Michele Civetta

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Michele Civetta is a filmmaker and multi-media artist and founder of Quintessence Films.

Career

Civetta has directed videos for Lou Reed, Sparklehorse, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Marracash, Ladytron, Yoko Ono. Commercials for Coca-Cola, Martini & Rossi, Cingular wireless, Badoit mineral water. In 2006 Civetta wrote and directed an ambitious and critically acclaimed musical feature for Sean Lennon's Capitol Records release Friendly Fire.^[1] The 50-minute film debuted January 2008 on Mark Cuban's HDNet channel.

Civetta is preparing a film based on the international bestseller Coin Locker Babies that was scheduled to shoot in the summer of 2010 in Thailand and Japan, a co-production between Don Murphy's Angry Films (Natural Born Killers, Bully, From Hell, Transformers) and the French Studio Wild Bunch (City of God, Irreversible, March of the Penguins, Che). Production was delayed to 2013; by May of that year, the project had been renamed Regular Boy, and it was listed in IMDB as being in "pre-production".^[2] Originally set to star Val Kilmer, Gael Garcia Bernal, Asia Argento, Brady Corbett, Jamie Cambell Bower, Devon Aoki and Tadanobu Asano, it now had Tadanobu Asano, Asia Argento and Brady Corbett confirmed.

Mr. Civetta is also preparing a film with Alain Guede based on the life of the Chevalier de Saint George. Most recently Civetta and his company Quintessence Films commissioned and produced a series of 42 second short films based on Dreams for 42 Below Vodka/ Bacardi. Some of the filmmakers involved include David Lynch, Kenneth Anger, Gaspar Noe, Sergei Bodrov, Larry Clark, Harmony Korine, and Mike Figgis.^[3]

Music videos

"Better Days" - Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros (2013)
"Ours" - Asia Argento (2013)
"White Elephant" - Ladytron (2011)
"Come la Cina" – Marracash (2009)
"Little Fat Baby" – Sparklehorse (2008)
"By the Time I Get Home" – Grand National (2007)
"Ecstasy" – Lou Reed (2007)
"Parachute" – Sean Lennon (2007)
"Dead Meat" – Sean Lennon (2006)
"Friendly Fire" – Sean Lennon (2006)
"Now that I know" – Shannon McNally (2002)

Personal life

Civetta is married to Italian actress Asia Argento, the couple married on August 27, 2008 in Arezzo.^[4] The couple live in Rome with their son Nicola Civetta.

References

↑ IN DEPTH: Sean Lennon "Friendly Fire"
↑ "Michele Civetta". IMDB. IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
↑ Asia Argento and Michele Civetta on Cannes Controversy and Porn-y New Work
↑ Asia Argento Weds Film Director Asia Argento sposa ad Arezzo Michele Civetta | Si Mormora

External links

Michele Civetta at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Civetta, Michele
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Short description	Italian film director
Date of birth	1976
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