donne (2023) and Blanca (2021).
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Andrea Delogu was born on 23 May 1982 in Cesena, Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She is an actress, known for I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust and Love You) (2008), Divorzio a Las Vegas (2020) and Nel bagno delle donne (2020). She was previously married to Francesco Montanari.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Gaby Sylvia was born on 24 March 1920 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was an actress, known for Au théâtre ce soir (1966), Bonsoir mesdames, bonsoir messieurs (1944) and The Three Musketeers (1959). She died on 26 July 1980 in Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.- Marco Pantani was one of the most important cyclist of the last ten
year, he was the only one, with other five cyclists, to win in the same
year, 1998, Il giro d'Italia and the tour the France. His career was
studded by many accidents and unlucky races and with many doping
problems, while he was winning the Giro in 1999 he was expelled from
the race after the failure of anti-doping test. But he was very beloved
by the people and cycling fans expecially when he won mountain races.
After a stay in a clinic because he suffered from a depression
syndrome, he was found dead in a little residence in Rimini, probably
from abuse of anti-depressive medicine. - Linda Gennari was born on 7 July 1976 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She is an actress, known for Still Life (2007), Don Matteo (2000) and Lettere dalla Sicilia (2006).
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Producer of such films as Life Is Beautiful (1997), Pinocchio (2002) and The Tiger and the Snow (2005)), Gianluigi Braschi was born in Cesena, Italy.
In 1994 he co-founded the production company Melampo with his sister, actress Nicoletta Braschi and his brother-in-law, filmmaker Roberto Benigni.
Gianluigi Braschi died in Milan, Italy on October 23, 2008 at age 45.- Cinematographer
- Director
- Writer
Paolo Santolini was born on 14 May 1963 in Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Back Home Tomorrow (2008), Uomini soli (2012) and As It Is on Earth (2018).- Stefano Bettarini was born on 6 February 1972 in Forlì, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was previously married to Simona Ventura.
- Director
- Writer
Luciano Manuzzi was born on 26 January 1952 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Fuori stagione (1980), Sabato italiano (1992) and Sconcerto Rock (1982).- Alice Palazzi was born on 22 December 1979 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She is an actress, known for Pandemia (2012), Notturno bus (2007) and Letto numero 6 (2019).
- Franco Mescolini was born on 26 July 1944 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), Pinocchio (2002) and The Monster (1994). He died on 12 April 2017 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Writer
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Aurelio Chiesa was born in 1947 in Cesena, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Bim Bum Bam (1981), Luci lontane (1987) and Una botta di vita (1988).- Daniele Mazza is a film composer based in Rimini, Italy.
He started his career as music composer, producer and pianist for the band Ancient Bards, a symphonic metal band with a strong film score components. Distribuited worldwide, the band got a very good success all around the world.
At the same time Daniele studied every aspect of film music and cinema enrolling at Music Compositon for Cinema and Videogames degree course in Rome.
In 2019 he worked for several commercials and theatrical productions. In 2020 he collaborated at the sound design and music for a TV serie. - Producer
- Writer
- Sound Department
Alessandro Mini was born on 14 April 1978 in Cesena, Italy. He is a producer and writer, known for The Nowhere Room Based on My Mother's True Story (2012), Something Different (2011) and Black Mask (2012).- Maurizio Pistocchi was born on 14 April 1956 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Gian Piero Brunetta was born on 20 May 1942 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He is a writer, known for Splendor (1989), Maria Denis, la fidanzata d'Italia (2005) and L'uomo con la macchina da presa II (2010).- Director
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Raffaele Passerini worked as a 1st AD and Producer in several Indies films and documentaries in the US and EU.
As a Writer-Director, he signed the international awarded short movies "The Nurse" and "The Birdman".
"The Prince of Ostia Bronx" is his first feature documentary, winner, among others, of three of the most prestigious prizes at the Biografilm Festival in Bologna in 2017.- Actor
- Writer
Maurizio Ferrini was born on 12 April 1953 in Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Saremo felici (1989), Compagni di scuola (1988) and Urban Animals (1987).- Alessandro Fattori was born on 4 January 1995 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He is an actor, known for Dragonero - I paladini (2022).
- Additional Crew
Alberto Sughi was born on 5 October 1928 in Cesena, Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy [now Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy]. He is known for La terrazza (1980). He died on 31 March 2012 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.- Azeglio Vicini was born on 20 March 1933 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He died on 30 January 2018 in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.