Corrado Fortuna
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Born | Corrado Fortuna 31 March 1978 |
Occupation | Actor, director |
Years active | 2002–present |
Corrado Fortuna (born 31 March 1978) is an Italian actor and director.
Career[]
Born in Palermo, Fortuna debuted in 2002 with the title role in the film My Name Is Tanino, directed by Paolo Virzi, with whom he then worked as assistant director on the film Caterina in the Big City in 2003. In the same year, he played the title role in an autobiographical drama film that marked the directorial debut by singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, Lost Love. Thanks to his performance in My Name Is Tanino and Lost Love, in 2004 Fortuna won the "Guglielmo Biraghi" prize awarded by Italian Film Journalists Union. In the same year, he had a role in the film Alla luce del sole (the biography of Father Pino Puglisi, a priest murdered by the Mafia), directed by Roberto Faenza with Luca Zingaretti. In 2009 Fortuna returned to the cinema to star in Baaria, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. In 2012 he had a small role in the film To Rome with Love directed by Woody Allen. In 2014, he was among the lead actors in Scusate se esisto!, with Paola Cortellesi and Raul Bova. Over the years, he developed simultaneously his acting career and his work as a director of documentaries and video clips. In 2014 he published his first novel, , published by Baldini & Castoldi.
Cinema[]
- My Name Is Tanino, director Paolo Virzì (2002)
- Perduto amor, director Franco Battiato (2003)
- Caterina va in città (assistant director ), director Paolo Virzì (2003)
- Alla luce del sole, director Roberto Faenza (2004)
- , director Christian Bisceglia (2006)
- , director (2008)
- Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca, director (2008)
- , director (2008)
- , director Daniele Gangemi (2008)
- - Episodio: Maledetto tag, director Dino Giarrusso (2009)
- Viola di mare, director Donatella Maiorca (2009)
- Baarìa, director Giuseppe Tornatore (2009)
- I più grandi di tutti, director Carlo Virzì (2011)
- , director (2012)
- To Rome with Love, director Woody Allen (2012)
- Amiche da morire, director (2013)
- Il capitale umano, (assistant director) director Paolo Virzì (2013)
- , director (2014)
- Scusate se esisto!, director Riccardo Milani (2014)
- , director Dario Baldi (2016)
- , director (2016)
Television[]
- , director Riccardo Milani - Rai Uno (2005)
- , director - Rai Uno (2007)
- Tutti pazzi per amore, director Riccardo Milani e Laura Muscardin - Rai Uno (2008-2009)
- , director Riccardo Milani e Laura Muscardin - Rai Uno (2010)
- , director Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (2010)
- Mia madre, director Ricky Tognazzi - Rai Uno (2010)
- La nuova squadra - Spaccanapoli - Rai Tre (2011)
- , director Laura Muscardin Rai Uno (2011) (episodes 1 and 26)
- Conosco un posticino, (author) -
- director Riccardo Milani - Rai Uno (2017)[1]
- , director Luca Ribuoli - Rai Uno (2018)
- Anna - Sky Italia (2021)
Director[]
- Let Me Be - Videoclip of the Waines (2009)
- Wooooo - Videoclip of the Waines (2010)
- D'estate - Videoclip of Alessandro D'Orazi (2010)
- Delicatamente - Videoclip dei MinikBros (2009) -
- Isola Femmina - documentary (2005) - with Gaspare Pellegrino
- Se penso a Casa - documentary (2010) - with Gaspare Pellegrino
- La linea della palma - documentary (2012) - with Gaspare Pellegrino
Writer[]
- - novel - (2014) - published by Baldini & Castoldi
Awards[]
- Premio Guglielmo Biraghi for My Name Is Tanino and for Lost Love (2004)
- Premio as best director to the Premio Italiano Videoclip Indipendente (Meeting degli Indipendenti di Faenza) videoclip Let me be (2009)
Notes[]
- This article originated as a translation of this version of its counterpart in the Italian-language Wikipedia.
- ^ as: Giuseppe Nunzio:
External links[]
- Film people from Palermo
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Italian male film actors
- Italian male television actors
- Italian documentary filmmakers
- Male actors from Palermo