Pietro Valsecchi (born 14 June 1953 in Crema,

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

) is an Italian film and television producer. In 1991, he and Camilla Nesbitt founded the Italian production company

Taodue Taodue (stylized as taoduefilm) is an Italian film and television production company in MFE - MediaForEurope. It was founded by Pietro Valsecchi and Camilla Nesbitt in 1991. Filmography Films * ''The Conviction, La condanna'' (1991) * ''Acl ...

. In 1995, he won the

David di Donatello for Best Producer The David di Donatello Award for Best Producer (Italian: ''David di Donatello per il miglior produttore'') is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize outstanding prod ...

for his film ''

Un eroe borghese ''Un eroe borghese'' (also known as ''Ordinary Hero'' and ''An Ordinary Hero'') is a 1995 Italian historical drama film directed by Michele Placido. It is a dramatization of the downfall of the Michele Sindona's financial empire and of the subseque ...

''. In 2016, he won the

Nastro d'argento The (plural: ''Nastri d'Argento''; English: Silver Ribbon) is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' (Italian National Union of Film Journalists). Awards are given annually in ...

for best producer, with ''

Quo Vado? ''Quo vado?'' () is a 2016 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Nunziante. It was released on 1 January 2016. The film is the highest-grossing Italian film in Italy. Plot Checco was born into a life of relative comfort and privilege among h ...

'', ''

Chiamatemi Francesco ''Chiamatemi Francesco'' (''Call Me Francis'') is a 2015 Italian biographical film about Pope Francis directed by Daniele Luchetti. Plot The film tells the story of the life of Pope Francis (formerly Jorge Mario Bergoglio), from his youth in Bu ...

'' and '' Don't Be Bad''.

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