Simone Mariani
Italian-American actor, writer, director and producer
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Simone Mariani is an Italian-American actor, writer, director and producer.[1][2][3] He was born on April 2, 1964, in Rome, Italy.[4] He appeared in the Hollywood film Inferno directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks.
His short films have been shown at national and international festivals including the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. In 2006, he produced and acted in the short film Iram la Città Dalle Alte Colonne, an interpretation of a text by Kahlil Gibran. This film won a Critics' Award at the 2006 Arab Film Festival.
He is the author of The Juggler (2007), which was selected for a world tour by the IFCT Festival 2007 in Miami, Florida, United States.
In 2008 he debuted as a director for the short film The Artist, in which he also played the lead male role. He is the author, producer and performer in the short film The Father (2011). A Journey on the Tabla (2015) is his first documentary film.
He is a practitioner of Sunmudo— a martial art practiced by Korean Seon (Zen) monks.
Filmography
Actor (partial)
- The Italian Dream
- Inferno
- Il commissario Rex (TV series)
- Distretto di polizia (TV series)
- Enrico Mattei: The Man who Looked to the Future (TV film)
- La contessa di Castiglione (TV film)
- Mafia Signs (TV film)
- Imperium: Saint Peter (TV film)
- De Gasperi, l'uomo della speranza (TV film)
Writer-director-producer (partial)
- A Journey on the Tabla (documentary)[5]
- The Father (short)
- L'Artista (short)
Film festivals
- The Juggler (2007), selected for world tour from IFCT Festival 2007 in Miami (USA)
- A Journey on the Tabla selected to screen in India[6]
Recognition
- Best Italian Documentary at Roma CineDoc for A Journey on the Tabla[7]
- Critics Prize at Arab Film Festival 2006 for Iram, The City by the High Columns
Jury member
- International Competition for Short Films & Student Short Films category at the All Lights India International Film Festival[8]