Rodrigo Lopresti

Rodrigo Lopresti was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the youngest of two children. Lopresti grew up in Miami, Florida. He graduated Miami Beach Senior High in 1995. Lopresti became the singer and guitar player of a surf-punk band called Garlands Room{{cite web|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1997-10-16/music/the-young-and-the-rockless|title=The Young and the Rockless|first=Larry|last=Boytano|date=16 October 1997|publisher=}} in 1994. He released an album two years later under the name The Hermitt. He played most of the instruments in the 2003 release titled & The Story of the Insects. Lopresti is also a painter.

Lopresti got his start with a small role in the movie Dark Voices (2001), and since has appeared in several TV shows, Web Shorts, and commercials. He's also appeared in several movies, including Delirious and The Imperialists Are Still Alive!. His band, The Hermitt and two songs he wrote were featured in the film Last Days.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0520265/|title=Rodrigo Lopresti|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-08-29}}{{RS|date=August 2022}} Lopresti won a 2006 Best Short Film Award at the Charlotte Film Festival for the film Lucia,{{Cite web |title=2006 Winners |url=http://www.charlottefilmfestival.org/2006/2006winners.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173025/http://www.charlottefilmfestival.org/2006/2006winners.htm It's not in this archive page |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2009-06-14 |website=Charlotte Film Festival}}{{Dead url|date=March 2025}} which he directed and played the lead role.http://candelacreativegroup.com/v1/home.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} He also directed and starred in You're Gonna Feel Funny After, a short film written by Noah Buschel

In 2011 he co-wrote, co-directed and starred in i'm not me, his first feature as a director, which was selected as part of the IFP lab of 2010 and Wroclaw's Gotham In Progress 11 projects of 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/wroclaws-gotham-in-progress-selects-11-projects/5033649.article|title=Wroclaw's Gotham In Progress selects 11 projects|publisher=}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1367300/|title=You're Gonna Feel Funny After|date=20 February 2009 |website=IMDb}}{{RS|date=August 2022}} He's also had roles in Bringing Rain, The Missing Person, and Neal Cassady.

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = The Hermitt

| image = The_hermitt.jpg

| caption = The Hermitt.
L-R: Rodrigo Lopresti, Patrick Galligan, Kevin Brady

| background = group_or_band

| origin = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| genre = rap, alternative hip hop, indie folk

| label = Devious Semantics

| website = {{URL|http://www.myspace.com/thehermitt}}

| current_members = Rodrigo Lopresti

| past_members = Kevin Brady
Patrick Galligan

}}

Lopresti built a recording studio in a tiny windowless closet of a Brooklyn apartment he shared with Francis Benhamou. Lopresti recorded, arranged and mastered 14 songs into a Korg digital 8-track device. In 2003, "& The Story of The Insects" was born. He released the album under Devious Semantics, a record label he co-founded with Kevin Brady and Tyler Fenio.

Lopresti played most of the instruments on the album and designed the cover artwork. Ryan Donowho played drums on "& Calistos Curse." and Patrick Galligan on “I-Mold”, “A Pointless Ride”, “The Man Behind The Mask”, and “El Rostro Impenetrable”.

Gus Van Sant featured two songs, "Seen as None," and "Pointless Ride," on the soundtrack for his 2005 movie "Last Days." The Hermitt band, featuring Kevin Brady on bass and Patrick Galligan on drums, was the band playing at a bar{{Cite web|url=https://www.last.fm/music/The+Hermitt|title=The Hermitt music, videos, stats, and photos|website=Last.fm|accessdate=11 September 2020}} in the Last Days movie.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403217/soundtrack|title=Last Days (2005)|accessdate=11 September 2020|website=IMDb.com}}

The band has not performed live since 2008.

• The Alchis EP
• Sessions in Pagoda EP
• The Hermitt & the Story of the Insects LP

• [http://cdbaby.com/cd/hermitt Review of The Hermitt "& The Story of The Insects." with downloadable samples of their songs"]
• [http://www.last.fm/music/The+Hermitt#shoutbox Last.fm]

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Category:1976 births

Category:American male actors

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