Fabrizio Guarducci SHORT BIO Since his time at University, Fabrizio Guarducci has always been interested in language, considering it the best instrument for the betterment of society and the individual. He’s convinced that distancing ourselves from “toxic and violent words” carried with us for centuries, we can be free of its influences on our thoughts and our aggressive behavior. A convinced Situationist, Guarducci has always preferred to “educate” rather than to shape his students’ minds in the field of communication. Before and after his degree, he held a wide range of jobs: turner, waiter, cook, sales person, tour guide, creator of animation with clay, sand, paper and condensation on glass. Fabrizio with Milù In 1971, he founded the Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute, an international school of culture, art, restoration and archeology. http://www.ldminstitute.com In 1980 he presided over the Institute of Cinematographic Sciences of Florence where notable people such as Marcello Mastroianni, Nikita Mikhalkov, Michelangelo Antonioni. Martin Scorsese, Bernardo Bertolucci, Tonino Guerra and Vittorio Storaro took part. Fabrizio with actors Robert De Niro and Treat Williams. The discovery of the mirror neurons was a real “pat on the back” which prompted Guarducci to realize films and documentaries himself. His cinematographic experience begins in 1982 as assistant director for the full length film Silhouettes. In the ‘90s he begins directing documentaries without spoken commentary. One of these, Dall’ Arbia all’ Orcia, received an award at the PhilaFilm Festival in Philadelphia in 1993. After this experience, he produced Two Days starring Paul Rudd in 2003. As executive producer he made Il Mio Viaggio in Italia (My Trip in Italy) that won a Golden Eagle. His latest work as executive producer was in 2011 for Una Vita da Sogno. 2015 – Fabrizio Guarducci gives Honorary Degree to 3 times Academy Award Winner Director of Photography Master Vittorio Storaro While continuing as Director of the Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute, in 2015 Guarducci achieves success with the restoration of the Moai on Easter Island in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Chile. In 2013 he publishes the treatise La parola ritrovata (The Rediscovered Word). The book presentation and press release was held at the Harold Acton library, the biggest British library within the European continent (http:// www.britishinstitute.it/en/library/harold-acton-library). Art critic, author and Italian Tv star Philippe Daverio has stated “After Saussure, this is the most important and complete essay on language as mean of communication that we have been waiting for over 150 years” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoYqPs4uKHk&sns=em In 2015, Teoria, Il divino oltre il dogma (Theoria, The Divine Beyond Dogma) is released and reviewed by rebel Catholic theologian-philosopher and best selling author Vito Mancuso: “This book represents a precious spiritual workshop”. His first novel is published in 2016, Il quinto volto (The Fifth Face) a historical thriller about the hidden mystery surrounding the tragic death of Renaissance master Masaccio. President of Istituto Lorenzo de' Medici and established author Fabrizio Guarducci celebrates the release of his new book "The Fifth Face” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMPxcVFAY4I&sns=em In 2016 Fabrizio founded the independent film production company Fair Play. In 2017, he produced, wrote and directed his first long feature film Mare di Grano (Freckles). Completed in August, it was soon acquired by Wide for the international distribution and it has already been sold to China. Mare di Grano (Freckles) has been awarded two prizes at the first festival it was selected (Terre di Siena) Film "Mare di Grano" (“Freckles”) music scoring sessions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTtePUagdVM&sns=em Link to trailer: https://vimeo.com/240689761 Password: M4r3Gr4n0Pr0M0 Link to full movie: https://vimeo.com/240690362 Password: M4r3Gr4n0Ftr Fabrizio is currently working on post-production of the film Aspettando la Bardot (Waiting for Bardot) directed by Marco Cervelli. Again with Fair Play, he is now developing three long feature films: “The Village” inspired by Guy Deborde and Situationism, “The Wind”, a sensorial experimental movie, and “The Fifth Face”, based on his novel. In November 2017, his new book has been released in Italy Licenziamo lo Stato, assumiamo l’Europa (Let’s Fire the State, let’s Hire Europe), currently being translated into English language. It’s Fabrizio’s political manifesto for a participated democracy. Life is a film that's already been shot. Now we need to edit it differently. Florence, December 14th, 2017 FABRIZIO GUARDUCCI Birth Date July 2, 1944 Citizenship Italian Address 22 Strada di Badia, Sambuca Val di Pesa (FI), Italy (ph. +39 335 7870675) EDUCATION LICEO DANTE 1964 Florence Diploma in Classical Studies UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI 1970 Florence Doctorate Degree in Political Science SOVRITENDENZA AGLI STUDI 1973 Florence Teaching Certificate in Social Psychology CASA DELLA CULTURA 1982 San Marino Seminar on Screenwriting held by Tonino Guerra ________________________________________________________________________________ ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE LORENZO DE’MEDICI ART INSTITUTE since 1972 Florence Founder & Chairman ISTITUTO DI SCIENZE CINEMATOGRAFICHE 1978 – 1986 Florence Founder & Chairman PMBB Film & TV productions 1979 – 1989 Florence Partner SEGNO ARGENTO Film Festival Award 1979 – 1986 Rome & Florence Founder & Curator VALERIA CINEMATOGRAFICA S.R.L. since 1998 Florence Founder & Chairman ISTITUTO DI SCIENZE CINEMATOGRAFICHE Communication has been always the core of Fabrizio's interest. He founded the first private school for Film and Media Communication in Italy (until then, the only film school in Italy was the Centro Sperimentale at Cinecittà in Rome). Lecturers to the Istituto di Scienze Cinematografiche. have included Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Liliana Cavani, Sergei Bondachuk, Sergio Leone, Nikita Mikalkov, Bernardo Bertolucci, Vittorio Storaro, Tonino Guerra, Gillo Pontecorvo, Giuseppe Rotunno, Carlo Di Palma and Dante Spinotti, ecc. President: Mario Luzi. Artistic Director: Tinto Brass. The school has organized conferences in order to develop new funding sources for the Italian film industry and to experiment a new language of images. This initiative has been strongly supported by the national press, by the most important organizations of Italian film, including ANICA, Ente Gestione Cinema, AGIS, SACIS and the Ministry of Culture, by Regione Toscana, by Comune di Firenze and by the main producers and distributors in Italy. The school also created and launched the Segno d’Argento. SEGNO d’ARGENTO This annual film festival founded by Fabrizio, was held at Palazzo Vecchio and attended by the Italian Minister of Culture. This prize has been given to international figures in the film industry, both artistic and technical. PMBB Fabrizio was a Partner with Francesco Misseri in PMBB film and TV production. Misseri is considered the Italian Walt Disney. He was Fabrizio’s maestro and while he was focusing on animation, Fabrizio was in charge of production. FILMSPRAY FILMSPRAY is a festival founded in 2009 with the collaboration of RAI Cinema, to give a chance to young filmmakers experimenting with new languages. FILMSPRAY is organized by the Department of Cultural Anthropology of the LDM Institute of Florence and its goal is the creation of a new language, a storytellig of 90 seconds. Rai created a special web page http://www.rai.tv/dl/portali/site/custom/rcc_raitv.html to show all the finalists of FILMSPRAY to create a link betwenn young filmmakers throughout the world. WORK EXPERIENCE FILMSPRAY – Rassegna Cinematografica, Creator and coordinator 2009-2015 Florence, Rome, Tuscania LORENZO DE’MEDICI ART INSTITUTE – President 2005 - 2015 Florence, Rome, Tuscania, Venice LORENZO DE’MEDICI ART INSTITUTE Professor of Aesthetics and Communications 1981 – 2015 Florence BORGO DELLO SPETTACOLO Executive Producer 2011 Una vita da sogno (feature film) LDM Screenwriter/Director 2010 Pinocchio (Video for Padiglione Italia at Shanghai EXPO) ADRIA FILM Executive Producer 2006 In hora ultima (short) TCU-USA Executive Producer 2003 Il mio viaggio in Italia (feature film, Awarded Golden Eagle, USA) AVATAR MEDIA INC. Executive Producer 2003 Two days (feature film, distribution: ZR Production) GRAPE FILM Screenwriter/Director 1994 Chianti (documentary) GRAPE FILM Screenwriter/Director 1993 Umbria (documentary) MULTIMEDIA FILM Screenwriter/Director 1992 Paradigma Italiano (documentary, Awarded at Phila Film, 1993) CENTAR FILM Screenwriter 1983 Lupoglav (feature film, Awarded at Fiume Festival, 1984) Le MONIER PRODUCTIONS Screenwriter/assistant director 1980 Silhouettes (feature film) TEATRO STABILE Stage Director 1975 – 1976 Florence Casa sull'acqua (1975) and I Ciechi (1976) PUBLIC SCHOOLS Professor of French literature 1971 – 1973 Florence ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Advertisements for various companies 1968 – 1974 WRITER La parola ritrovata (The Rediscovered Word) 2013 Theoria, il Divino oltre il dogma (Theoria, The Divine Beyond Dogma) 2015 Il quinto volto (The Fifth Face) 2016 Licenziamo lo Stato, assumiamo l’Europa (Let’s Fire the State, let’s Hire Europe) 2017 OTHER Collector and world expert on ancient books, manuscripts and Medieval and Renaissance Art. Languages: Italian, French and English (Latin & Ancient Greek). .