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- Music Department
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After initial music training in his hometown, he began further studies at the Milan Conservatory under A. Bazzini and A. Ponchielli. In 1884 Puccini celebrated the performance of his first opera "Le Villi" in Milan. The success of the romantic piece earned him a contract with the publisher Giulio Ricordi. In 1989, his second, also romantic opera, "Edgar," was a failure. In contrast, "Manon Lescaut" was enthusiastically received by the Turin audience in 1893. The opera revealed Puccini's artistic touch for the first time. After this first masterpiece, the composer created "La Bohème", which premiered in 1896, a highly acclaimed piece that was internationally received as a prototype of Italian opera at the end of the 19th century. "Madame Butterfly" also became a success, first in Turin in 1904 and then worldwide. "La fanciulla del West" was performed in New York in 1910. Thanks to their outstanding originality, Puccini's operas founded a musical theater that conquered its place in international opera culture alongside those of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner and has retained it to this day. The master's final work remained unfinished.
Giacomo Puccini died on November 29, 1924 in Brussels. Shortly before that, the composer had been appointed to the Italian Senate. The opera "Turandot" was completed posthumously by the composer Franco Alfano and was first performed in Milan in 1926.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Luigi Boccherini was born on 19 February 1743 in Lucca, Republic of Lucca [now Tuscany, Italy]. He is known for Congo (1995), 2012 (2009) and Cruising (1980). He died on 28 May 1805 in Madrid, Spain.- Bruno Della Santina was born on 15 June 1904 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor, known for I Spy (1965), Pay or Die! (1960) and The Thin Man (1957). He died on 1 September 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Leonardo Pieroni was born in 1940 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor, known for Department S (1969), The Tomorrow People (1973) and Paul Temple (1969).
- Editor
- Director
- Writer
Basil Wrangell was born on 19 June 1906 in Ponte a Moriano, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He was an editor and director, known for The Good Earth (1937), South Seas Adventure (1958) and Midshipman Jack (1933). He was married to Vivienne Dulcoux. He died on 26 April 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Paola Diva was born on 12 July 1938 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. She was married to Roy D. Smith and Marco Pinna. She died on 22 December 2007 in Florida, USA.
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Editor
Gabriel Cash, born in Florence, soon become an artist-cartoonist and great fan of the American Movies. At the end of the High School he enters in the "Florence Fine Arts School" but almost immediately leaves his Academic Studies to approach directly the world of the Cinema. In the 90's with a VHS camcorder, a birthday gift of his mother , he made his first Horror movie, receiving good notices from friends and other movie-makers. In 2005 he made his first Indie Movie, "Red Mantis", a thriller inspired by the manga comics, which allows him to became nationally renewed. The year after, in 2006, he directs the Fantasy Movie "Destiny Angels", a dark love story that makes him to pursues his career as movie-maker. In 2007 he decided to move to Rome with his independent production Company, the "PYC Productions". He realizes several Music Videos, Short and Movies. Among the others one of the most popular is the fan-movie "Lupin III", which makes him well-known in Japan, and allows him to receives the congratulations by the Manga TV Series author. His latest Short Movie is "La Ragazza dagli occhi Verdi" He is actually developing the action thriller "BreakingTales" .- Writer
- Soundtrack
Francis Marion Crawford was born on 2 August 1854 in Bagni di Lucca, Grand Duchy of Tuscany [now Tuscany, Italy]. Francis Marion was a writer, known for Son of India (1931), The White Sister (1923) and The White Sister (1933). Francis Marion was married to Elizabeth Christophers Berdan. Francis Marion died on 9 April 1909 in Sorrento, Campania, Italy.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Matteo Pianezzi was born on 11 December 1981 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for Femminile Singolare (2022), La sceneggiatura (2006) and Smile (2011).- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Renato Serio was born on 5 October 1946 in Lucca, Italy. He is a composer, known for The Pumaman (1980), Jugando con la muerte (1982) and Savana: Violenza carnale (1979).- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Tommaso Terigi was born in 1991. He has attended a one year course at TECH Music School (London), where he developed his passion for cinema.
