Gianluca Testa
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Gianluca Testa (born March 2, 1982) is an Italian actor, director and singer-songwriter.
Biography[edit]
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[edit]
Films[edit]
- Pipi Room, directed by Jerry Calà (2011)
- Calibro 10 (2010)
- Mad in Italy(2009)
- Symphony in Blood Red(2009)
Television[edit]
- Rex (2008, miniseries)
- Carabinieri (2008, television series)
Music Videos
- Dimentica by Raf (singer) (2006)
Short films[edit]
- Banza Kiri!, screenwriter and director (2014)
- Fagiolino e il cavaliere, screenwriter and director (2010)
- La strategia del prigioniero, screenwriter and director (2019)
Selected discography[edit]
- 2002 – L'inesprimibile sogno di Giada
- 2006 – Le canzoni del mondo di Oz
- 2020 – Nomade digitale
References[edit]
- ^ "Dal Vangelo Secondo Giovanni".
- ^ "In Cammino per Oz al Teatro Vascello fino al 23 dicembre". November 11, 2007.
- ^ "La plume et le coeur - (S11E4) - Rex - Télé-Loisirs".
- ^ "FRANCE 3 - Programmes, vidéos et replay - Pluzz FRANCE 3".
- ^ "Programme TV - Rex - Saison 11 Episode 4".
- ^ "DOCTERROR.COM: IHW - Mad in Italy - (The Rise of the Italian Independent Horror Filmmakers Supplemental)". Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
- ^ "It's an ugly game of cat and mouse 'Mad In Italy' – movie review". Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
- ^ "Gianluca Testa: nuovo volto dell'horror Made in Italy"
- ^ "PIPI' ROOM regia di Jerry Calà con Serra Yilmaz, Dafne Barbieri, Gianluca Testa, Giovanni Montarone, FilmScoop.it vota e commenta film al cinema".
- ^ "Atri, musical "psichedelico" fa rivivere Syd Barret — Teramo Turismo".
- ^ "Registi emergenti: Fagiolino e il cavaliere di Gianluca Testa"
- ^ ""Popoli e Religioni Film Festival" - Terni 18-25 novembre".
- ^ "Scheda Film | RIFF". Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ "Imoviezmagazine.it".
- ^ "Accademia del Cinema Italiano - Premi David di Donatello". www.daviddidonatello.it. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9881666/ [user-generated source]
- ^ http://nursingup.toscana.it/resources/Formazione/programmazione-neurolinguistica.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Testimonianze". January 23, 2017.
- ^ "Dicono di Noi". October 7, 2017.
- ^ "Gianluca Testa - Nomade digitale".
- ^ "Gianluca Testa: "Nomade digitale" recensione".