Gianluca Testa

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

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
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "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.
  8. "Gianluca Testa: nuovo volto dell'horror Made in Italy"
  11. "Registi emergenti: Fagiolino e il cavaliere di Gianluca Testa"
  13. http://www.riff.it/scheda-film/?id=9596
  14. http://www.imoviezmagazine.it/arriva-banza-kiri-il-reality-diabolico-gianluca-testa/
  15. "Accademia del Cinema Italiano - Premi David di Donatello". www.daviddidonatello.it. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  16. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9881666/
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