Massimo Vigliar

Massimo Vigliar
Born February 9, 1949
Rome
Nationality Italian

Massimo Vigliar (born February 9, 1949 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian producer and entrepreneur.

Career

In 1982 he founded Surf Film, which operates in the sector of worldwide productions and distributions with a catalogue of over 700 films.[1] Many of them represent part of the greatest productions of Post-war Italian Cinema, such as "Two Women”, "Marriage Italian Style”, "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” by Vittorio De Sica; "A Special Day” by Ettore Scola, "Django" by Sergio Corbucci amongst many others.[2] He produced "Gorbaciof" with Toni Servillo, directed by Stefano Incerti, which was shown at the 67th Venice International Film Festival, receiving excellent reviews and competing at the 35th Festival of Toronto.[3][4] Recently, Vigliar has devoted himself to the productions of numerous documentaries regarding his colleagues, friends and other prominent figures of the Italian Cinema such as Vittorio De Sica and Sophia Loren.[5][6] He also operates in cinema productions in the UK and Spain.[7]

Personal life

Vigliar has been philanthropically involved in numerous organisations in Africa, and in 2009 funded the construction of a Health Centre in Thyolo, Malawi.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Surf Film". Surf Film. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  2. ↑ "Surf Film". Surf Film. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  3. ↑ Di Paolo D'Agostini (2013-04-29). "Servillo-Gorbaciof tira dritto sulla strada delle emozioni forti". Repubblica.it. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  4. ↑ Jay Weissberg (2010-09-03). "Gorbaciof". Variety. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  5. ↑ "Surf Film". Surf Film. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  6. ↑ "Sophia: ieri, oggi e domani - Conversazione con Sophia Loren - Extra". Italica. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  7. ↑ "VIGLIAR MASSIMO. Cargos directivos" (in Spanish). Empresia.es. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  8. ↑ Charles Sinetre (2010-09-09). "Maranatha Mzungu: Sep 9, 2010". Mzunguwatipaso.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-05-06.

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