Luigi Proietti (Gigi Proietti)
Rome, 2 September 1940
After graduating from the Liceo Ginnasio Augustus of Rome he enrolled in the school of law at the University of Rome La Sapienza. As a child he learned to play guitar, piano, accordion and to support himself studies plays and sings in nightclubs. He enrolled at the Centro Teatro Ateneo, becoming a pupil of Arnoldo Foa, Giulietta Masina, in the same period, decides to leave the Faculty of law. Her first role as an actor was in the movie the birds by Aristophanes , directed by Giuseppe Di Martino. In 1968 gets starring roles in various shows staged by the Teatro Stabile in L'Aquila, including God Kurtby Alberto Moravia. In 1970, he was called to replace Domenico Modugno in Garinei and Giovannini musical Alleluja brava gente. In 1974 played the role of black Chiaramantesi the drama of Sem BenelliLa Cena delle beffe, deposit at Carmelo Bene. In 1978 with Sandro Merli, assumes the artistic direction of the Teatro Brancaccio of Rome, creating a Scenic Laboratory exercises for the young actor, staged with his students during the 1980s numerous shows, in this period the same Silhouette recalls that Vittorio Gassman said "has his students taught him all his faults, but there is an heir is right that there is." Gianni Minà recalls that Gigi maintained at his own expense the school, awaiting the arrival of regional contributions. In 1983 he made his debut as a television presenter in Fantastic 4 directed by Enzo Trapani. In 1990 debuted a sitcom of Rai due, Villa Arzilla, based on the adventures of a group of seniors in a nursing home where he in some scenes as a gardener.
In 1998 is the narrator of the tale of Peter and the Wolfby Sergei Prokofiev, under the direction of Enrique Mazzola. In 2013 Project begins writing, publishing an autobiography after all something I remember. Between memories and anecdotes, the actor recounts his personal history and professional.
Filmography
Our champion, directed by Vittorio Duse
Se permettete parliamo di donne, directed by Ettore Scola
Pleasant nights, directed by Armando Crispino and Luciano Lucignani
La ragazza del bersagliere, directed by Alessandro Blasetti
The wild, directed by Franco Indovina
The matriarch, directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile
A complicated girl, directed by Damiano Damiani
The appointment, directed by Sidney Lumet
The scream, directed by Tinto Brass
Brancaleone at the Crusades, directed by Mario Monicelli
Dropout, directed by Tinto Brass
Barai, directed by Mauro Bolognini
Mortadella, directed by Mario Monicelli
Orders are orders, directed by Franco Giraldi
Meo Patacca, directed by Marcello Ciorciolini
La Tosca, directed by Luigi Magni
Property is no longer a theft, directed by Elio Petri
Le farò da padre, directed by Alberto Lattuada
Conviene far bene l'amore, directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile
Music for freedom, directed by Luigi Perelli
Bordella, directed by Pupi Avanti
Who says woman says damage, directed by Tonino Cervi
The inheritance, directed by Mauro Bolognini
Febbre da cavallo, directed by Steno
Languid kisses ... perfide carezze, directed by Alfredo Angeli
Casottodi Sergio Citti
A wedding, directed by Robert Altman
Who is killing the great chefs of Europe?, directed by Ted Kothceff
Two pieces of bread, directed by Sergio Citti
Non ti conosco più amore mio, directed by Sergio Corbucci
From father to son, directed by Alessandro and Vittorio Gassman
FF.SS.-I.e. What did you bring me to do over a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?, directed by Renzo Arbore
Mi faccia causa, regia di Steno
Mille bolle blu, regia di Leone Pompucci - Voce narrante
Eloise, la figlia di D’Artagnan, regia di Bertrand Tavernier
Panni sporchi, regia di Mario Monicelli
Febbre da cavallo - La mandrakata, regia di Carlo Vanzina
Le barzellette, regia di Carlo Vanzina
Un’estate al mare, regia di Carlo Vanzina
Un estate ai Carabi, regia di Carlo Vanzina
La vita è una cosa meravigliosa, regia di Carlo Vanzina
Tutti al mare, regia di Matteo Cerami
Box Office 3D- Il film dei film, regia di Ezio Greggio
Indovina chi viene a Natale?, regia di Fausto Brizzi
Ma tu di che segno 6?, regia di Neri Parenti
Il premio, regia di Alessandro Gassmann
Televisione
La maschera e il volto, regia di Flaminio Bollini
Il circolo Pickwick, regia di Ugo Gregoretti
La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia, regia di Carlo Quartucci
Il viaggio di Astolfo, regia di Vito Molinari
Le tigri di Monpacem, regia di Ugo Gregoretti
Romanzo popolare italiano, regia di Ugo Gregoretti
Fregoli, regia di Paolo Cavara
Viaggio Goldonia, regia di Ugo Gregoretti
Gli innocenti vanno all’estero, regia di Luciano Salce
La bella Otero, regia di Josè Marìa Sànchez
Io a modo mio, regia di Eros Macchi
Sogni e bisogni, regia di Sergio Citti
Facciaffitasi – tv series
Villa Arzilla, directed by Gigi Proietti
A child in half, directed by Giorgio Capitani
Passions-Soap Opera, directed by Fabrizio Costa
Italian Restaurant . Tv Series
A child in half – a year later, directed by Giorgio Capitani
Il maresciallo Rocca, Tv Series
L'avvocato Porta
