Biography

Born in Florence (Italy), Maurizio Mistretta has been writing, directing and acting theatre and multimedia plays for the last 20 years. His large activity starts in Bologna at the Conservatoire of Theatre and develops with several important masters in Italy, long term activity inside of Pisa's prison as Art Director of a company of inmates-actors (1993-2001) and the projects inside of public and private schools in Italy and Thailand (1990-2008). In 2001, in collaboration with the RAI, he produced a documentary about his theatre in prison: "Pisa's Towers" RAI 3 (National Channel). In 2004 he has created a multimedia production linking movie and theatre languages "Black Jealousy" from Othello of W. Shakespeare. 5 short videos of 4-5 minutes were connected with the stage story, adding contemporary and intimate details to the character playing on stage. Those videos written and directed by Mistretta were shot by Gianni Pacinotti (selected director for Venice Festival 2011) From 2000 to 2006 he organized workshops in several Thai Correctional Houses in Bangkok in collaboration with the UNICEF-Bangkok and produced a video document "Pinocchio in Siam" (Melampo Documentary Production, La7 TV, 2007).

THEATER PRODUCTIONS 1996 DEMONS - from Dostoevsky 1999 THE IMPROPER MASS - from Aristophanes 2001 THE EATEN CHILDREN - from Dante Alighieri 2002 BLACK JEALOUSY - from Shakespeare 2003 GOD EXISTS! - from Backett 2006 EXTHUSIASM! - from Camus 2008 PINOCCHIO TRILOGY - from Lorenzini 2009 LYSISTRATA - from Aristophanes 2009 METAMORPHOSIS - from Kafka 2010-2011 CALIGULA TRILOGY - from Camus 2011 ALL SOUL CABARET - Original 2012 PERVERSION - Original 2012 REAL STORY - from Pilblad 2013 THE 6 PINOCCHIOS - from Lorenzini 2014 HAMLET! - from Shakespeare 2014 BKK UNDERGROUND -Original

FILMOGRAPHY 2016 THE PROPHECY OF COCA (feature-co-writing with Dr Sandro Calvani) 2016 BOXER REBELLION (documentary-distribution) 2016 THE LAST DAY OF THE CONDEMNED MAN (feature-distribution) 2015 FATIMA'S SECRET (feature - distribution) 2014 FUFU, 99 minutes of life (feature - distribution) 2006 BLACK JALEAUSY (5 short movies about Othello of Shakespeare) 2004 PINOCCHIO IN SIAM (documentary LA7) 2001 THE PISA'S TOWERS (documentary RAI3)
- IMDb mini biography by: Ulf Pilblad