Giulio Ricciarelli

The actor, director and producer Giulio Ricciarelli was born in Milan in 1965 and began his career after his training as a stage actor at the Otto Falckenberg Schule. He took on an engagement at the Theater Basel in 1989/90 and worked at the Staatstheater Stuttgart, the Kammerspiele in Munich, the Schauspiel Bonn (1992/94) and at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel. He also starred in many TV roles, and in feature films such as Rossini (1996).

In 2000 he founded – together with Sabine Lamby – the Naked Eye Filmproduction, which has made a name for itself with feature films by talented young directors, such as Madrid (2002) and The Friend (2003). Next to his activity as producer, Ricciarelli also works as a director. His short film Vincent was awarded the Golden Sparrow in 2005 and was nominated for the European Film Award. This was followed by further short films: in 2008 Live It Like It Is, and in 2009 Lights, which was shown in the short-film competition of the film festival Max Ophüls Preis, and was also nominated for the European Film Award. Labyrinth of Lies is Giulio Ricciarellí's feature film debut as director and screenwriter.

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