Gianluca Testa Explained
Gianluca Testa (born March 2, 1982) is an Italian actor, director and singer-songwriter.
Biography
Gianluca Testa began his acting career in theatre productions and independent cinema. In theatre he worked with Giuliano Vasilicò and Gruppo di Ricerca e Progettazione Teatrale, starring the role of San Giovanni in Dal Vangelo secondo Giovanni for three years[1] and worked with Giancarlo Nanni and Teatro Vascello in Rome since 2006 to 2009.[2] In 2006 he appeared in the official music video for Raf (singer) in the song Dimentica. In 2008, he starred as Mirko Bertolini in the miniseries Rex[3] [4] [5] on Rai 1 and as Francesco Ticconi in the television series Carabinieri on Canale 5. In 2009 he starred as main character in the movie Mad in italy, distributed in the US,[6] [7] [8] and in Symphony in Blood Red, distributed in Germany. In 2010 he starred as Brenno in the movie Pipi Room, directed by Jerry Calà,[9] and in Calibro 10, with Franco Nero. In the same year he starred the role of Syd Barrett in the musical Syd l'altra faccia della luna[10] and directed the short film Fagiolino e il cavaliere[11] [12] under the patronage of Molise. In 2014, Gianluca Testa wrote and directed the short film Banza Kiri! starred by Aurora Ruffino.[13] [14] In 2019, Gianluca Testa wrote and directed the short film La strategia del prigioniero starred by Daniele Marcheggiani, Anca Mariana Doncilà, Roberta Valdes.[15] [16] Since 2002 he directs many commercials and music videos for Video Italia and MTV. He works also as trainer in the field of self-help[17] [18] and acting coach.[19] In 2020 Testa released his studio album Nomade digitale[20] [21]
Selected filmography
Films
- Pipi Room, directed by Jerry Calà (2011)
- Calibro 10 (2010)
- Mad in Italy(2009)
- Symphony in Blood Red(2009)
Television
- Rex (2008, miniseries)
- Carabinieri (2008, television series)
Music Videos
Short films
- Banza Kiri!, screenwriter and director (2014)
- Fagiolino e il cavaliere, screenwriter and director (2010)
- La strategia del prigioniero, screenwriter and director (2019)
Selected discography
- 2002 – L'inesprimibile sogno di Giada
- 2006 – Le canzoni del mondo di Oz
- 2020 – Nomade digitale
References
- Web site: Dal Vangelo Secondo Giovanni. February 22, 2017. October 30, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201030030245/http://www.federgat.it/iteatridelsacro/schede_programma/21_settembre_01.html. dead.
- Web site: In Cammino per Oz al Teatro Vascello fino al 23 dicembre. November 11, 2007.
- Web site: La plume et le coeur - (S11E4) - Rex - Télé-Loisirs.
- Web site: FRANCE 3 - Programmes, vidéos et replay - Pluzz FRANCE 3.
- Web site: Programme TV - Rex - Saison 11 Episode 4.
- Web site: DOCTERROR.COM: IHW - Mad in Italy - (The Rise of the Italian Independent Horror Filmmakers Supplemental) . February 18, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170222113855/http://www.docterror.com/2014/07/ihw-mad-in-italy-rise-of-italian.html#.WKzk6GThDVr . February 22, 2017 . dead .
- Web site: It's an ugly game of cat and mouse 'Mad In Italy' – movie review . February 18, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170219023351/https://horrormoviesuncut.com/2014/08/07/its-an-ugly-game-of-cat-and-mouse-mad-in-italy-movie-review/#more-6294 . February 19, 2017 . dead .
- http://www.imoviezmagazine.it/gianluca-testa-nuovo-volto-dell-horror-mad-e-in-italy/ "Gianluca Testa: nuovo volto dell'horror Made in Italy"
- Web site: PIPI' ROOM regia di Jerry Calà con Serra Yilmaz, Dafne Barbieri, Gianluca Testa, Giovanni Montarone, FilmScoop.it vota e commenta film al cinema.
- Web site: Atri, musical "psichedelico" fa rivivere Syd Barret — Teramo Turismo.
- http://cinemio.it/film-italiani/gianluca-testa-intervista/21880/ "Registi emergenti: Fagiolino e il cavaliere di Gianluca Testa"
- Web site: "Popoli e Religioni Film Festival" - Terni 18-25 novembre.
- Web site: Scheda Film | RIFF . February 22, 2017 . February 22, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170222193905/http://www.riff.it/scheda-film/?id=9596 . dead .
- Web site: Imoviezmagazine.it .
- Web site: Accademia del Cinema Italiano - Premi David di Donatello. 2020-08-27. www.daviddidonatello.it.
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9881666/
- http://nursingup.toscana.it/resources/Formazione/programmazione-neurolinguistica.pdf
- Web site: Testimonianze . January 23, 2017 .
- Web site: Dicono di Noi . October 7, 2017 .
- Web site: Gianluca Testa - Nomade digitale .
- Web site: Gianluca Testa: "Nomade digitale" recensione .
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