Boris Acosta
- Producer
- Director
- Executive
Best known for often thinking outside the box, Boris Acosta's films based on The Divine Comedy are true to the story itself, although visually they are like none to this date. He has earned a high reputation in Hollywood and from Dantologits (Dantisti) around the world for making films that are truly Dante's way, something that nobody has been able to do since 1911. He is well respected in Hollywood for his convictions, and passion and a man of one word.
Boris Acosta studied The Divine Comedy and all minor works written by Dante Alighieri in primitive Italian (Volgare italiano). He also studied other major Italian works and obtained a degree in Italian Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
In 2008, Boris Acosta accomplished a task that no Italian had been able to do in 700 years. He got "Dante Alighieri pardoned from exile" after he petitioned it in a letter to Matteo Renzi, Florence's Mayor at the time.
Boris Acosta, a citizen of the United States, is fluent in English, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. He was born from Italian and Portuguese family.
Boris Acosta lived most of his life in the United States, but also in Italy, Austria, Canada, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, and has traveled extensively throughout the world.
From his early days in life, starting at the age of 8, Boris Acosta had his first experience as a movie maker wearing as many hats as any filmmaker can wear. He found a large magnifying glass, about 8 inches in diameter. He played with it in the sun burning papers and grass with it. Then, he thought that there had to be a better purpose for such a big magnifying glass. So, he built a wooden box, made a hole in front of it to fit the magnifying glass, and, with the help of his grandfather, put a light in the back of the box. He bought two issues of the same comic magazine, which he cut into strips and glued them together by their edges to make a big roll out of them. He put the roll of comic strips in between the light and the magnifying glass and projected it on the wall. One could say that this was the first home projector ever, but he never thought of it that way. However, this was certainly Acosta's first film. Later he was invited to act in a college film, and after graduating he produced several math tutorial films. One clue at a time, would later find himself working in the film industry as a producer and director of the second best Christian story ever told, The Divine Comedy - Dante's Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise.
Boris Acosta studied The Divine Comedy and all minor works written by Dante Alighieri in primitive Italian (Volgare italiano). He also studied other major Italian works and obtained a degree in Italian Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
In 2008, Boris Acosta accomplished a task that no Italian had been able to do in 700 years. He got "Dante Alighieri pardoned from exile" after he petitioned it in a letter to Matteo Renzi, Florence's Mayor at the time.
Boris Acosta, a citizen of the United States, is fluent in English, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. He was born from Italian and Portuguese family.
Boris Acosta lived most of his life in the United States, but also in Italy, Austria, Canada, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, and has traveled extensively throughout the world.
From his early days in life, starting at the age of 8, Boris Acosta had his first experience as a movie maker wearing as many hats as any filmmaker can wear. He found a large magnifying glass, about 8 inches in diameter. He played with it in the sun burning papers and grass with it. Then, he thought that there had to be a better purpose for such a big magnifying glass. So, he built a wooden box, made a hole in front of it to fit the magnifying glass, and, with the help of his grandfather, put a light in the back of the box. He bought two issues of the same comic magazine, which he cut into strips and glued them together by their edges to make a big roll out of them. He put the roll of comic strips in between the light and the magnifying glass and projected it on the wall. One could say that this was the first home projector ever, but he never thought of it that way. However, this was certainly Acosta's first film. Later he was invited to act in a college film, and after graduating he produced several math tutorial films. One clue at a time, would later find himself working in the film industry as a producer and director of the second best Christian story ever told, The Divine Comedy - Dante's Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise.
