Gabriele Lavia

Gabriele Lavia was born on Oct 11, 1942 in Italy. Gabriele Lavia's big-screen debut came with Metello directed by Mauro Bolognini in 1970, strarring A prisoner (uncredited). Gabriele Lavia is known for The Legend of 1900 directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, Tim Roth stars as Novecento and Pruitt Taylor Vince as Max. The most recent award Gabriele Lavia achieved is Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists. The upcoming new movie Gabriele Lavia plays is Baaria which will be released on Sep 25, 2009.

Gabriele Lavia is one of the most important figures on the Italian stage scene. He devoted his work also to cinema, creating characters for some famous Italian horror movies like David Hemmings friend in "Profondo Rosso", the journalist of "Zeder". He also directed some movies like "Scandalosa Gilda" and "La Lupa" with longtime companion Monica Guerritore. He portrayed the gay stage director in "Ricordati Di Me" by Gabriele Muccino.But his work is mainly on stage. As actor and director, he put on stage the works of Shakespeare, Strindberg and Pirandello. He started in 1975 with William Shakespeare's "Othello". His last work was "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by Edward Albee in 2005.