Biografia
Angelo Orlando was born in Salerno, Italy. He is a scriptwriter, director, and actor. His major breakthrough came in 1990 when Fellini cast him as Nestore in his final film, La voce della Luna. The following year, he appeared in Massimo Troisi's I Thought It Was Love, earning the David di Donatello award for Best Supporting Actor. He continued writing comedy sketches, TV show episodes, and plays for the theater.
In 1994, he directed his first film, L'anno prossimo vado a letto alle dieci, inspired by Andrea Pazienza's comic strips. In 1998, he wrote his second feature film, Barbara, which was later adapted for the stage. That same year, he penned Tobia al Caffè, directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi. In 1999, he wrote the screenplay for Outlaw, directed by Enzo Monteleone, which was nominated by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists as one of the best Italian scripts in 2000.
Orlando debuted as a writer in 2001 with Quasi quattordici (Nearly Fourteen), a semi-autobiographical story chronicling a child's life in southern Italy. In November 2005, he won the Solinas Prize for Casamatta Vendesi, the best comedy screenplay. His third feature film, Sfiorarsi, co-written with actress and scriptwriter Valentina Carnelutti, received multiple awards at national and international festivals and was distributed by Atalante Film in collaboration with the Film School Sentieri Selvaggi in Rome. In 2007, he wrote the screenplay Sandrine in the Rain.
In 2008, he began shooting the short film The Day After, followed by Giro Giro Tondo in 2009, and One Hundred Second in 2012, which was selected for the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Festival. In 2010, he was a finalist for the Solinas screenplay award with Cinq, sei, sett, ott, co-written with Valentina Russo. Since 2005, the Association of Humanity and Culture La Teca has hosted his seminars on acting, creative writing, scriptwriting, directing, and cinematic language in Rome, Trento, Genoa, Legnano, Lugano, and Sassari.
In 2012, he founded the production company Gris Medio with Greek photographer and cinematographer Efthymia Zymvragaki.
In 2015, his fourth feature film, Rocco tiene tu nombre, shot in Barcelona, premiered worldwide at the Rome Independent Film Festival (RIFF).
