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Francesca Neri was born on 10 February 1964 in Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. She is an actress and producer, known for Hannibal (2001), Collateral Damage (2002) and Live Flesh (1997). She was previously married to Claudio Amendola.

Nanni Moretti was born on the 19th of August, 1953. He lives in Rome, where since he was a kid he devotes himself to his two passions: cinema and water-polo. In 1970 he also played in water-polo first division in Italy, and in the junior National team. In those years he was also very committed in politics, within the youth league of the Italian Communist Party. Once finished high school studies, he sold his stamps collection to buy a super8 cinema camera, using which he started shooting home-made short films with his friends in 1973. His professional movie-making career starts with Ecce bombo (1978). This was also his first nation-wide success, and still a cult-movie for many Italians.

Maura Delpero was born on 3 October 1975 in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. She is a director and writer, known for Vermiglio (2024), Maternal (2019) and Signori professori (2008).

Giorgio Moroder was born on 26 April 1940 in Urtijëi, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. He is a composer and actor, known for Top Gun (1986), Flashdance (1983) and Over the Top (1987).

Martina Scrinzi was born in 1997 in Rovereto, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. She is an actress, known for Vermiglio (2024), Mostro Intruso Aspro and FRED: The Festival Insider (2011).

Pier Giuseppe Murgia was born on 6 December 1940 in Sterzing, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for La festa perduta (1981), La piovra (1984) and Incontro d'amore a Bali (1970).

Dorian Gray was born on 2 February 1931 in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. She was an actress, known for Nights of Cabiria (1957), Mogli pericolose (1958) and Totò, Peppino e la... malafemmina (1956). She died on 15 February 2011 in Torcegno, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.

Milo Manara, the well-known illustrator of adult graphic novels, began his career working on "fumetti", the cheap illustrated paperbacks popular in 1950-60s Italy. In 1976, his career took off after his work for the illustrated magazine Pilote. He also became known for his work designing posters for the films of _Federico Fellini_. The two later collaborated on comic books versions of some of Fellini's films.

In the 1980s, Manara turned towards the field of erotic graphic novels, writing and illustrating such titles as "Click!", "Butterscotch", and "Gullivera", (an erotic version of "Gulliver's Travels"). Manara's work is characterized by a playful (some would say juvenile) approach to sex

• his women are almost impossibly sexy and their relationships are

guilt - and attachment-free. While some of the scenes can be quite graphic, they never cross the line into hardcore pornography. Manara is still active and drawing in Italy.

Stefano Rossi Giordani was born on 6 October 1989 in Rovereto, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. He is an actor, known for Into the Labyrinth (2019), Il traduttore (2016) and Summertime (2020).

Laura Trotter was born on 9 June 1950 in Cles, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. She is an actress, known for Nightmare City (1980), La presidentessa (1977) and Hotel Rome (1996).

Andrea Pallaoro was born on 6 February 1982 in Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Monica (2022), Medeas (2013) and Hannah (2017).

Under the direction of Vittorio De Sica, Carlo Battisti left a remarkable mark in cinema history as the lead character in Umberto D. (1952), an Italian Neo-Realist classic about an elderly man who wanders through Rome with his dog Flike while trying to survive the Italy of post WWII. He was born on 10 October, 1882 in Trento - then an Austro-Hungary territory that later became part of Italy during the war years.

He wasn't an actor by trade, in fact, he was a Linguistic professor. At the age of 70, De Sica discovered Battisti and chose him for the lead role in Umberto D. (1952), who didn't want a professional actor for the role, wanting to give a more realistic approach to the story just like Rossellini did with his films in the late 1940's. Battisti received excellent reviews and praise from audiences who loved his heart-breaking performance and his memorable scenes with his loyal companion, the cute dog Flike.

After the movie, Battisti never appeared on another movie and returned to teaching until his retirement some years later. He died in 1977, aged 94.

Bruno Capra was born on 13 August 1937 in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. He died on 18 May 2025 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Reinhold Messner was born on 17 September 1944 in Bressanone, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Mord am Unmöglichen, White Out and Cerro Torre (2020). He has been married to Diane Schumacher since 29 May 2021. He was previously married to Sabine Stehle and Uschi Demeter.

