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- Eduardo Ciannelli was born on the beautiful island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples, which is renowned for its thermal baths. His father, a physician, owned a health spa there and Eduardo briefly followed the same career path and studied medicine at the University of Naples, graduating as a fully qualified doctor. His calling, however, lay elsewhere. He first came to prominence as a leading baritone opera star, performing at La Scala and touring internationally. Then he reinvented himself as a dramatic actor of stage and screen, first in Europe, and, from 1919, in America.
He first performed on Broadway in the short-lived play 'Always You' (1920), then had better roles in 'Rose-Marie' (1924-1926), 'The Front Page' (1928-29, as Diamond Louis, establishing his stereotypical later screen persona) and 'Uncle Vanya' (1930,as Telegin). He reprised his stage role from 'Reunion in Vienna' (1931-32) in the MGM movie of 1933. With his heavily-lined face, piercing eyes and erudite Italian-accented manners, Ciannelli was soon cast as Italian gangsters (apparently, there was also some alleged resemblance to the infamous Lucky Luciano). One of his most celebrated roles was as Trock Estrella in Winterset (1936) (re-creating another previous stage performance), which the New York Times review of December 4 described as the film's 'most compelling characterization'. This set the pattern for many of Ciannelli's later efforts, such as the smooth, elegant racketeer Johnny Vanning in Marked Woman (1937) or Rockey in Law of the Underworld (1938). Other notable villains in his repertoire include the maniacal leader of the Kali sect in Gunga Din (1939) and the suave evil genius, titular villain in the Republic serial Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940).
Attempting to shake-off his typecast 'bad guy' image, Eduardo appeared as the jovial speakeasy proprietor Giono in Kitty Foyle (1940). Following that, his screen roles began to diminish. Changing his name to Edward Ciannelli failed to re-ignite his career. In 1952, he returned to Italy to appear in continental co-productions, occasionally re-surfacing in Hollywood sword-and-sandal epics (Attila (1954),Helen of Troy (1956), Love Slaves of the Amazons (1957)). He also continued to portray Godfather-types in film (The Brotherhood (1968),Stiletto (1969)) and on television (Naked City,The Untouchables,I Spy). Among his last roles of note, one must include Houseboat (1958), as Arturo Zaccardi, and a recurring character part, jazz club owner Waldo, in the television series Johnny Staccato (1959). Eduardo died in Rome in October 1969 and is interred at the Cimitero Flaminio in Lazio. - Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Leonardo Di Costanzo was born in 1958 in Ischia, Naples, Campania, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for The Interval (2012), The Inner Cage (2021) and L'intrusa (2017).- Actor
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
A skilled businessman and accomplished entrepreneur, Romano first established the New York offices of Euro International Films in 1975. The in 1978, he joined forces with publishing giant Mondadori in the creation of Italy's first private television network. Marketing television and motion pictures led to producing and to the Romano library of broadcast material, for which he established Euramco Pictures. Euramco Pictures holds the distribution rights to a catalog of several well known classics that are available for purchase. Additionally, Euramco handles acquisition and foreign distribution of U.S. feature films, TV series, animated series and documentaries. Romano and Euramco Pictures were moving forces behind the founding of The American Film Marketing Association (AFMA) and MIFED.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Paolo Cellammare was born on 21 October 1980 in Ischia, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Nanowar of Steel: Norwegian Reggaeton (2019), Cotto & Frullato Z: The Crystal Gear (2017) and Cotto & frullato (2013).- Grazia Narciso was born on 21 April 1894 in Ischia, Naples, Campania, Italy. She was an actress, known for Madonna of the Desert (1948), Up Front (1951) and Dragstrip Girl (1957). She was married to Tito Vuolo. She died on 10 December 1967 in North Hollywood, California, USA.
- Location Management
- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Michelangelo Messina is a film organizer and a Location Manager for the Islands in the bay of Naples, Ischia, Procida and Capri. A lover of theater and cinema. Born in Ischia, after his studies between Italy and New York has lived for several years in Germany. He set up several theater productions between Ischia and Rome until 1992 and made an active contribution to all the film and television productions which took place in the islands of the Bay of Naples. From 1996 he began to work in film as a location manager and director of production. He assisted several film productions both Italian and international. It is from this background that after a few years and substantial research into the area that in 2003 the idea of creating a festival dedicated to locations came to fruition. After the first 2 editions of the Ischia Film Festival, which immediately caught the attention of the press and the institutions active in the sector, he also decided to create a market dedicated to the relationship between film productions and their "locations". He then became general manager of the International Movie Tourism Exchange (BICT) which today represents the only European market dedicated to this market sector.- Cocciardo Eduardo was born on 17 October 1975 in Ischia, Naples, Campania, Italy. He is a writer, known for The Offline (2022).
- Clara Coppola was born in 1940 in Ischia, Italy. She is an actress, known for Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) and Miss Universe 1958 (1958).
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Nives Poli was born on 1 November 1915 in Isle of Ischia, Italy. She was an actress, known for Regina della Scala (1937), Mad About Opera (1948) and Arcobaleno (1943). She died in 1999 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.