Pasquale Petrolo (Rome, 27 August 1962) and Claudio Gregori (Rome, 17 November 1963), best known as Lillo & Greg, are an Italian

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who work on stage, film, television, radio as well as musicians, authors and cartoonists.

Life and career

Petrolo and Gregori first met in 1986, when they both worked as cartoonists for the same publishing house, ACME (Petrolo as author of ''Zio Tibia'', realized together with

Michelangelo La Neve Michelangelo La Neve (14 March 1959 – 18 January 2022) was an Italian comics writer and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Tarsia, in the province of Cosenza, La Neve grew up in Varese, and after graduating from high school he moved to Rome. ...

, while Gregori for ''I sottotitolati''). When in 1991 the publishing house failed, the two decided to engage in new projects, most notably the creation of a

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group, Latte & i Suoi Derivati ("Milk & Its Derivatives"). Active in television, radio, on stage and in films, they are among the creators of the TV-program ''

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'', and since 2003 they are authors and hosts of the program ''610 - Sei Uno Zero'' on Radio 2.

Filmography

*'' Bagnomaria'' (1999) *''Blek Giek'' (2001) *''Per non dimenticarti'' (2006) *''Lillo e Greg - The Movie!'' (2007) *'' Colpi di fulmine'' (2012) *''

Colpi di fortuna ''Colpi di fortuna'' () is a 2013 Italian comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (bl ...

'' (2013) *'' Un Natale stupefacente'' (2014) *'' Natale col Boss'' (2015) *''

Natale a Londra – Dio salvi la regina ''Natale a Londra – Dio salvi la regina'' () is a 2016 Italian comedy film directed by Volfango De Biasi. Cast See also * List of Christmas films Many Christmas stories have been adapted to feature films and TV specials, and have been b ...

'' (2016) *''D.N.A. - Decisamente non adatti'' (2020) *'' Permette? Alberto Sordi'' (2020) *''

LOL - Chi ride è fuori ''LOL - Chi ride è fuori'' is an Italian comedy show of 2021 distributed by Amazon Prime Video and hosted by Fedez, Mara Maionchi (Season 1) and Frank Matano (Season 2–3), based on the format of Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto's ''Documenta ...

'' (2020) (Lillo) * ''Tutti per Uma'' (2021) (Lillo) * ''Il mostro della cripta'' (2021) (Lillo) * ''Una famiglia mostruosa'' (2021) (Lillo) * ''(Im)perfetti criminali'' (2022) (Greg) * ''Din Don - Un paese in due'' (2022) (Greg) * ''Gli idoli delle donne'' (2022) * ''Con chi viaggi'' (2022) (Lillo) * ''Sono Lillo'' (2023) (Lillo) * ''Grosso guaio all'Esquilino - La leggenda del kung fu'' (2023) (Lillo)

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