Born in Bolzano a bilingual city in Italy closed to the Austrian border; has studied and worked for many years in Berlin and Bologna. He started as dance film maker before entering in the field of documentary films. At the moment he is continuously working in Italy and Germany as director, author and producer. His award winning films have been shown in many festivals and TV stations worldwide. He feature documentaries "The Milk system", "Alcohol - The magic Potion" and "The Venice Syndrome" where release in the cinemas in various countries. He works as director and producer.

Penelope Frego was born on 23 September 1992 in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. She is an actress, known for Head Full of Honey (2018), Girl You Know It's True (2023) and Darktown (2020).

Krista Posch was born on 10 January 1948 in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Kopfstand (1981) and Die Krimistunde (1982). She is married to Jan Eberwein.

Gene Rizzi was born Eugenio Valentino Rizzi on April 1, 1913, in the tiny village of Tret, Austria (now Italy), near the Italian Alps. His father died seven months earlier after returning to Austria from the United States. Gene's mother, Anna Maria Flor, raised him and his three siblings by herself and eventually moved the family back to Rock Springs, Wyoming, where the Rizzi family had originally had sheep ranching interests. Traveling to and from Europe many times as a youth, Gene settled in Vienna, Austria, to attend the Music Conservatory of Vienna as a violin student. After graduating from that prestigious institution, he began a career as a professional concert violinist. After playing violin in Europe, he moved back to the US to help support his mother and eventually left professional music in favor of an acting career. The Great Depression had just passed its peak and there was a brighter future ahead in Hollywood, and Gene headed there. He began his film career playing tough guys and thugs because of his rugged good looks, and appeared in many features, serials and shorts. These parts included the stranger in The Outlaw (1943), the young tough who discovers to his regret that his draw is not as quick as Billy the Kid's. He also played "Corey" in The Green Hornet (1940) serial. Gene eventually moved on to more substantive parts, appearing with Tyrone Power in Crash Dive (1943) (interestingly, his character in that film was named Rizzi). Other pictures, such as Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942), took advantage of Gene's abilities with the violin. Still others utilized his expressive, youthful face, as in his uncredited role in To Be or Not to Be (1942) where he utters the Polish RAF pilot's simple pensive line, "Warsaw!" In all of his film appearances, Gene supported the main characters with vigor and intelligence. In the early days of World War II, he was drafted into the US Army and served with distinction with the 396th Signal Corps in China. Shortly after his return to the US at the end of the war, Gene left the film business to devote his life to a new wife and future family. On July 12, 1947, he married Barbara Lee Allen in North Hollywood, California. In 1948, 1951 and 1952 three children were born to the Rizzi family. Gene never discussed his film career with most of his friends and family. Interestingly, though, even his grandchildren could pick out his distinctive voice from old Saturday afternoon replays of his movies. When he died on July 24, 2001, Gene Rizzi left a short film legacy that was perhaps outweighed by his commitment to family. A true artist with many skills, he was first and foremost a husband and father.

Cosetta Greco was born on 8 October 1930 in Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. She was an actress, known for Dossier Mata Hari (1967), Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo (1952) and Foglio di via (1954). She was married to Mario Cimica. She died on 14 July 2002 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Anna Proclemer was born on 30 May 1923 in Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. She was an actress, known for Journey to Italy (1954), Illustrious Corpses (1976) and L'idiota (1959). She was married to Vitaliano Brancati. She died on 25 April 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Luca Filippi was born on 29 October 1991 in Rovereto, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. He is an actor, known for In fondo al bosco (2015), Don Matteo (2000) and Thou Shalt Not Kill (2015).

Alessia Merz was born on 24 September 1974 in Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. She is an actress, known for L'ispettore Giusti (1999), Turbo (2000) and Panarea (1997). She has been married to Fabio Bazzani since 11 June 2005. They have two children.

Giovanni Vettorazzo was born on 11 October 1953 in Rovereto, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. He is an actor, known for The Passion of the Christ (2004), Heaven (2002) and Thunder (1983).

Barbara Romaner was born in 1978 in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. She is an actress, known for Mahler on the Couch (2010), Janus (2013) and Blindlings (2009).

Marina Spadafora was born on 3 May 1959 in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. She is a costume designer, known for To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Strangers Kiss (1983) and Shy Boy (2009). She was previously married to Sean Hepburn Ferrer and Piero Francesco Bonfanti.