Paolo Emilio Landi is an Italian

theatrical director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

, journalist, and

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. He has filmed worldwide a number of documentaries for

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(National Italian Broadcasting Company). He directed plays at several different theatres in the US, in Russian Federation and former Soviet Union.

Theater

Landi made his professional directing debut with the Italian national premiere of '' After Magritte'' (1986), by the English author Tom Stoppard. with scenery designed by the American painter Jack Frankfurter. His following production, ''

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'' by

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, was performed in Italy, France (Avignon Festival), the USA (Richmond, Virginia), and Russia (Omsk and Saratov). After the fall of the Berlin Wall he continued his career in former URSS. In 1990 he worked in the previously closed town of Omsk. Omsk Drama Theatre, Russia He was the first director to stage an absurdist play, ''The Bald Soprano'', in a Russian State Academic Theatre of the USSR. He went on to stage 30 shows in academic and public theaters in cities throughout Russia and Eastern Europe, including Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Omsk, Samara, Saratov, Riga, Vilnius, Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk. and Ufa. In the late nineties Paolo Emilio Landi traveled to the United States for his production of

The Servant of Two Masters ''The Servant of Two Masters'' () is a comedy by the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni written in 1746. Goldoni originally wrote the play at the request of actor Antonio Sacco, one of the great Harlequins in history. His earliest drafts had larg ...

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at the

Milwaukee Repertory Theater Milwaukee Repertory Theater ("Milwaukee Rep") is a theater company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded as the Fred Miller Theatre Company, the group is housed in the Associated Bank Theater Center, which includes the Quadracci Powerhouse Theater, th ...

. He then began a long association with the

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(Virginia) where he has been visiting scholar and instructor of theater and documentary-making. During his time at the university he specialized in creating experimental works with students and faculty.

Television

In 1982 Landi began collaborating with the television program ''Protestantesimo'' on Raidue (the State Italian Broadcasting Company) as a director, journalist and host. During his time with the 50-year old program, he produced hundreds of news stories, documentaries, musical programs and studio interviews. In 2001 he became a member of the Order of Journalists of Lazio. He has directed and produced documentaries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. For Rai WORLD, (The Other Italy), he filmed more than 400 portraits of Italians living in South Africa, mostly in the cities of Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban. He recently released a 14 episodes serie called "Cape to the Equator". In 2015 Landi released a documentary on

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, broadcast on Italy's RAIDUE, as well as France 2, RSI (the Italian Swiss Broadcasting company) and RTS (the French Swiss broadcasting company) Landi most recent film work includes three documentaries shot in Washington, DC and New York City, USA. They are: L'ultimo giorno (9.11.2001) (The Last Day); So Help Me God (Trump at the White House); 100 giorni di Trump. (Trump's First Hundred Days). He filmed the last interview with late Winnie Madizikela Mandela.

International theatre productions

USA * ''

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, adaptation by Jeff Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi, with Lee Ernst in the title role, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1999. * ''

The Venetian Twins ''The Venetian Twins'' (, or "The two Venetian twins") is a 1747 play by Carlo Goldoni, based on Plautus's ''Menaechmi''. It was performed by Il Teatro Stabile of Genoa at the 1965 Edinburgh International Festival, directed by Luigi Squarzina ...

'' by Carlo Goldoni, University of Richmond, VA, 2002. * ''

The Chairs ''The Chairs'' () is a one-act play by Eugène Ionesco, described as an absurdist "tragic farce". It was first performed in Paris in 1952. Setting A high tower surrounded by water. Characters *Old Man, aged 95 *Old Woman, aged 94 *Orator, aged ...

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, VA, 2006. * ''

'' by Carlo Goldoni, adaptation by Jeff Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi, Newark, Delaware REP, 2013. * ''Heir Apparent'' by

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, Quill Theater, Richmond, VA. Russia * ''The Bald Soprano'' by Eugene Ionesco. State Omsk Drama Theatre, 1991. * Venetian Twins by Carlo Goldoni, State Omsk Drama Theatre, 1995. * Misery and Nobility by Eduardo Scarpetta, State Omsk Drama Theatre, 1998. * Venetian Twins by Carlo Goldoni, Samara Drama National Theatre (Russia), 2000. *

