Bruno Pischiutta
Bruno Pischiutta (born August 23, 1947 in Codroipo ) is a Canadian - Italian avant-garde director, writer and actor.
Life
Pischiutta graduated from the “Istituto dell'Arte Dramatico” in Trieste in 1971 in literature and philosophy at the university there and moved to Rome , where he established himself as a director, actor and author of avant-garde theater and experimental forms. In 1973 he founded the theater school "Centro Iniziative Azione Culturale" (CIAC), for which he directed two films under the pseudonym Fred Ballantine , in which many of the students of this institution could be seen and their attempt to mix avant-garde elements with traditional forms, came into theaters in just a few copies. His third work, The Comoedia after Dante Alighieri in 1980 , was hardly seen in Italy, but won a prize at the New York Film & TV Festival. He wrote, played and staged for the stage in 1975 in Sotto processo , a two-hour solo piece with which he greatly developed political theater in Italy.
In 1983 Pischiutta emigrated to Canada, where he founded Toronto Pictures, the successor of which he still heads today. He has been producing television films with her ever since and was one of the first to work for pay TV. In addition, he leads courses in filmmaking and promotes a. a. Projects in Ghana . In 2013 he directed the Brasov Film Festival .
A Canadian citizen since 1987, Pischiutta is married to the outfitter Olga Cechova, with whom he has one child.
Filmography (selection)
- 1977: Compagne nude
- 1978: Ultimo incontro a Venezia
- 1980: The Comoedia
- 2013: Brasov: Probably the Best City in the World (documentary)
Web links
- Bruno Pischiutta in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Self-presentation on the website of his company E-sol International Corp.
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Gremese Editore, Rome 2002, p. 338
- ↑ Brasov Film Festival at wordpress.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pischiutta, Bruno |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ballantine, Fred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian-Italian avant-garde director, writer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Codroipo |