Edoardo Gabbriellini
{{Short description|Italian actor, screenwriter, and director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|16 July 1975}}
| birth_place = Livorno, Italy
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| occupation = Actor
Director
Screenwriter
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Edoardo Gabbriellini (born 16 July 1975) is an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director.
Life and career
Born in Livorno, at 18 years old Gabbriellini was chosen by Paolo Virzì to star in his film Ovosodo. For his performance he won the Pasinetti Award for best actor at the 54th edition of the Venice International Film Festival, and subsequently left his studies to devote himself to acting.{{cite news|last1=Giulia Zeni|title=Edoardo Gabbriellini. Dalla facoltà di lettere a Virzì: così i primi passi|url=http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=19292|work=MyMovies|accessdate=11 May 2016}}
After directing the music video for the song "Tre parole" by Valeria Rossi, Gabbriellini made his feature film directorial debut in 2003 with the comedy-drama B.B. e il cormorano, which was screened in the International Critics' Week section of the Cannes Film Festival.{{cite news|last1=Paolo D'Agostini|title=Mario, idraulico artista che sogna gli Stati Uniti|url=http://www.repubblica.it/online/cinema_recensioni/cormorano/cormorano/cormorano.html|accessdate=21 May 2016|work=La Repubblica|date=24 May 2003}}
His third feature film Holiday premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.{{cite web
| url =https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/447554/
| title =Toronto unveils the rich line-up of its Centrepiece programme
| last =Lazic
| first =Elena
| date =2023-08-14
| publisher =Cineuropa
| access-date =2023-09-22}} The film is about a 20-year-old girl who is cleared of murder charges and reunites with her best friend, still being haunted by the visions of a brutal death of her mother and her boyfriend.{{cite web
| url =https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/450105/
| title =Edoardo Gabbriellini • Director of Holiday
| last =De Marco
| first =Camillo
| date =2023-09-21
| publisher =Cineuropa
| access-date =2023-09-22}}{{cite web
| url =https://www.ciakmagazine.it/festival/al-toronto-film-festival-2023-la-premiere-di-holiday-di-edoardo-gabbriellini/
| title =Al Toronto Film Festival 2023 la première di Holiday, di Edoardo Gabbriellini
| last =Pasquini
| first =Mattia
| date =2023-08-11
| publisher =CIAK
| access-date =2023-09-22}}
Filmography
=Films=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role(s) !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
1997
|Piero Mansani | |
1999
|Alessio Bacci | |
rowspan="2"|2003
|B.B. e il cormorano |Mario | |
Now or Never
|Luca | |
2007
|Luca | |
rowspan="2"|2008
|The Early Bird Catches the Worm |Gianfranco Monti | |
Your Whole Life Ahead of You
|Roberto | |
2009
|Antonio Biscaglia | |
2010
|Edo | |
2011
|Saguatti | |
2014
|Roberto | |
2015
|Ivo | |
2020
|Romantic Guide to Lost Places |Cristian | |
=Television=
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!scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role(s) !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
2006
|Giulio Bartali |Television movie |
2008–2009
|Filippo |Recurring role |
2009
|Natalino Mele |Episode: "Episode 2" |
=As a director=
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2003
|B.B. e il cormorano |Directing debut |
2012
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2016
|Dov'è Mario | |
2019
|Kemp |Documentary about Lindsay Kemp |
2023
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References
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Category:Italian film directors
Category:Italian screenwriters
Category:Italian male screenwriters
Category:20th-century Italian people
Category:Italian male film actors