Fernando Scarpa | |
|---|---|
 Scarpa in 2006 | |
| Born | 10 December 1968 |
| Occupations |
|
Fernando Scarpa, AKA Fernando J. Scarpa, (born 10 December 1968 in Milan, Italy) is an international award-winning director and actor.
Fernando Scarpa | |
|---|---|
| Scarpa in 2006 | |
| Born | 10 December 1968 |
| Occupations |
|
Fernando Scarpa, AKA Fernando J. Scarpa, (born 10 December 1968 in Milan, Italy) is an international award-winning director and actor.
Fernando Scarpa is a graduate of the motion picture directing program at New School University of New York City. [1] Since 2011 he teaches the ‘Directing Movies/TV Workshop’ and the 'Advanced Directing Workshop' at UCLA Extension Entertainment Studies in Los Angeles. [1]
His debut short film, ‘Brothers’, won Best Short, Best Screenplay and Best Directorial Debut Awards at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival in Los Angeles and New York in 2006. [2] In 2013 he produced together with Marco Beltrami the short movie ‘Band’, directed by Coleman Beltrami. [3] In 2014 he wrote and directed ‘Doradus’, a short mystery drama on a modern ghost story. [4] Fernando described it as a possible pilot episode for a TV series. [5]
‘Doradus’, was nominated as 'Best Short' [6] and was part of the Opening Night at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival on June 25, 2014. [7] The movie had its West Coast Premier as Official Selection at the Downtown Film Festival of Los Angeles on July 12, 2014, [8] and it was screened at the Los Angeles Fear and Fantasy Film Festival in September 2014. [9] Doradus played at the Raleigh Studio in Hollywood as a part of the International Family Film Festival [10] and won Honorable Mention at the Hollywood & Vine Film Festival. [11] At the Hollyshorts Film Festival, held at the TLC Chinese Theater in Hollywood, the movie won the Audience Choice Award 2014. [12]
In 2015 Fernando released 'Compound 147' written and directed by Coleman Beltrami, [13] and two episodes of the 30-min comedy/drama series for TV ‘Jay ROCCO’, written and directed by himself. Both ‘Doradus’ and ‘Jay ROCCO’ are currently in further development for TV and theatrical. [14]
In 2016 ans 2017, along with the development of the feature movie ‘Galileo 1610’, based on a play he wrote and directed about the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei, [15] Fernando worked on the feature film ‘The Book of Ronnie’ (AKA 'Panther'), [16] a mystery drama where a modern bio-hacking conspiracy is powered by a revived ancient Egypt myth.
Fernando Scarpa studied dramatic art at the Silvio D'Amico academy in Rome. He began his career in theater in 1990 and has achieved extensive international recognition in Europe. In 1999, the European Oscar-nominated actor and director Klaus Maria Brandauer appointed Scarpa as Personal Assistant to the Burgtheater in Vienna. [5]
In 2001 to 2005, Scarpa directed his own theater in the historical cultural city of Wittenberg Germany, directing—among other works -- "Hamlet", "Faust", and "Luther", for which he received public and critical acclaim and was granted Federal public funding in 2004. [17] In addition, Scarpa served as the Artistic Supervisor for the Theater des Westens, Berlin for musical shows, and worked as a television director for both the national Italian station RaiUno and major German stations ZDF and SAT1. [1] In 2007, Scarpa directed the Musical stage play "Martin Luther King - the King of Love" at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin. [18]
In the United States, Scarpa continued his career in theater. In 2010, he directed 'The Memoirs of Dr. Q.’, a play written by Karen Maxwell and ‘Henry IV’, by Luigi Pirandello. In 2011, Scarpa directed ‘Italian Journey’, based on J.W. Goethe at the Rossellini Theater in Los Angeles. In 2012, Fernando wrote and directed ‘Galileo 1610’ the story of the magic winter of scientific discoveries by Italian scientist Galileo Galilei. For the Saban Theater in Los Angeles, Fernando directed a staged reading of the comedy ‘Intimations of Mortality’ written by Ivan Rothberg and Jeanne Grandilli. [1] In 2013, Scarpa starred as an actor in the role of Paolo in the comedy ‘Luigi’ written by Louise Munson and directed by Annie McVey, which opened at the VS Theater in Los Angeles. In 2014, Fernando directed William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, [19] at the Rossellini Theater in Los Angeles.
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini is an Italian-American actress. The daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted for her successful tenure as a Lancôme model and an established career in American and European cinema. She has received nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Killer of Sheep is a 1978 American drama film edited, filmed, written, produced, and directed by Charles Burnett. Shot primarily in 1972 and 1973, it was originally submitted by Burnett to the UCLA School of Film in 1977 as his Master of Fine Arts thesis. It features Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, and Charles Bracy, among others, in acting roles.
Charles Burnett is an American film director, film producer, writer, editor, actor, photographer, and cinematographer. His most popular films include Killer of Sheep (1978), My Brother's Wedding (1983), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Glass Shield (1994), and Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007). He has been involved in other types of motion pictures including shorts, documentaries, and a TV series.
Mike J. Nichols is a producer, director, writer, and an American film editor originally from Illinois currently living and working in Los Angeles.
Pietro Scalia is an Italian-American film editor. He won the Best Film Editing award at the 64th Academy Awards for his work on the film JFK, sharing the award with Joe Hutshing, and at the 74th Academy Awards for Black Hawk Down.
