Edoardo Gabbriellini (born 16 July 1975) is an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director.

Life and career

Born in

Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 152,916 residents as of 2025. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn ...

, at 18 years old Gabbriellini was chosen by

Paolo Virzì Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer. Early life and work Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy, in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spendin ...

to star in his film ''

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''. For his performance he won the Pasinetti Award for best actor at the 54th edition of the

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, and subsequently left his studies to devote himself to acting. After directing the music video for the song "Tre parole" by Valeria Rossi, Gabbriellini made his feature film directorial debut in 2003 with the comedy-drama ''B.B. e il cormorano'', which was screened in the

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section of the

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. His third feature film ''

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'' premiered at the

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. The film is about a 20-year-old girl who is cleared of murder charges and reunites with her best friend, still being haunted by the visions of a brutal death of her mother and her boyfriend.

Filmography

Films

Television

As a director

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gabbriellini, Edoardo 1975 births Living people Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters People from Livorno 20th-century Italian people Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors