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- Giorgio Cantarini was born in Orvieto, Italy on April 12, 1992. He has lived in Rome and Paris. He made his cinema debut at just five years old in the role of Joshua in the film "La Vita è Bella" (Life is Beautiful) by Roberto Benigni, a role for which he won the Jackie Coogan Award (Young artist award of Hollywood), becoming the youngest winner of this award and the only Italian to do so. In 1999, sought after by Ridley Scott, he played a cameo role in the American Blockbuster movie "the Gladiator", winner of five Oscars. In the following years, he worked on two occasions for the American brand, Hallmark, firstly in the film "In Love and War" by John Kent Harrison, a film for American TV, and then in the popular Hallmark card commercial "Bicycle boy", which was used for several years. He took a break from the world of cinema to concentrate on his studies and sport, but during that time he still made guest appearances on Italian TV, both on the Italian RAI and Mediaset channels. In 2005 he took part in the TV program "Ballando con le Stelle", a RAI 1 primetime TV show conducted by Milly Carlucci. The program is an Italian adaptation of the "Strictly Come Dancing" BBC format talent show. In 2007, he returned to the big screen with the film "Il giorno, la notte. Poi l'alba" (Day, night. Then dawn) by Paolo Bianchini and "il mattino ha l'oro in bocca" (2008) by Francesco Patierno, starring Elio Germano, while in 2010 he was in the Italian TV series "Distretto di Polizia"(Police Precinct), produced by Mediaset's Canale 5. In 2012, Cantarini won a place at Rome's prestigious National School of Cinema (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia), graduating in 2014. After graduation, he was immediately cast in the lead role of the web series "AUS- adotta uno studente" (Adopt a Student), the first ever RAI web series, produced in collaboration with Premio Solinas. A move to Paris and a brief interlude in France to pursue professional openings was followed by a return to Italy and in 2015/2016 he performed, directed and produced Pinter's play for theater, "The Dumb Waiter", together with his friend and colleague, Miguel Gobbo Diaz, in Rome and Vicenza. In 2017, he played the lead role in "Il dottore dei pesci" (The fish doctor) by Susanna Della Sala, an Italo-American short film which was presented at numerous film festivals in Europe and Canada. At the beginning of 2018 he moved to New York for a period of study at the New York film Academy. In the same year, he was selected for the cast of "Lamborghini - the Legend", directed by Bobby Moresco (Academy Award winner for best screenplay for the film "Crash"), filmed in Italy and starring Antonio Banderas and Alec Baldwin.
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Anna Rita Marchesini (Orvieto, November 19, 1953 - Orvieto, July 30, 2016) was an actress, comedy, voice actress, writer and Italian imitator. She was part of the trio with Massimo Lopez and Tullio Solenghi, who has worked continuously from 1983 to 1994 and is exceptionally reconstituted for the last time in 2008 - albeit for only three television evenings - to celebrate 25 years since the founding. After the dissolution of the Trio, the actress has continued its activities alongside Solenghi in the years 1994 - 1995, and then go alone the theater actress career.- Giancarlo Parretti was born in 1942 in Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. He is a producer, known for Orapronobis (1989), Bernadette (1988) and The Passion of Bernadette (1990).
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Iris Marga was born on 18 January 1901 in Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. She was an actress, known for Tararira (1936), Viaje sin regreso (1946) and Show Standard Electric (1965). She died on 28 December 1997 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Writer
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Ugo Moretti was born in 1917 in Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. He was a writer and actor, known for Captain from Toledo (1965), Paranoia (1969) and L'alcova (1985). He died on 11 January 1991 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Writer
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Luigi Barzini was born on 7 February 1874 in Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. He was a writer and actor, known for Per aver visto (1919), La fabbrica dell'imprevisto (1920) and La fabbrica dell'imprevisto (1942). He was married to Mantica Pesavento. He died on 6 September 1947 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Umberto Scarpelli was born on 25 May 1904 in Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. He was an assistant director and director, known for Bicycle Thieves (1948), The Giant of Metropolis (1961) and The Secret Conclave (1952). He died on 15 May 1980 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Director
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Paolo Grassini was born on 13 April 1954 in Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Roma-Paris-Barcelona (1989).- Visual Effects
Osvaldo Andreaus was born on 28 January 1986 in Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. He is known for Money Monster (2016), Run All Night (2015) and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018).