- 1st AD
- casting director
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About Mario Corrado
Filmmaker and an experienced 1st Assistant Director for mainstream and independent film projects, TV shows, commercials, and music videos.
Casting Director specialized in native and fluent English-speaking actors on the Italian territory.
Casting Director specialized in native and fluent English-speaking actors on the Italian territory.
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| Nationality | Italian |
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| Languages | EnglishItalianSpanish |
| Experience abroad | North America: USA East Africa: Kenya Southern Europe: Spain |
| Education | Filmmaker and an experienced 1st Assistant Director for mainstream and independent film projects, TV shows, commercials, and music videos. He’s been working in and off Italy since 2008, assisting both experienced and debut directors. He is also a Casting Director, specialized in casting native and fluent English-speaking actors on the Italian territory. In 2012 Mario was 1st AD to Sergio Martino, one of the most representative directors of the Italian Genre-Film era celebrated by Quentin Tarantino. In 2017 he was 1st AD to Academy-Award Winner Director Bobby Moresco for his feature film "Bent”, starring Oscar Nominee Andy Garcia, Sofía Vergara, and Karl Urban. Their collaboration continued in 2022 for "Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend”, starring Frank Grillo, Golden Globe Winner Gabriel Byrne, and Academy-Award Winner Mira Sorvino. In 2020 Mario was 1st AD to Argentinian Director Lucía Puenzo for her segment of the movie "Tell It Like a Woman”, nominated for Best Original Song at the 2023 Academy-Awards and starring Golden Globe Nominee Eva Longoria. In 2022 production company Fremantle hired Mario as 1st AD for the 4th and final season of HBO's critically acclaimed show "My Brilliant Friend”, based on the worldwide hit novels by Elena Ferrante. During his career, Mario shared the set with several other major international film stars, such: as two-time Academy-Award Winner Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Golden Globe Winner Rutger Hauer, Jessica Alba, Michael Madsen, William Baldwin, and also Action Movie celebrities like Kate Beckinsale, Dolph Lundgren and Danny Trejo. As an author, besides documentary and fiction short films, he edited and co-directed Platges, a full-length documentary film selected at Sitges Medimed Festival (Spain) and Valdarno Cinema Fedic Festival (Italy). |
| Immediate working area | Rome |
| Tax residence (federal state or country) | Italy - Lazio |