Migdia Skarsgård Chinea-Varela is an American screenwriter and director She was a writer for the TV series Superboy, as well as for The Incredible Hulk, The Facts of Life, and Punky Brewster. She appeared in the second season of Sanford and Son as Maria Fuentes, the younger sister of Julio Fuentes, in the 1973 episode "Watts Side Story". She has written about theatre for the Los Angeles Times She lives in Glendale, California.
Brian Ralston is a composer and musician living in Los Angeles. Ralston is a 2020 Hollywood Music In Media Awards winner for his contemporary classical piece "I think I'm Quite Ready For Another Adventure" inspired by Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings 2nd age. Brian is a graduate of the University of Arizona and the USC Thornton School of Music Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program. Brian's latest film's are the 2022 Sci-Fi feature Silent River written and directed by Chris Chan Lee and the coming of age love drama About Him & Her directed by Ice Mrozek, produced by Independence Hall. Brian has also scored the 2017 drama Being Rose starring Cybill Shepherd, James Brolin and Pam Grier. In 2012 he scored the 20th Century Fox inspirational sports film Crooked Arrows, starring Brandon Routh, directed by Steve Rash. He has also composed music for the television series Angel and scores to the theatrical motion pictures 9/Tenths, directed by Bob Degus (Pleasantville) starring Gabrielle Anwar, Henry Ian Cusick and Dave Ortiz, the Magnolia Pictures teen heist movie Graduation directed by Mike Mayer and starring Adam Arkin, Shannon Lucio, Chris Marquette, Riley Smith and Chris Lowell, and the dramatic feature Don't Fade Away directed by Luke Kasdan, starring Beau Bridges, Mischa Barton and Ryan Kwanten.
Larry Frank Cedar is an American voice, film and television actor, best known as one of the players of the Children's Television Workshop mathematics show Square One TV on PBS from 1987 to 1994. He played Max, Alex the Butcher's assistant, in a series of commercials for Kroger in 1989. He is also known for playing Leon, the opium-addicted thief and faro dealer, in the acclaimed HBO series Deadwood.
Lamp At Midnight is a play that was written by Barrie Stavis, and first produced in 1947 at New Stages, New York. The play treats the 17th Century Galileo affair, which was a profound conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and Galileo Galilei over the interpretation of his astronomical observations using the newly invented telescope. By coincidence, Bertolt Brecht's play on the same theme, Life of Galileo, opened in New York just a few weeks before Lamp at Midnight. Some critics now consider Galileo to be a masterpiece, but in 1947 the New York Times reviewer, Brooks Atkinson, preferred Lamp at Midnight.
Alexandra Boyd is a British actress, director, screenwriter and producer. Her acting credits include Clarissa Mason in Coronation Street and Sarah Olmsted in Mr Holland's Opus. In recent years she has turned to screenwriting and film directing. She wrote and directed her debut feature Widow's Walk which debuted on Amazon Prime in December 2019.
Galileo is a 1975 British biographical film directed by Joseph Losey, about the 16th- and 17th-century scientist Galileo Galilei, whose astronomical observations with the newly invented telescope led to a profound conflict with the Roman Catholic Church. The film stars an ensemble cast, led by Topol, Georgia Brown, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, and Margaret Leighton.
Renzo Rossellini, also called Rossellini Jr., is an Italian film producer. He is the second son of costume designer Marcella de Marchis and film director Roberto Rossellini. Since 1964, he has produced 64 films.
The HollyShorts Film Festival is an annual Academy Awards-qualifying independent short film festival located in Hollywood, California.
Nora Kirkpatrick is an American actress, director, writer and musician.
Feodor Chin is an American actor, writer, and comedian from San Francisco, California. As an actor, he was classically trained at UCLA, the American Conservatory Theater, and has studied with renowned acting coach, Larry Moss. He was a Maude Night performer at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre for three seasons. TV credits include Big Little Lies, Good Trouble, American Auto, Pam & Tommy, Medical Police, Lethal Weapon, Jane the Virgin, The Affair, Speechless, and New Girl. Animation credits include the title role in Netflix's Uncle from Another World, Futurama, Marvel's Hit-Monkey and What If...?, and Cartoon Network's Regular Show. He is the voice of Zenyatta and Lee Sin in the hit video games, Overwatch / Overwatch 2 and League of Legends. He was a performer for the ABC Discovers Talent Showcase and a writer for the CBS Diversity Comedy Showcase.
Robin Russin is an American screenwriter, director, playwright, author and educator.
Fernando Grostein Andrade is a Brazilian filmmaker, director, producer, screenwriter, director of photography, and media entrepreneur. He is a columnist for VEJA magazine and the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo. His best-known work is the documentary Quebrando o Tabu, which discusses alternative policies to the War on Drugs and features former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso as well as former US presidents Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, infectologist Drauzio Varella and writer Paulo Coelho. In 2012, in partnership with Sun Dog Pictures, owned by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, the documentary was adapted into an international version which was narrated by actor Morgan Freeman. The project has spun off into the largest online platform in defense for human rights, with over 15 million followers between Facebook and Instagram.
Jerry Della Salla is an American stage and film actor.
Geoffrey Gould is an American actor of theater, film and television.
Summer-Joy "SJ" Main Muñoz is an American filmmaker primarily known for directing television and award-winning short films often of the Western genre or featuring Latino themes.