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Gianluca Testa

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Gianluca Testa (born March 2, 1982) is an Italian actor, director and singer-songwriter.

Biography

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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

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Films

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Television

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Music Videos

Short films

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Selected discography

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References

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  1. ^ "Dal Vangelo Secondo Giovanni". Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "In Cammino per Oz al Teatro Vascello fino al 23 dicembre". November 11, 2007.
  3. ^ "La plume et le coeur - (S11E4) - Rex - Télé-Loisirs".
  4. ^ "FRANCE 3 - Programmes, vidéos et replay - Pluzz FRANCE 3". www.france.tv.
  5. ^ "Programme TV - Rex - Saison 11 Episode 4".
  6. ^ "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.
  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. ^ "imoviezmagazine.it". www.imoviezmagazine.it.
  9. ^ "PIPI' ROOM regia di Jerry Calà con Serra Yilmaz, Dafne Barbieri, Gianluca Testa, Giovanni Montarone, FilmScoop.it vota e commenta film al cinema".
  10. ^ "Atri, musical "psichedelico" fa rivivere Syd Barret — Teramo Turismo".
  11. ^ Molinaro, Antonella (January 6, 2013). "Registi emergenti: 'Fagiolino e il cavaliere' di Gianluca Testa". cinemio.it.
  12. ^ ""Popoli e Religioni Film Festival" - Terni 18-25 novembre".
  13. ^ "Scheda Film | RIFF". Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  14. ^ "Imoviezmagazine.it".
  15. ^ "Accademia del Cinema Italiano - Premi David di Donatello". www.daviddidonatello.it. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  16. ^ "La strategia del prigioniero". May 23, 2019 – via IMDb.
  17. ^ "Ai dirigenti sindacali di tutti i livelli operativi e, per loro tramite agli associati" [To trade union leaders at all operational levels and, through them, to members] (PDF) (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 3, 2022.
  18. ^ "Testimonianze". January 23, 2017.
  19. ^ "Dicono di Noi". October 7, 2017.
  20. ^ "Gianluca Testa - Nomade digitale".
  21. ^ "Gianluca Testa: "Nomade digitale" recensione".
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