Christian Filippella
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Christian Filippella is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
) is a filmmaker living and working in Los Angeles
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, California
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, Rome
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, Italy
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and Belfast
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, Northern Ireland
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.
Filippella began working as an independent filmmaker in Spain
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and Ireland
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. He was accepted to the directing program of the prestigious Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
The Centro sperimentale di cinematografia was established in 1935 in Italy and aims to promote the art and technique of cinematography and film....
in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
and was awarded his diploma in 2005 with his thesis film Thermae starring Claire Falconer
Claire Falconer
Claire Falconer is an Irish actress and painter who currently works in Ireland, Italy and United States....
and Carolina Crescentini
Carolina Crescentini
Carolina Crescentini is an Italian actress. She is a graduate of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and star of box office hit movie Parlami d'amore, directed by Silvio Muccino...
. Subsequently, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and completed MFA
Master of Fine Arts
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studies at the American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
(AFI) in 2008.
Filippella's film Narcissus Dreams, was acquired by Ouat Media for worldwide distribution. In addition, Narcissus Dreams recently won the Accolade Award and has been selected for inclusion in the 13th Annual Los Angeles Shorts Fest in July 2009.
Filippella also has received twice the Philip Morris Cinema Award and the Sergio Corbucci
Sergio Corbucci
Sergio Corbucci was an Italian film director. He is best known for his very violent yet intelligent spaghetti westerns...
Prize in 2006.
His feature film Silver Case
Silver Case
Silver Case is a 2011 crime comedy, produced and directed by Christian Filippella, starring Oscar Nominees actors Eric Roberts and Seymour Cassel, Brian Keith Gamble, Chris Facey, Vincent De Paul , Shalim Ortiz, Claire Falconer, Brad Light, Art Hsu, Stanely B...
stars Academy Award Nominees Seymour Cassell and Eric Roberts
Eric Roberts
Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...
in the lead role of the Senator, and features Shalim Ortiz
Shalim Ortiz
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, Chris Facey, Brian Keith Gamble, Vincent De Paul (actor)
Vincent De Paul (actor)
Vincent De Paul is an American actor and model. He has starred in several independent films, as well as played various roles in several blockbusters, including Poseidon , Hitch , and Hairspray ....
, Fernanda Romero
Fernanda Romero
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, Scarlett Chorvat
Scarlett Chorvat
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, Claire Falconer
Claire Falconer
Claire Falconer is an Irish actress and painter who currently works in Ireland, Italy and United States....
,
Film Festivals & Honors
- Deviate NIFC (2002)
- Philip Morris Cinema Award (2003)
- Philip Morris Cinema Award (2004)
- Fulbright Award (2006)
- Sergio Corbucci Prize (2006)
- Accolade Award (2009)
Filmography (Director)
- Silver Case (2011)
- Tangled (2010)
- Swifty & Veg (2010)
- White Widow (2009)
- Narcissus Dreams (2009)
- Thermae (2006)
- Il rigore più lungo del mondo (2004)
- Silver Nail (2003)
- Distretto di polizia - 2nd unit director (4 episodes, 2003)
Filmography (Writer)
- Silver Case (2011)
- Swifty & Veg (2010)
- White Widow (2009)
- Narcissus Dreams (2009)
- Thermae (2006)
- Il rigore più lungo del mondo (2004)
- Silver Nail (2003)
Filmography (Producer)
- Silver Case (2011)
- Tangled (2010)
- Swifty & Veg (2010)
- White Widow (2009)
- Narcissus Dreams (2009)
Filmography (Production Designer)
- White Widow (2009)
- Narcissus Dreams (2009)
- Thermae (2006)