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
  1. "Dal Vangelo Secondo Giovanni".
  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".
  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. "Gianluca Testa: nuovo volto dell'horror Made in Italy"
  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. "Registi emergenti: Fagiolino e il cavaliere di Gianluca Testa"
  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. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9881666/
  17. http://nursingup.toscana.it/resources/Formazione/programmazione-neurolinguistica.pdf
  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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