Leonardo Pieraccioni

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Leonardo Pieraccioni
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Born (1965-02-17) 17 February 1965 (age 59)
Florence, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film director
  • screenwriter
  • comedian
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

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

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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]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleActorDirectorWriterNotesRef.
1991 The Party's Over YesNoNo [1]
1993 Bonus malus YesNoNo
1994 Miracolo italiano YesNoNo
1995 The Graduates YesYesYes [1]
1996 The Cyclone YesYesYes [1] [6]
1997 Fireworks YesYesYes [1]
1998 Viola Kisses Everybody YesNoNoCameo role
Gunslinger's Revenge YesNoYes
1999 The Fish in Love YesYesYes
2001 The Prince and the Pirate YesYesYes
2003 Suddenly Paradise YesYesYesAlso producer [1]
2005 I Love You in Every Language in the World YesYesYes
2007 Manual of Love 2 YesNoNoUncredited cameo
A Beautiful Wife YesYesYes [1]
2009 Me and Marilyn YesYesYes [1]
2011 Finalmente la felicità YesYesYes [1]
2013 Un fantastico via vai YesYesYes [1]
2014 Tutta colpa di Freud NoNoStory
2015 Il professor Cenerentolo YesYesYes [1]
2018 Se son rose YesYesYes [1]
2022 Il sesso degli angeli YesYesYes [7]
2024 Pare parecchio Parigi YesYesYes [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "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. ↑ "Il Ciclone Pieraccioni". la Repubblica. 13 December 1996. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Pieraccioni in Pare parecchio Parigi. "Il mio film dedicato ai sognatori"". La Nazione . 30 December 2023.
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