Paolo Sassanelli (born 29 October 1958) is an Italian stage, film and television actor and director.

Paolo Sassanelli
Paolo Sassanelli (Déluge TV, 2022)
Born29 October 1958 (1958-10-29) (age 66)
Bari, Italy
OccupationActor
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Life and career

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Born in Bari, Sassanelli made his stage debut in his hometown in the second half of the 1980s.[1] He then moved to Rome and had his breakout in the early 1990s with the role of Gabriele Serra in the TV-series Classe di ferro.[1][2] In 2014, Sassanelli won the Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor for his performance in the crime-comedy film Song'e Napule.[3] His short film debut Guerra (War) won as best fiction at The Palace International Short Film Festival, in 2010.

Selected filmography

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  • Make a Fake (2011)
  • Paura (2012)
  • Song'e Napule (2013)
  • Ever Been to the Moon? (2015)
  • Somewhere Amazing (2015)
  • Youtopia (2018)
  • Notti Magiche (Magical Nights), directed by Paolo Virzì (2018)
  • Tuttapposto (2019)
  • Nevermind, directed by Eros Puglielli (2018)
  • L'eroe (The hero), directed by Cristiano Anania (2019)
  • Tutta un'altra vita, directed by Alessandro Pondi (2019)
  • Tuttapposto, directed by Gianni Costantino (2019)
  • Surprise Trip, directed by Roberto Baeli (2021)
  • Sulla Giostra, directed by Giorgia Cecere (2021)
  • Quasi Orfano, directed by Umberto Carteni (2022)
  • La tentazione di esistere, directed by Fabio Pellegrini (2023)
  • Provincia Bianca, directed by Angelo Calculli (2023)
  • Il Pirata - Memorie da Spoon River, directed by Cristiano Ciliberti (2023)
  • Stolen Moments, directed by Stefano Landini (2024)

Director

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Feature films

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Short films

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  • Bei capelli (Beautiful hair), (2003)
  • Uerra (War), (2009)
  • Ammore (Love), (2013)
  • Amore Disperato (Desperate Love), (2016)
  • Un voto all'italiana (An Italian-style vote), (2017)

References

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  1. ^ a b Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. pp. 182–3. ISBN 8884402697.
  2. ^ Fabio Secchi Frau. "Paolo Sassanelli: Classe? Di ferro!". MyMovies. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. ^ Arianna Finos (June 29, 2014). "Nastri d'argento, trionfo di Virzì ma tanto spazio ai giovani". La Repubblica. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
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