Antonio Calone
- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Born in Naples, he lives and works between Rome, Naples and Paris.
After a musical education and studies in drama and theatre direction in France at the Universities of Caen and Nanterre-Paris Ouest, he is an assistant and playwright in theatre with: Renato Carpentieri, Guy Delamotte, Françoise Delrue, Emanuele Valenti. He continued his training by participating in internships with Yoshi Oida, Marco Baliani, Renata Molinari, Fausto Paravidino, Florian Borchmeyer and Milo Rau. Since 2013 he has worked mainly in cinema, collaborating permanently as acting-coach and artistic collaborator with Leonardo di Costanzo and Saverio Costanzo.
Theatre - From 2006 to 2010 he directed a company dedicated to theatrical and pedagogical research for the younger generations, giving life to shows: Taniko (Children's Scenario Award 2006), Kaly Yuga or the school to become bad, Satyricon, La Missione. From 2008 to 2012 he is one of the directors of Arrevuoto, the project for a theatrical intervention for teenagers at the Teatro Nazionale in Naples directed by Maurizio Braucci. In 2012 he wrote and staged the show Famedaria, on the theme of psychological distress in the family context, with the production of the Teatro Stabile di Napoli. Since 2015 she has been working with Le Tarmac and the Maison des Pratiques Artistiques Amateurs in Paris to lead workshops for adolescents, adults and people with mental disabilities. These experiences led to the production of the show Collisions in 2016.
Cinema/Tv- Through numerous collaborations with directors and casting director develops an organic and maieutic working method for the preparation and accompaniment on set of professional actors and non-professionals, children, adolescents and adults. Following Leonardo Di Costanzo for the rehearsals and filming of the films: L'Intervallo (2012), L'Avamposto (2014), L'Intrusa (2017), Ariaferma (2021), Elisa - I volevo ucciderla (2025) and Saverio Costanzo for the series L'Amica Geniale (2017-2024) and the feature film L'Alba (2023). In 2017, he worked with the screenwriter and director Bruno Oliviero for the feature film Born at Casal di Principe and with the documentary filmmaker Ludovica Fales for the preparation of the project Lala. In 2023, he follows Alba Rohrwacher as dialogue-coach for the fourth season of L'Amica Geniale directed by Laura Bispuri and for the film Hors-Saison by Stéphane Brizé. In 2024 he collaborates with Carolina Cavalli for the preparation and directing on set of the small co-protagonist of the film Il rapimento di Arabella. In 2025 follows as dialogue coach Barbara Ronchi and Valeria Golino for Elisa - I volevo ucciderla (2025) by Leonardo Di Costanzo.
Training/Coaching - Since 2020 she leads acting workshops for the film camera intervening in schools of cinema and theater (Bellini Teatro Factory and Acting Center Naples - Napoli // Scatola Magica Lab e Lottounico - Roma // Meridiano Zero - Sassari // Proxima Res and Scuola Civica Luchino Visconti - Milan // Dams - University of Turin // Stabile Veneto Theatre - Venice) and prepares individual actresses and actors for roles and auditions. In 2023 he is part of the pre-selection committee for acting students at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.
Theatre - From 2006 to 2010 he directed a company dedicated to theatrical and pedagogical research for the younger generations, giving life to shows: Taniko (Children's Scenario Award 2006), Kaly Yuga or the school to become bad, Satyricon, La Missione. From 2008 to 2012 he is one of the directors of Arrevuoto, the project for a theatrical intervention for teenagers at the Teatro Nazionale in Naples directed by Maurizio Braucci. In 2012 he wrote and staged the show Famedaria, on the theme of psychological distress in the family context, with the production of the Teatro Stabile di Napoli. Since 2015 she has been working with Le Tarmac and the Maison des Pratiques Artistiques Amateurs in Paris to lead workshops for adolescents, adults and people with mental disabilities. These experiences led to the production of the show Collisions in 2016.
Cinema/Tv- Through numerous collaborations with directors and casting director develops an organic and maieutic working method for the preparation and accompaniment on set of professional actors and non-professionals, children, adolescents and adults. Following Leonardo Di Costanzo for the rehearsals and filming of the films: L'Intervallo (2012), L'Avamposto (2014), L'Intrusa (2017), Ariaferma (2021), Elisa - I volevo ucciderla (2025) and Saverio Costanzo for the series L'Amica Geniale (2017-2024) and the feature film L'Alba (2023). In 2017, he worked with the screenwriter and director Bruno Oliviero for the feature film Born at Casal di Principe and with the documentary filmmaker Ludovica Fales for the preparation of the project Lala. In 2023, he follows Alba Rohrwacher as dialogue-coach for the fourth season of L'Amica Geniale directed by Laura Bispuri and for the film Hors-Saison by Stéphane Brizé. In 2024 he collaborates with Carolina Cavalli for the preparation and directing on set of the small co-protagonist of the film Il rapimento di Arabella. In 2025 follows as dialogue coach Barbara Ronchi and Valeria Golino for Elisa - I volevo ucciderla (2025) by Leonardo Di Costanzo.
Training/Coaching - Since 2020 she leads acting workshops for the film camera intervening in schools of cinema and theater (Bellini Teatro Factory and Acting Center Naples - Napoli // Scatola Magica Lab e Lottounico - Roma // Meridiano Zero - Sassari // Proxima Res and Scuola Civica Luchino Visconti - Milan // Dams - University of Turin // Stabile Veneto Theatre - Venice) and prepares individual actresses and actors for roles and auditions. In 2023 he is part of the pre-selection committee for acting students at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.