Later on he has enrolled at the Istituto Cinematografico Michelangelo Antonioni (ICMA), near Milan, where he graduated with a final note of 96/100. It was in thatoccasion that he could start working behind the camera by realizing some web productions with a team of friends. Since he became more and more interested in cinematography, he began working in many professional productions, at first as an electrician, and later as a camera assistant.
In 2014 he was the second director of photography of short film "Lerebete" - which was shot in Vieste, Apulia -, and the first director of photography of interactive short film "Il colloquio di lavoro", by Nicola Frigoli, and of medium-length film "Courbet - La tela dello scandalo", by Sandro Soldati. Moreover, together with Viola Folador he created the Lightman Productions, which allowed him to keep working as a director of photography and as a cameraman mainly for commercials, for instance "Paolo e il Tennis" and "Merci Generik!".
In 2015 he was both the director of photography and a cameraman in independent short film "#99" by Fabio Landi and in short film "Samuel" by Viola Folador for Confcommercio - Terziario Donna. By working for Moviechrome, a film production company, he could specialize in the use of professional cameras as RED Epic Dragon, Sony FS7, and Canon C300/500. With Moviechrome he had the occasion to be the cinematographer for the commercial "Ford Mustang" shot in Rome for the ATP Tennis World Tour. At the same time, he kept working as a camera assistant with directors of photography such as Michele D'Attanasio, who is a member of AIC (the Italian association of directors of photography).- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Carlo Lombardi was born on 2 January 1900 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for L'amore è come il sole (1969), Pride and Prejudice (1957) and Il ragazzo che sapeva amare (1967). He was married to Nella Maria Bonora. He died on 21 March 1984 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Leo Nomellini was born on 19 June 1924 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He died on 17 October 2000 in Stanford, California, USA.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Alfredo Catalani was born on 19 June 1854 in Lucca, Grand Duchy of Tuscany [now Tuscany, Italy]. He is known for Crimson Tide (1995), A Single Man (2009) and Philadelphia (1993). He died on 7 August 1893 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Enrico Ameri was born on 15 April 1926 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Last Minute (1987), Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? (1974) and In the Name of the Italian People (1971). He died on 7 April 2004 in Albano Laziale, Lazio, Italy.
- Lavinia Biagi was born on 22 August 1974 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. She is an actress, known for Made in Italy (2020), Deep in the Mirror (2011) and Don Matteo (2000).
- Paolo Del Debbio was born on 2 February 1958 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He is a writer, known for Dritto e rovescio (2019), Io, Vittorio Feltri (2020) and Mattino Cinque (2008).
- Amelia Amorosi was born on 4 April 1900 in Lucca, Italy. She was an actress, known for L'ultimo dei Bergerac (1934), Giallo club - Invito al poliziesco (1959) and Processo Karamazov (1961). She died on 21 May 1981 in Rome, Italy.
- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Nicola Savino was born on 14 November 1967 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Zootopia (2016), Festivalbar (1986) and Mi fido di te (2007). He has been married to Emanuela Suma since June 2009.- Actor
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ivan Della Mea was born on 16 October 1940 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Tepepa (1969), Marianne & Juliane (1981) and Mother's Heart (1969). He died on 13 June 2009 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Walter Grant was born on 16 July 1875 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor, known for L'assedio di Siracusa (1960), Più rosa che giallo (1962) and Carthage in Flames (1960). He died in 1963 in Rome, Italy.
- Renato Balestrero was born on 27 July 1898 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He died on 18 February 1948 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
- Mario Cipollini was born on 22 March 1967 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Massimo Di Stefano was born on 4 January 1976 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for Storia di un inganno (2013), Due sbirri per caso (2013) and Uno Strano Weekend al Mare (2022).- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Giorgio Fabbri was born on 28 January 1978 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He is a producer and writer, known for Dream of Me (2013), Watch Them Fall (2016) and Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi (2009).