Emanuele Secci

Actor and award winning director Emanuele Secci was born in Sardinia, Italy, and has an eclectic professional education. His career started as a concert pianist; after graduating at the Conservatory of Music in Cagliari, his hometown, he continued the piano training with Gyorgy Sandor from the "Julliard School" and later attended the Vienna Music Academy in Austria. After winning several national piano competitions in Italy, Emanuele veered his career towards acting.

In 1994 he graduated in Theatre, TV & Film from the “American Musical and Dramatic Academy", in New York City. In New York, both as an actor and as a director, Emanuele Secci appeared in several off and off-off Broadway theatres such as La MaMa Theatre, The Mint Theatre, The Ansonia Theatre, The Inner Space Theatre, The Theatre-Studio and more. He appeared on TV serials such as “Loving” on ABC and “Undercovers” on NBC and several films like A Flower and a Woman by Japanese director Kuzuhiro Soda, David’s Searching by Leslie Smith, Oh no, not her, directed by Joe Bologna and Renee Taylor and a supporting role with Tom Hanks on Ron Howard’s Angels and Demons and another supporting role in the upcoming film Nobody Walks with John Krasinski.

Emanuele is being seen in Italy in the Commercial Spot FASTWEB, next to George Clooney. In New York City, Emanuele Secci directed numerous off-off Broadway shows: “It´s a Mental process”, “Welcome to America”, only to mention a few. In Italy, Calvin Klein used his voice for the CK One perfume TV and Radio commercial, and interpreted the Inspector De Riu in the TV film “La Uno Bianca” with Kim Rossi Stuart. Winner with the film "Point of view" of the 1st prize at the "Corto anch'io" International Film Festival in CINECITTA' STUDIOS, in Rome, February 2003. In March 2000 he was awarded the 2nd prize at the “Cagliari in Cortometraggio “Film Festival with the film Rhymes of Wax; Emanuele Secci’s filmography includes Specific Types, filmed in Prague and presented at the “52nd International Film Festival of Salerno” in the year 2000, Analisi Terminale, filmed in Alessandria, Italy, Nothing Personal, a series of television pilots filmed in New York City. Point of View was also presented as “Special Guest” (not in competition) at the final evening of the “Guerilla Film & Video Festival” in August 2001 in New York City and in May 2003 the film Scitoforola, a surreal comedy filmed in Sardinia, Italy, received a "Special Recognition Award" at the "Los Angeles Italian Awards Film Festival". His most recent Evol was officially selected at the prestigious Sofia International Film Festival, in 2008.

Emanuele directed and produced the first documentary on the history of Lamborghini Automobili ever made. He performed at the piano for President Bill Clinton and collaborated with legend Placido Domingo, after being aske d by Maestro Domingo himself. Emanuele Secci speaks several languages including fluent Italian, Spanish, German and French.

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