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Leto (surname)
Leto is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Antonio Leto (1844–1913), Italian painter *Jared Leto (born 1971), actor and singer of band Thirty Seconds to Mars * Julie Elizabeth Leto, American writer of romance novels * Julius Pomponius Laetus or Pomponius Leto (1425–1498), Italian humanist *Marco Leto (1931–2016), Italian film and television director and screenwriter *Norman Leto (born 1980), Polish artist * Peter Leto, American television director and television producer *Sebastián Leto (born 1986), Argentinian footballer *Shannon Leto Shannon Leto (; born March 9, 1970) is an American musician best known as the drummer of rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. He co-founded the group in 1998 in Los Angeles, California, with his younger brother Jared. Their debut album, ''30 Secon ...
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Antonio Leto
Antonino or Antonio Leto (June 14, 1844 – May 31, 1913 in Capri, Italy) was an Italian painter, painting mainly genre/landscape subjects in an impressionistic style. Biography In 1861, sponsored by his uncle, he moved to study in Palermo under L. Barba and Luigi Lojacono. He adopted the style and subject matter of Filippo Palizzi, In 1864, he moved to Naples where he was attracted to the '' Scuola of Resina'' style of painting fostered by Giuseppe De Nittis. He took lessons from Adriano Cecioni. He painted both in oil, tempera, and watercolor. By 1870, he had won a silver medal at the Mosta Artistica of Palermo with the painting ''Il Ritorno dal Pascolo'' and a gold medal at the Regional Exposition of Siracusa for ''La Bufera''. In 1872, he sent ''A Winter's day in Sicily'' to the Brera Exposition. In 1873, he joined in Portici with other painter of the Scuola di Resina, and travelled to Rome and met Francesco Paolo Michetti. In 1874 at Rome, he painted ''Alla Villa Borgese ...
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Jared Leto
Jared Joseph Leto ( ; born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician. Known for his method acting in a variety of roles, he has received numerous accolades over a career spanning three decades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Additionally, he is recognised for his musicianship and eccentric stage persona as a member of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. After starting his career on the television series ''My So-Called Life'' (1994), Leto made his film debut in ''How to Make an American Quilt'' (1995) and gained critical attention for his performance in '' Prefontaine'' (1997). After supporting roles in '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), ''Fight Club'' (1999), '' Girl, Interrupted'' (1999) and '' American Psycho'' (2000), he received widespread praise for his lead role in ''Requiem for a Dream'' (2000). He then began focusing increasingly on music, returning to acting with ''Panic Room'' (2002), ''Alexander'' (2004), ''Lord of War'' (2005), '' Chap ...
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Julie Elizabeth Leto
Julie Elizabeth Leto is a best-selling American author of over forty romance novels. Leto's action-adventure novels are sold under the name Julie Leto, as will all future books by the author, who officially dropped her middle name in September 2007. Biography Julie Leto was born and raised in Florida to a family of Italian and Cuban descent. After picking up her first romance when she was only sixteen, Leto knew that she wanted to write one of her own. She earned degrees in Creative Writing and Speech Communications from the University of South Florida. She began writing in 1988, while she was in graduate school. After graduation she became an English teacher at Tampa Catholic High School and continued to write on weekends and at night. In 1996, in order to give herself more time to write, Leto quit her teaching job and joined her family's manufacturing business. The following year she sold her fourth completed novel, ''Seducing Sullivan'' to Harlequin Temptation. Short ...
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Julius Pomponius Laetus
Julius Pomponius Laetus (1428 – 9 June 1498), also known as Giulio Pomponio Leto, was an Italian humanist. Background Laetus was born at Teggiano, near Salerno, the illegitimate scion of the princely house of Sanseverino, the German historian Ludwig von Pastor reported. He studied at Rome under Lorenzo Valla, whom he succeeded in 1457 as professor of eloquence in the Gymnasium Romanum. About this time he founded an academy ('' Accademia Romana''), the members of which adopted Greek and Latin names, and met at the house of Laetus on the Quirinal, which was filled with fragments and inscriptions and Roman coins collected by this early antiquarian, to discuss classical questions; they celebrated the birthday of Romulus. Its constitution resembled that of an ancient priestly college, and Laetus was styled '' pontifex maximus''. Bartolomeo Platina and Filippo Buonaccorsi were among the most distinguished members of the circle, which also included Giovanni Sulpizio da Veroli, the edi ...
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Marco Leto
Marco Leto (18 January 1931 – 21 April 2016) was an Italian film and television director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, Leto started his career in the 1950s as an assistant director in a large number of films. In 1965 he started a collaboration with RAI TV, for which he directed several serials and TV movies. After signing some screenplays, Leto made his film directorial debut in 1973, with the critically appreciated '' Black Holiday''. In the following years he kept active both in cinema and in television. Selected filmography * '' Black Holiday'' (1973) * ''Al piacere di rivederla ''Al piacere di rivederla'' is a 1976 Italian giallo-comedy film directed by Marco Leto. It is based on the novel ''Ritratto di provincia in rosso'' by Paolo Levi. Cast * Ugo Tognazzi: Mario Aldara * Françoise Fabian: Viviana Bonfigli * Miou-Mi ...'' (1976) References External links * * 1931 births 2016 deaths Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian telev ...
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Norman Leto
Norman Leto (born August 23, 1980, Bochnia, Poland), birth name Łukasz Banach,Norman Leto
at filmpolski.pl is a Polish artist, self-educated in the fields of painting,
film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
, and new media. In 1989, at the age of nine, Banach started to use the computer as a digital drawing tool. At the age of f ...
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Peter Leto
Peter Herman Leto is an American television director and television producer. He is best known for directing work on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', in which he also served as a unit production manager, first assistant director, second assistant director, co-producer, producer, supervising producer and co-executive producer. Besides ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', Leto's other television directing work includes ''A Gifted Man'', '' Under the Dome'', ''Witches of East End'', ''Arrow'', ''Falling Skies'', '' Agent Carter'', ''Designated Survivor'', ''Emergence'', ''Deputy'' and ''The Equalizer''. Leto also worked as the second assistant director on the feature films ''The Last Days of Disco'', ''Rounders'', ''Passion of Mind'', '' Boiler Room'' and the ''Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Ord ...
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Sebastián Leto
Sebastián Eduardo Leto (born 30 August 1986) is a former Argentine professional footballer who played as a winger or forward.He is now assistant manager at Al-Gharafa SC. Club career Lanús Born in Alejandro Korn, Leto began his career with Buenos Aires club Lanús, making his first team debut on 25 June 2005. He spent two seasons at the club, making 52 appearances and scoring 8 goals. Liverpool On 10 August 2007, Leto signed for Liverpool for £1,850,000 ($3.6million). His debut was against Toulouse, in a 4–0 victory for UEFA Champions League qualifying round fixture on 28 August 2007. Following this he featured in another Champions League game and two Football League Cup matches. He never made his Premier League debut due to problems with his passport, forcing him to play in the Liverpool reserve team instead. Leto was granted an Italian passport in mid-2007 but this was later revoked, making the Argentine need to apply for a work permit; a request which was lat ...
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