JULY 24
BIOGRAPHY:
Edoardo Leo made his debut in 1995 in a film called La luna rubata by Gianfranco Albano. However his debut on the big screen came with La classe non è acqua by Cecilia Calvi in 1997.
Between 2003 and 2004 he made an appearance in TV show Un medico in famiglia. Amongst his many works as an actor there is Operazione Odissea (1999), the action movie Blindati. Gente di Roma by Ettore Scola, Ho sposato un calciatore, Caterina e le sue figlie 2, Romanzo criminale - the series, I Cesaroni 3, Crimini 2, Il signore della truffa, Dov'è mia figlia by Monica Vullo.
In 2009 Edoardo decided to move on the other side of the camera and made his directorial debut in the drama Diciotto anni dopo which he also wrote and in which he acted. The film received a Silver Ribbon nomination as well as a David di Donatello nomination, and ended up winning many awards all across the world.
In 2012 he was on stage with Ambra Angiolini in Ti ricordi di me? He also directed his second film Buongiorno papà which starred Raoul Bova and Marco Giallini. In 2014 he was the lead player in Sydney Sibilia's cult comedy Smetto quando voglio, for which he was got a David di Donatello nomination for best actor.
His third film as a director is set to open in 2015 and it is called Noi e la Giulia, based on the book "Giulia 1300 e altri miracoli”. It is about three disillusioned men devising a "plan B" in times of recession.