JULY 26 - MASTERCLASS CULT
Biography
Actor, director and photographer. Born in Naples on June 3, 1983. He attended for three years, with various didactic and theatrical experiences, the courses of the Laboratorio Teatro Permanente di Napoli, directed by Maria Benoni (assistant to Étienne Decroux). In 2002 he debuted on stage in "The Bear: A Joke in One Act" by Anton Cechov and "This Property Is Condemned" by Tennessee Williams under the direction of Maria Benoni. His stage career continued also with street performances and shows held in places far from classical theaters. Among these, the Nisida Juvenile Hall where he worked as a voluntary theater educator sharing shows with the young guests of the structure. He graduated in Lettere Moderne (Literature) with a specialization in Modern Philology at the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. Since 2010 he works as a photographer with the Neapolitan reporter Luciano Ferrara, taking care of the visual production of exhibitions, events, festivals and social themes with the associations Wine&foto and Tribunali 138. In 2004 he debuted in cinema with the film "Le conseguenze dell’amore" by Paolo Sorrentino. Again in cinema: "Dragonheart 5" directed by Ivan Silvestrini, "L’era legale" by Enrico Caria, "Mater Mediterranea" by Giuseppe Ferrara, "La tenerezza" by Gianni Amelio, "La parrucchiera" by Stefano Incerti. In television he took part in several series like "La Squadra", "Carabinieri 3", "Un Posto al Sole", "Squadra mobile 2", "Provaci ancora prof. 6". In the main cast of the TV series "Gomorrah - The Series season 3" directed by Claudio Cupellini and Francesca Comencini, and "Gomorrah - The Series season 4" directed by Francesca Comencini, Claudio Cupellini, Marco D'Amore, Enrico Rosati, Ciro Visco, in the role of Enzo, nicknamed “Sangue Blu” (Blue Blood), boss of the new group trying to gain control on the center of Naples. He continued his education attending workshops by directors and internatonal educators like Yves Lebreton, Marise Flach, Bruce Myers, Jos Houben, Anton Milenin, Matthew Lenton. He moves to London to go on with is studies at the Actors Centre, where he gets to know the work of Sinéad Rushe, Gari Jones and Anna Ledwich. Back from London, in 2013, he collaborates with the British director Mark Dunton taking to schools shows in English language like "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare and Dracula based on the book by Bram Stoker. In the same year he founded, together with director Ludovica Rambelli, his own theater company, "The Hats Company", staging William Shakespeare’s plays in original language with the rhythms of the “commedia all’italiana”, presenting in 2014, at the Festival di Benevento Città Spettacolo, "Wrong play, my lord!" from Hamlet and "Don’t say that name, please!" from Macbeth by William Shakespeare.
photo credits: ANNA MONACO