Fernando Scarpa

Fernando Scarpa (10 December 1968 in Milan) is an international award winning director and actor.

Biography

Fernando Scarpa began his career in theater in 1990 and has achieved extensive international recognition in Europe. In 1999, the acclaimed European Oscar-nominated actor and director Klaus Maria Brandauer appointed Scarpa as Personal Assistant to the prestigious Burgtheater in Vienna.

In 2001 to 2005, Scarpa directed his own theater in the historical cultural city of Wittenberg Germany, directing -- among other works -- "Hamlet", "Faust", and "Luther", for which he received 'German National Awards' in 2004, as well as public and critical acclaim. In addition, Scarpa served as the Artistic Supervisor for the Theater des Westens, Berlin for musical shows, and worked as a television director for both the national Italian station RaiUno and major German stations ZDF and SAT1.

In 2005, Fernando Scarpa moved to the U.S. to gain experience in American film. He shot his debut short movie "Brothers", which almost immediately won BEST SHORT, BEST SCREENPLAY and BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT awards at the NYIIFVF in Los Angeles and New York City. Scarpa's second film as director was "Scientifico", a short drama written by Aaron F. Schnore and Andrew Bouton Ph.D.

In the beginning of 2007, Scarpa returns to Germany and directs with great success the Musical "Martin Luther King", a big stage production in the historical Memory Church (Gedaechtnis Kirche) located in the heart of Berlin.

Finally, after receiving a prestigious Artist Visa from the U.S. government, Scarpa has chosen to extend his stay in the States where, among other projects slated for 2007, he will produce the feature movie " [http://www.flyingpenguinsentertainment.com/slated.html White Cure] ", a medical thriller based on an original idea of Scarpa’s.

References

* [http://www.fernandoscarpa.com Official website]
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* "Vita Fernando Scarpa" von Wittenberg Kultur e.V.
* "Reise mit Faust auf historischen Pflastern" article in Supersonntag for Wittenberg on June 18 2005

External links

* [http://www.nyfilmvideo.com/2006/nynov2006/presrelease/index.htm New York International Independent Film and Video Festival]
* [http://www.nyfilmvideo.com/2006/laseptember06/movieads/brothers/index.htm New York International Independent Film and Video Festival: "Brothers" Page]
* [http://www.bundestag.de/dasparlament/2004/14/PlenumundAusschuesse/001.html German government official site: the parlament cultural foundation]
* [http://www.international.rai.it/agendaitaliana/puntate/20040718/martedi.shtml Italian television website]
* [http://www1.mdr.de/kultur/musik_buehne/1632927.html German television website]
* [http://shortnews.stern.de/shownews.cfm?id=522701&CFID=1100960&CFTOKEN=16229376 German news]
* [http://www.buehnewittenberg.de/index2.php?lx_template=history.tpl&lx_varname=History Theater of Wittenberg official site]
* [http://www.rivistaprometheus.it/rivista/i6/derjungeluther.htm Italian cultural newspaper]
* [http://www.martinlutherking-musical.com "Martin Luther King - the musical" official website]