Hidalgo Serra

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Hidalgo Serra
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Born
Oviedo, Asturias
Education New York Film Academy
Occupation(s) Contemporary artist, musician, producer, actor, writer, director
Musical career
Genres Electronic
Years active1996–2012

Hidalgo Serra is a Spanish-Italian contemporary artist, actor, director, writer and music producer. He is the co-founder of Underdogs Animation Studio, and works there as a writer and director. [1] Together with Gianfranco Bortolotti and Silver Pozzoli, he was in the band Club House, which had singles reaching the top of the charts. Also, he is the member of the Estonian Film Directors Guild. [2] Currently, he lives in Rome, Italy, and is mainly focused on contemporary art.

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Life and career

Serra was born in Oviedo and has grown up between Italy and the United States, where he studied music at the Boston Berklee College of Music. He left the college after a few years to pursue the dream of becoming an actor. Prior to becoming an actor, he tried working in different fields, including composing soundtracks, producing dances, and writing and creating comic books which he did in New York City.

As a son of Enrico Serra, musician and orchestral composer, he began his career very early at the age of three, when he was introduced to some basic steps in music. During this period, he was offered a role in the movie Bim Bum Bam, directed by Aurelio Chiesa. After having some minor roles, he worked as a dance producer for five years. He also started DJing and he produced some remixes for artists Jimmy Somerville and Darlene Lewis. In 2009, he was involved in lot of different projects, ranging from Sanremo Music Festival to roles in TV fiction shows and sitcoms. During his career, he also worked as a model for Calvin Klein and Dolce & Gabbana.

From 2010, Serra is the director of the Underdogs Animation Studio, Estonian visual effects team established in 2007. Beside being the director, he is also involved in creative processes and he is one of the writers, producers and supervisors of the projects. One of the projects was creating 3D graphics for the movie Burn to Shine, directed by Marco Perego Saldana in 2016. [3] Also, they worked with Ubisoft on creating some of the Far Cry 3 characters. [4]

Music career

During his music career Serra worked with the artists and bands, creating the music, lyrics and remixes for them. Some of the artists and band are: Mauro Picotto, Gigi D'Agostino, Leone di Lernia, Cappella, Jimmy Somerville, Darlene Lewis, Mig 29, and Sharada House Gang. [5] He was also the member of Club House. [6] Below are listed some of the songs and albums Serra worked on.

ArtistTitleLabelYear
Jam 11For MeAries Records1992
Leone di Lernia I Can Make It [7] 1993
Kim Wilde Kids in America 1994 MCA Records 1994
Club House Living in the SunshineMedia Records1994
Sharada House GangKeep It Up (Jungle Mix)Media Records1994
Club HouseNowhere Land [8] Media Records1994
SchifferSleeping with the Snake [9] Signal1995
AxcelMystic Land RCA 1995
Jimmy Somerville Heartbeat (Mars Plastic Mix) London Records 1995
Cappella War in Heaven [10] Cutting Edge 1996
CappellaBack in Your Life [11] Cutting Edge1996
Darlene LewisI Love the Way You Love MeKEY Records (12)1996
Sin City (feat. Bogus Brothers)Could You Be LoveZAC Records1997
House BamEverywhereHpower Records1999
CappellaBack in Your Life ZYX Music 2006

Filmography

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References

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  2. ↑ "Eesti Kinoliit + Liikmed". kinoliit.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Ratt, Kadri (18 May 2011). "Eesti näitlejad puhuvad välismaise 3D animafilmi tegelastele eluvaimu sisse". kultuur.postimees.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Underdogs Animation Studio". underdogs.ee. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "uk-charts.com – Hidalgo Serra". uk-charts.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "The Hit Squad Nightclubbing (Ronco, 1983)". A Pop Fan's Dream. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Leone di Lernia – I Can Make It". uk-charts.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Nowhere Land [Radio Edit Mix]". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Sleeping With the Snake [Teutonic Mix] – Schiffer". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "Cappella – War in Heaven (Song)". uk-charts.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Cappella – Back in Your Life (Song)". uk-charts.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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