Michele Civetta

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

Career

Civetta has directed videos for Lou Reed, Sparklehorse, 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 is scheduled to shoot in the summer of 2010 in Thailand and Japan. The film is 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) and stars Val Kilmer, Gael Garcia Bernal, Asia Argento, Brady Corbett, Jamie Cambell Bower, Devon Aoki and Tadanobu Asano. 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.^[2]

Personal life

Civetta is married to Italian actress Asia Argento, the couple married on August 27, 2008 in Arezzo.^[3] The couple live in Rome with Anna Lou, Asia's daughter and Marco Castoldi's (also known as Morgan, lead singer of Bluvertigo), Asia's ex lover.^[4]

References

1. ^ IN DEPTH: Sean Lennon "Friendly Fire"
2. ^ Asia Argento and Michele Civetta on Cannes Controversy and Porn-y New Work
3. ^ Asia Argento Weds Film Director Asia Argento sposa ad Arezzo Michele Civetta | Si Mormora
4. ^ Asia Argento and Michele Civetta on Cannes Controversy and Porn-y New Work

External links

• Michele Civetta at the Internet Movie Database

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