Vanni Corbellini (

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, 15 February 1955) is an Italian

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Biography

Vanni Corbellini was born in Turin,

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. He is the son of an engineer and a painter who came from

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. He attended the Faculty of Economics and Business, he practiced competitive skiing and horse riding. He began performing as presenter in a show for disabled people. He became assistant director, after three years he moved to

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. In 1987, he collaborated with Welsh director and painter

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on the movie "

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". In 1998, he's the protagonist of the drama TV series "

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" and he obtained great popularity. He speaks English, French and German and, in his free time, he enjoys swimming, cooking and relaxing in

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Filmography

Actor

Film

*Paesaggio con figure (1983) * Colpire al cuore (1983) *

Delirium (1987 film) ''Delirium'' () is a 1987 Italian ''giallo'' film directed by Lamberto Bava and starring Serena Grandi, David Brandon, George Eastman and Daria Nicolodi. The film is about Gioia, the owner of the adult Pussycat magazine. She is harassed by a kil ...

(1987) *

Drowning by Numbers ''Drowning by Numbers'' is a British-Dutch crime comedy-drama 1988 film directed by Peter Greenaway. It won the award for Best Artistic Contribution at the Cannes Film Festival of 1988. Plot The film opens with a little girl jumping rope and ...

(1988) *Modì (1990) *Isimeria (1991) *La fine dell'intervista (1994) *Film (2000) *

L'amore è eterno finché dura ''Love Is Eternal While It Lasts'' (, also known as ''Love Is Eternal, as Long as It Lasts'') is a 2004 Cinema of Italy, Italian romantic comedy film written, directed and starred by Carlo Verdone. For her performance Laura Morante won the Nastro d ...

(2004) *Statistica (2009) *Santallegria (2009) * Posti in piedi in Paradiso (2012) * Time Raiders (2016)

Television

*Una questione privata (1982) *L'Andreana (1982) *Ugo Foscolo (1983) *Valentino (1983) *Caccia al ladro d'autore (1985) *Paolo e Francesca (1985) *Symphonie (1986) *Il Giudice Istruttore (1987) *Turno di notte (1987) *Passioni (1989) *Una verità come un'altra (1989) *Disperatamente Giulia (1989) * La Piovra 5 (1990) *Vita dei castelli (1990) *La storia spezzata (1990) *La Ragnatela (1991) *Un posto freddo in fondo al cuore (1992) *Edera (1992) * Schloß Hohenstein (1992) *Tre passi nel delitto - Cherchez la femme (1993) *La Ragnatela 2 (1993) *

Charlemagne, le prince à cheval ''Charlemagne, le prince à cheval'' is a 1993 television miniseries about the life of Charlemagne. A French-Portuguese-Italian-Luxembourgish coproduction, the series was directed by Clive Donner; it was his final project before his death in 2010 ...

(1993) *Tre passi nel delitto - Villa Maltraversi (1993) *Morte di una strega (1995) *

(1998) * Der Kapitän (2000) *Una donna per amico 3 (2001) *Antonia - Zwischen Liebe und Macht (2001) *Senza confini (2001) *San Pietro (2005) *Giovanni Paolo II (2005) * La buona battaglia - Don Pietro Pappagallo (2006) *La freccia nera (2006) *Un posto al sole (2006) *Eravamo solo Mille (2007) *Zodiaco (2008) *La Nuova Squadra (2009) *Rossella (2011) *

I Cesaroni ''I Cesaroni'' ("''The Cesaronis''") is an Italian television series, produced by Publispei for RTI, aired on Canale 5 from 2006 to 2014. It is based on the format of the Spanish series '' Los Serrano''. Plot Season 1 Professor Lucia Li ...

5 (2012)

Director

*Fear of Drowning -short (1988)

References

External links

Vanni Corbellini Official Site

Vanni Corbellini IMDb

Vanni Corbellini Tribute
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