AWARDS
2005  Award Premio Grotteria
2002 Golden Globe
2002 Premio“Naniglio D’Oro” 
1995 Best Emerging Director award "Lumiere - I Mestieri del Cinema"

FILM
2010 Writer, director, producer and actor for “  This shit life” (in post production)
2002 Wrote and directed the feature film TORNARE INDIETRO (A Glimpse of Yestarday), produced by Horus Cinematografica and Rai Cinema.  The film was awarded the government’s Dipartimento dello Spettacolo grant for “films of national cultural interest”. Distributed by Orango Film. Awarded Golden Globe for best newcomer actor.

1993 Directed the film CINECITTA’ CINECITTA’, produced by Ettore Scola, distributed by UIP, received SPECIAL MENTION at the ANNECY FESTIVAL .

1986 Wrote, directed, and acted in the film I RAGAZZI DI TORINO SOGNANO TOKYO E VANNO A BERLINO (The Boys from Turin Dream of Tokyo and Go to Berlin), produced by Robert Faenza, distributed by Mikado.  In competition at the International San Sebastian FilmFestival.

TELEVISION
2000-2001  Directed the soap opera for Canale 5, CENTOVETRINE (daytime series)

1994 Directed four made for television movies produced by RAI and filmed in Cuba: MISS OCEANO,                                   
WEEKEND CON IL PASSATO, LA CITTA DEI CESARI, IL FUMO FA MALE.

1988 Host for "Fata Morgana", a cultural magazine show for Rai TV.

1984 Show host and writer for "21 pollici per 7 note", for   the local Turin television station Videogruppo

1984 Wrote and directed the made for television movie ALBERGO VERDI (Hotel Verdi) Produced by Rai Tv.

1982-94 Directed music videos for various bands including Apple Core, Linda Di Franco, Ruggi and others.

DOCUMENTARIES
2010         Writer, director, and actor for “  Builders” (work in progress).
2006         Writer, director, and anchor for “ Koras Plaka”.
2002         Writer, director for “ Hawthorne’s Rome” .
1987   RAI-TV Documentary:  "Voglio il Coniglio"  (I Want Rabbit), the story of a Calabrian family.
1983   Writer, director, and anchor for "Mercati Rionali" (Local Markets), a documentary  produced by Rai Television.

TEACHING
2002 Director of Acting workshop for Teatro Nuovo, Turin
2001 Scriptwriting workshop director for Istituto Europeo del Design, Turin
1996 Scriptwriting workshop director for Fonoroma studios, Rome

EDUCATION
2000             Stage at New York with NBC 

1997-8 Attended requalification Course for Screenwriters, organized by Rai Tv with Chris Vogler, Linda Seger,  Jurgen Wolff, John Truby and Dara Marks.

1976 Academy of Fine Arts, Turin.

BOOKS
Scrivere per la TV (Write for Television) – Gremese Editore Rome