Antonio Maria Magro (born 5 June 1954) is an Italian

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and

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Life and career

Born in

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, he soon moved to

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, where he grew up. In 1980, he joined the Compagnia di Prosa Radiofonica di Firenze, the national radio acting company, in which he took part, as leading actor, to more than 300 plays. He then joined the Compagnia di prosa della RadioTelevisione Svizzera, the main Swiss-Italian radio acting company in

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, playing, throughout his career as a voice actor, along with top Italian actors like

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, Giorgio Albertazzi,

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or Giancarlo Dettori. His first work as film director and screenwriter is 1976’s '' Decadenza'', his first feature film starring Italian actor

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. Over the following years, he directed many documentaries and TV commercials and, thanks to his distinguish work, in 1990 the

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charged him of shooting a television film to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the foundation of the university: '' L’ulivo e l’alloro'', which he wrote and directed and made him win the Special Jury Prize at the

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in 1992. In 1992, he shot two feature films he wrote and directed for his newborn film production company: '' Dov’era lei a quell’ora'' with world-famous Swedish actress Anita Ekberg, Italian actors Oreste Lionello, Dalila di Lazzaro,

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and '' Storie di seduzione'', co-starring with Florence Guérin and with Carrol Baker and Marina Suma. For television, he wrote, directed and hosted ''I viaggi dell’anima'' for

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, a 53-episode program. In 2003, he starred in '' I salmoni del San Lorenzo'', an Italian-Hungarian feature film (co-produced by

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and Cinema-Film KFT Budapest), directed by András Ferenc.

Personal life

Antonio has a daughter, Maria Elena. He married the model and singer

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in 2017.

Filmography

Written and directed

*'' Decadenza'' (1976) *'' L’ulivo e l’alloro'' (1991) *'' Dov’era lei a quell’ora?'' (1992) *'' Storie di seduzione'' (1995)

Actor

*'' I salmoni del San Lorenzo'', directed by András Ferenc (2003)

References

External links

*
Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Magro, Antonio Maria 1959 births Living people Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian male film actors Film people from Bologna Male actors from Bologna