FRANCESCO APOLLONI

JULY 15th

BIOGRAPHY

FRANCESCO APOLLONI was born and lives in Rome. He is a multi-hyphened artist, director, writer, reporter, actor and producer. He studied acting in Italy and then went on to continue at The Actors Studio in Los Angeles. He has written and directed numerous stage plays, written novels, made documentaries, shorts and feature films. Many of his films have participated at Film Festivals and have been praised by critics and audiences alike. He has also made social campaigns against drug addiction and for cancer research. He also co starred in box office hits in Italy such as “Scusa ma ti chiamo amore” and “Scusa ma ti voglio sposare”. He also featured in “Third Person directed by Academy Award winner Paul Haggis, alongside Adrien Brody. Amongst his other credits “Tutta colpa di Freud” by Paolo Genovese, “Ovunque tu sarai by Roberto Capucci with Ricky Memphis, Francesco Montanari and Primo Reggiani.

  • Filmography:

    DIRECTOR
    Leonard Street - short film (1998)
    La verità vi prego sull'amore (2001)
    Note Bianche - short film (2004)
    Fate come noi (2004)
    Di me cosa ne sai, by Francesco Apolloni, Giulio Manfredonia and Valerio Jalongo (2009) - documentary
    Un Sueno a Mitad, by Francesco Apolloni (2011) 

    SCREENPLAY
    Leonard Street (1998)
    Distretto di Polizia (2000)
    La verità vi prego sull'amore (2001)
    Fate come noi (2004)
    Ovunque tu sarai (2016)
    La prova (2016)
    Malati di sesso (2017)

    ACTOR
    Classe di ferro (1989) - TV Series
    Il tuffo, by Massimo Martella (1993)
    La caccia, il cacciatore, la preda, by Andrea Marzani (1995)
    Terra di mezzo, by Matteo Garrone (1996)
    Laura non c'è, by Antonio Bonifacio (1998)
    Leonard Street, by Francesco Apolloni (1998) - short film
    Pazzo d'amore, by Luciano Caldore and Mariano Laurenti (1999)
    Turbo, by Antonio Bonifacio (1999) - TV Miniseries
    Una vita non violenta, by David Emmer (1999)
    Estate romana, by Matteo Garrone (2000)
    Un altr'anno e poi cresco, by Federico Di Cicilia (2001)
    La verità vi prego sull'amore, by Francesco Apolloni (2001)
    Rino Gaetano - Ma il cielo è sempre più blu, by Marco Turco (2007) - TV Miniseries
    Altromondo, by Fabio Massimo Lozzi (2008)
    Scusa ma ti chiamo amore, by Federico Moccia (2008)
    Amiche mie, by Paolo Genovese and Luca Miniero (2008) - TV Miniseries
    Postcards from Rome, by Giulio Base (2008) - docufiction
    Don Matteo 6 - Episode: Crisi sentimentale, by Giulio Base (2008) - TV Series
    Feisbum! Il film - Episodio: Angelo azzurro reloaded, by Serafino Murri (2009)
    Scusa ma ti voglio sposare, by Federico Moccia (2010)
    Per sfortuna che ci sei, by Alessio Federici (2012)
    I sogni delle ragazze, by Mirca Viola (2012)
    Third Person, by Paul Haggis (2013)
    Punto di Vista, by Matteo Petrelli (2015) - short film
    Timeline, by Patrizio Trecca (2015) - webseries
    Numero 10, by Patrizio Trecca (2016) - short film
    Ovunque tu sarai, by Roberto Capucci (2016)
    Malati di sesso, by Claudio Cicconetti (2017)


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