Filumena Marturano ''Filumena Marturano'' (; ), sometime performed in English as ''The Best House in Naples'', is a play written in 1946 by Italian playwright, actor and poet Eduardo De Filippo. It is the basis for the 1950 Spanish-language Argentine musical film ' ...

by Eduardo De Filippo, Saratov Youth Theatre, 2001. * Man and Gentleman by Eduardo De Filippo, State Omsk Drama Theatre, 2002. * Ladies' Night by J. Collard, Samara Drama National Theatre, 2002. * Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, adaptation by Jeff Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi, Saratov Youth Theatre, 2003. * They Shoot Horses, Don't They? from H. Mc Coy, adaptation by Dmitri Lebedev e Paolo E. Landi, Samara Drama National Theatre (Russia), 2004. * Venetian Twins by Carlo Goldoni,( Carnevale Edition) - Ufa Drama National Theatre (Bashkhortostan, Russian Federation), 2005. *

Noises Off ''Noises Off'' is a 1982 farce by the English playwright Michael Frayn. Frayn conceived the idea in 1970 while watching from the wings a performance of '' The Two of Us'', a farce that he had written for Lynn Redgrave. He said, "It was funni ...

by Michael Frayn, Saratov Youth Theatre (Russia), 2006. * Imaginary Invalid by Molière, State Omsk Drama Theatre, 2008. * Chairs & Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco, Saratov Youth Theatre (Russia), 2008. * Misery and Nobility by Eduardo Scarpetta, State Chelyabinsk Drama Theatre, 2009. * Miser by Molière, Ufa Drama National Theatre (Bashkhortostan, Russian Federation), 2009. * Love of the Three Oranges by Carlo Gozzi, Saratov Youth Theatre (Russia), 2010 * Naples Town of Millionaires by Eduardo de Filippo, Ufa Drama National Theatre (Bashkhortostan, Russian Federation), 2011. * Venetian Twins by Carlo Goldoni, Teatro Na Taganka, Moscow (Russia) 2011. * Bullets over Broadway from Woody Allen's movie, Samara Drama National Theatre, 2013 * Pinocchio adaptation from Carlo Collodi's novel, Saratov Youth Theatre (Russia), 2014.Saratov Regional Magazine - The novel appears... - May 22, 2014 * Man and Gentleman by Eduardo De Filippo, Samara Drama National Theatre, 2015 * Misery and Nobility by Eduardo Scarpetta, 2015. * The Fool's doctor by Eduardo Scarpetta, Ufa Drama National Theatre (Bashkhortostan, Russian Federation), 2018. * Neapolitan Holiday by Eduardo Scarpetta, Yaroslavl Academic Theatre, Volkov, Yaroslav, Russian Federation, 2019. * Man and Gentleman by Eduardo De Filippo, Comedy Theatre, Saint Petersburg, 2024. * Venetian Twins by Carlo Goldoni, Yaroslavl Academic Theatre, Volkov, Yaroslavl, Russian Federation, 2024 Lithuania * SMS, All about man ( Strip man show aka Viskas Apie Vyrus) by Paolo E. Landi, Jaunimo Teatras, Vilnius, 2004, in Lithuanian. * Triukšmas Už Kulisų - Noises Off by Michael Frayn, Jaunimo Teatras, Vilnius, 2007, in Lithuanian. * Vargsai. Aristokratai by Eduardo Scarpetta, Jaunimo Teatras, Vilnius, 2007, in Lithuanian. Latvia * The Man, the Best, the Virtue by Luigi Pirandello, Riga Russian National Drama Theatre, 1993. * Misery and Nobility by Eduardo Scarpetta, Riga Russian National Drama Theatre, 2008. * Man and Gentleman by Eduardo De Filippo, Riga Russian National Drama Theatre, 2011. * Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo, 2013. France * La Cantatrice Chauve by Eugene Ionesco, Festival d'Avignon, 1995. Germany * Tragedies in two lines, by Achille Campanile, 1992.

Books

*Giorgio Bouchard, Paolo Emilio Landi, Bibbia e libertà - Otto secoli di storia valdese, Claudiana, Torino, 2006 *Carlo Goldoni translated and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi, Dramatist Play service INC, 2000 *Paolo Emilio Landi, In Nome di Dio - Guerra di religione nelle Isole Molucche, Sinnos, Roma, 2000

References

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