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GIFFONI EXPERIENCE 2015 - 17.26 July

MARK RUFFALO

JULY 18

BIOGRAPHY:

Mark Ruffalo, the acclaimed American actor and director whose work includes highly praised turns in The Avengers, Foxcatcher, Zodiac, Shutter Island, Begin Again and The Kids Are All Right, is set to make an appearance at the 45th edition of the Giffoni Experience, July 17 - 26 in Giffoni Valle Piana (SA).

The american actor will arrive in Giffoni to meet the Festival’s young international jurors and to receive the Giffoni Experience Award. Ruffalo, a two–time academy award nominee in 2011 and 2015 for The Kids Are All Right and Foxcatcher respectively, is set to appear in a string of upcoming high-profile releases. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, the second installment of the superhero Marvel Comics franchise, Ruffalo will reprise his role as Bruce Banner/The Hulk.  In Spotlight he stars opposite Michael Keaton and Rachel McAdams in the true story of the massive child molestation scandal and cover-up that shook the Catholic Church to its core. Finally, in 2016 Ruffalo will star in Now You See Me: The Second Act, the sequel to the 2013 hit Now You See Me, helmed by director Jon M. Chu and co-starring Michael Caine and Daniel Radcliffe. Ruffalo made his directorial debut in 2010 with the film Sympathy for Delicious, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. In addition to Ruffalo, the film starred Orlando Bloom, Juliette Lewis, and Laura Linney.

  • Filmography:

    Cinema
    A Song for You, directed by Ken Martin (1993)
    Mirror, Mirror II: Raven Dance, directed by Jimmy Lifton (1994)
    There Goes My Baby, directed by Floyd Mutrux (1994)
    Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur, directed by Rachel Gordon and Virginia Perfili (1995)
    A Gift from Heaven, directed by Jack Lucarelli (1995)
    The Dentist, directed by Brian Yuzna (1996)
    The Destiny of Marty Fine, directed by Michael Hacker (1996)
    Blood Money, directed by John Shepphird (1996)
    Safe Men, directed by John Hamburg (1998)
    54, directed by Mark Christopher (1998)
    A Fish in the Bathtub, directed by Joan Micklin Silver (1999)
    Ride with the Devil, directed by Ang Lee (1999)
    You Can Count on Me, directed by Kenneth Lonergan (2000)
    Committed, directed by Lisa Krueger (2000)
    Life/Drawing, directed by Dan Bootzin (2001)
    The Last Castle, directed by Rod Lurie (2001)
    Windtalkers, directed by John Woo (2002)
    XX/XY, directed by Austin Chick (2002)
    My Life Without Me, directed by Isabel Coixet (2003)
    View from the Top, directed by Bruno Barreto (2003)
    In the Cut, directed by Jane Campion (2003)
    We Don't Live Here Anymore, directed by John Curran (2004)
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, directed by Michel Gondry (2004)
    13 Going on 30, directed by Gary Winick (2004)
    Collateral, directed by Michael Mann (2004)
    Just Like Heaven, directed by Mark Waters (2005)
    Rumor Has It, directed by Rob Reiner (2005)
    All the King's Men, directed by Steven Zaillian (2006)
    Zodiac, directed by David Fincher (2007)
    Reservation Road, directed by Terry George (2007)
    Blindness, directed by Fernando Meirelles (2008)
    The Brothers Bloom, directed by Rian Johnson (2008)
    What Doesn't Kill You, directed by Brian Goodman (2008)
    Where the Wild Things Are, directed by Spike Jonze (2009)
    Shutter Island, directed by Martin Scorsese (2010)
    Date Night, directed by Shawn Levy (2010)
    Sympathy for Delicious, directed by Mark Ruffalo (2010)
    The Kids Are All Right, directed by Lisa Cholodenko (2010)
    Margaret, directed by Kenneth Lonergan (2011)
    The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon (2012)
    Thanks for Sharing, directed by Stuart Blumberg (2012)
    Iron Man 3, directed by Shane Black (2013) – cameo
    Now You See Me, directed by Louis Leterrier (2013)
    Begin Again, directed by John Carney (2013)
    Foxcatcher, directed by Bennett Miller (2014)
    Infinitely Polar Bear, directed by Maya Forbes (2014)
    Avengers: Age of Ultron, directed by Joss Whedon (2015)

    Television
    CBS Summer Playhouse – TV series, 1 episode (1989)
    Due South – TV series, 1 episode (1994)
    On the 2nd Day of Christmas – TV film, directed by James Frawley (1997)
    Houdini – TV movie, directed by Pen Densham (1998)
    The Beat – TV series, 8 episodes (2000)
    The Normal Heart – TV movie, directed by Ryan Murphy (2014)

    Director
    Sympathy for Delicious (2010)
    Boy Meets Girl, directed by Alrick Riley – TV miniseries (2009)
    Micro Men, directed by Saul Metzstein – TV film (2009)
    Sherlock – TV series, 9 episodes (2010-present)
    Fargo - TV series, 10 episodes (2014)
    The Eichmann Show – TV movie (2015)

    Doppiatore
    Pride, directed by John Downer – TV movie (2004)
    The Pirates! Band of Misfits, directed by Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt (2012)