Leonardo Pieraccioni

Leonardo Pieraccioni
Born	(1965-02-17) 17 February 1965 (age 60) Florence, Italy
Occupations	Actor film director screenwriter comedian
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Leonardo Pieraccioni (born 17 February 1965) is an Italian film director, actor, comedian, screenwriter and cabaret performer. ^[1]

Born in Florence, he made his directorial debut with The Graduates (1995). ^[1] In 1996 he directed his breakthrough film The Cyclone , which grossed 78 billion lire at the box office. ^{[2] [3]}

In 1998, he starred with Harvey Keitel and David Bowie in the western comedy Gunslinger's Revenge , directed by Giovanni Veronesi. ^[4]

Also a writer of short stories, his books include Trent'anni, alta, mora (1998), Tre mucche in cucina (2002) and A un passo dal cielo (2003). Pieraccioni has starred with Suzie Kennedy, the impersonator of Marilyn Monroe, in Me and Marilyn . ^[5]

He plays a priest performing an exorcism in the music video for Lucio Corsi's song "Volevo essere un duro". ^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Actor	Director	Writer	Notes	Ref.
1991	The Party's Over	Yes	No	No		[1]
1993	Bonus malus	Yes	No	No
1994	Miracolo italiano	Yes	No	No
1995	The Graduates	Yes	Yes	Yes		[1]
1996	The Cyclone	Yes	Yes	Yes		[1] [7]
1997	Fireworks	Yes	Yes	Yes		[1]
1998	Viola Kisses Everybody	Yes	No	No	Cameo role
	Gunslinger's Revenge	Yes	No	Yes
1999	The Fish in Love	Yes	Yes	Yes
2001	The Prince and the Pirate	Yes	Yes	Yes
2003	Suddenly Paradise	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also producer	[1]
2005	I Love You in Every Language in the World	Yes	Yes	Yes
2007	Manual of Love 2	Yes	No	No	Uncredited cameo
	A Beautiful Wife	Yes	Yes	Yes		[1]
2009	Me and Marilyn	Yes	Yes	Yes		[1]
2011	Finalmente la felicità	Yes	Yes	Yes		[1]
2013	Un fantastico via vai	Yes	Yes	Yes		[1]
2014	Blame Freud	No	No	Story
2015	Il professor Cenerentolo	Yes	Yes	Yes		[1]
2018	Se son rose	Yes	Yes	Yes		[1]
2022	Il sesso degli angeli	Yes	Yes	Yes		[8]
2024	Pare parecchio Parigi	Yes	Yes	Yes		[9]

References

1. "Pieraccioni, Leonardo". Treccani Encyclopedia . Retrieved 21 January 2020.
2. "E Il Ciclone, film record, va in tv". la Repubblica. 23 October 1999. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
3. "Vent'anni dopo Il Ciclone è un cult. Pieraccioni lo celebra tra Conti e Panariello". la Repubblica. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
4. George Kincad (24 June 2010). "Gunslinger's Revenge mini-review" . Retrieved 24 January 2020.
5. "Pieraccioni gira Io e Marilyn con Suzie Kennedy". CineBlog. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
6. De Salvo, Daniele (25 February 2025). "'Volevo essere un duro', il video di Lucio Corsi con Pieraccioni l'esorcista e papà Ceccherini: la (brutta) pagella di Carletto, a letto senza cena". Il Giorno (in Italian).
7. "Il Ciclone Pieraccioni". la Repubblica. 13 December 1996. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
8. "Il nuovo film di Pieraccioni, il set a Firenze. Ecco quando uscirà al cinema". Firenze Today (in Italian). 22 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
9. "Pieraccioni in Pare parecchio Parigi. "Il mio film dedicato ai sognatori"". La Nazione . 30 December 2023.

External links

• Leonardo Pieraccioni at IMDb