Leonardo Pieraccioni

Leonardo Pieraccioni
Born (1965-02-17) 17 February 1965 (age 59)
Florence, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film director
  • screenwriter
  • comedian
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Leonardo Pieraccioni (born 17 February 1965) is an Italian film director, actor, comedian, screenwriter and cabaret performer.[1]

Born in Florence, he made his directorial debut with The Graduates (1995).[1] In 1996 he directed his breakthrough film The Cyclone, which grossed 78 billion lire at the box office.[2][3]

In 1998, he starred with Harvey Keitel and David Bowie in the western comedy Gunslinger's Revenge, directed by Giovanni Veronesi.[4]

Also a writer of short stories, his books include Trent'anni, alta, mora (1998), Tre mucche in cucina (2002) and A un passo dal cielo (2003). Pieraccioni has starred with Suzie Kennedy, the impersonator of Marilyn Monroe, in Me and Marilyn.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Pieraccioni, Leonardo". Treccani Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  2. ^ "E Il Ciclone, film record, va in tv". la Repubblica. 23 October 1999. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Vent'anni dopo Il Ciclone è un cult. Pieraccioni lo celebra tra Conti e Panariello". la Repubblica. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. ^ George Kincad (24 June 2010). "Gunslinger's Revenge mini-review". Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Pieraccioni gira Io e Marilyn con Suzie Kennedy". CineBlog. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2020.