Gianluca Testa
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Gianluca Testa (born March 2, 1982) is an Italian actor, director and singer-songwriter.
Biography
Gianluca Testa began his acting career in theatre productions and independent cinema. In theatre he worked with Giuliano Vasilicò and Gruppo di Ricerca e Progettazione Teatrale, starring the role of San Giovanni in Dal Vangelo secondo Giovanni for three years[1] and worked with Giancarlo Nanni and Teatro Vascello in Rome since 2006 to 2009.[2] In 2006 he appeared in the official music video for Raf (singer) in the song Dimentica. In 2008, he starred as Mirko Bertolini in the miniseries Rex[3][4][5] on Rai 1 and as Francesco Ticconi in the television series Carabinieri on Canale 5. In 2009 he starred as main character in the movie Mad in italy, distributed in the US,[6][7][8] and in Symphony in Blood Red, distributed in Germany. In 2010 he starred as Brenno in the movie Pipi Room, directed by Jerry Calà,[9] and in Calibro 10, with Franco Nero. In the same year he starred the role of Syd Barrett in the musical Syd l'altra faccia della luna[10] and directed the short film Fagiolino e il cavaliere[11][12] under the patronage of Molise. In 2014, Gianluca Testa wrote and directed the short film Banza Kiri! starred by Aurora Ruffino.[13][14] Since 2002 he directs many commercials and music videos for Video Italia and MTV. He works also as trainer in the field of self-help[15][16] and acting coach.[17] In 2020 Testa released his studio album Nomade digitale[18][19]
Selected filmography
Films
- Pipi Room, directed by Jerry Calà (2011)
- Calibro 10 (2010)
- Mad in Italy(2009)
- Symphony in Blood Red(2009)
Television
- Rex (2008, miniseries)
- Carabinieri (2008, television series)
Music Videos
- Dimentica by Raf (singer) (2006)
Short films
- Banza Kiri!, screenwriter and director (2014)
- Fagiolino e il cavaliere, screenwriter and director (2010)
Selected discography
- 2002 – L'inesprimibile sogno di Giada
- 2006 – Le canzoni del mondo di Oz
- 2020 – Nomade digitale
References
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "It's an ugly game of cat and mouse 'Mad In Italy' – movie review". Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
- ^ "Gianluca Testa: nuovo volto dell'horror Made in Italy"
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- ^ "Registi emergenti: Fagiolino e il cavaliere di Gianluca Testa"
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- ^ http://www.riff.it/scheda-film/?id=9596
- ^ http://www.imoviezmagazine.it/arriva-banza-kiri-il-reality-diabolico-gianluca-testa/
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