André Paul "Andy" Luotto (born 30 July 1950) is an American

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, and

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. He has resided in Italy since the mid-1970s, where he is a prolific

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, and is the owner and operator of the Lá restaurant in

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Biography

Born as André Paul Luotto in New York, Luotto graduated in cinematography at the

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in 1969, then started working as dubbing voice for Italian films released in United States. Later Luotto moved to Rome where in 1978 obtained a great success as "fantasista" in the

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's TV-show ''

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''. In 1979 he made his film debut as lead actor of ''SuperAndy'', a bizarre parody of ''

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'', then started a quite regular career as character actor. In 1983 he wrote, directed and starred ''Grunt'', a film parody of

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's ''

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''.

Selected filmography

* '' In the Pope's Eye '' (1980) * ''

Ski Mistress ''Ski Mistress'' ( it, La maestra di sci) is a 1981 Italian sex comedy film directed by Alessandro Lucidi and starring Carmen Russo. Plot Cast * Carmen Russo as Celia Berni * Andy Luotto as Franco * Cinzia De Ponti as Carla * Danie ...

'' (1981) * ''

I carabbimatti ''I carabbimatti'' is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Andy Luotto. Plot Cast * Andy Luotto – matto paranoico * Giorgio Ariani – primario di Villa Verde * Daniele Formica – Carabiniere Ceci * Licin ...

'' (1981) * '' "FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?" '' (1983) * ''

The World of Don Camillo ''The World of Don Camillo '' (in Italy ''Don Camillo'') is a 1983 Cinema of Italy, Italian comedy film directed, produced and starring Terence Hill, and is a remake of ''Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo'' (1952). Both were based on the novel ''Don C ...

'' (1983) * '' Il mistero di Bellavista '' (1985) * ''

Treasure Island in Outer Space ''Treasure Island in Outer Space'' ( it, L'isola del tesoro) is a 1987 Italian science fiction television miniseries directed by Antonio Margheriti. Plot It is based on the 1883 novel ''Treasure Island'' by Robert Louis Stevenson, setting the s ...

'' (1987) * ''

Mortacci ''Mortacci'' is a 1989 Italian dark comedy film directed by Sergio Citti. Plot summary In a small town cemetery, the deceased every night host a meeting. They are doomed not to enter the next stage of the afterlife, till the last living human w ...

'' (1989) * ''

The Truce ''The Truce'' ( it, La tregua), titled ''The Reawakening'' in the US, is a book by the Italian author Primo Levi. It is the sequel to '' If This Is a Man'' and describes the author's experiences from the liberation of Auschwitz ( Monowitz), whi ...

'' (1997) * ''

Excellent Cadavers ''Excellent Cadavers'' is a 1995 non-fiction book by American author Alexander Stille about the Sicilian Mafia, concentrating on magistrate Giovanni Falcone's fight against the Mafia and his 1992 assassination. Book title The name of the book ...

'' (1997) * ''

Canone inverso - Making Love ''Canone inverso - Making Love'', also known as ''The Inverse Canon'', is a 2000 Italian drama film directed by Ricky Tognazzi. It is based on the 1996 novel ''Canone Inverso'' by the Italian author Paolo Maurensig. The plot concerns how a distin ...

'' (2000) * ''

Household Accounts ''Household Accounts'' ( it, Il quaderno della spesa) is a 2003 Italian mystery-drama film directed by Tonino Cervi. Cast * Gabriele Lavia: Augusto Pavinato * Emanuela Muni: Antonia *Claudio Bigagli: Judge Di Giacomo * David Sebasti: Giuliano ...

'' (2003) * ''

Pontormo Jacopo Carucci (May 24, 1494 – January 2, 1557), usually known as ''Jacopo da Pontormo'', ''Jacopo Pontormo'', or simply Pontormo, was an Italian Mannerism, Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His work represents a pr ...

'' (2004) * ''

Go Go Tales ''Go Go Tales'' is an independent 2007 film by Abel Ferrara. Ferrara based the film on ''The Killing of a Chinese Bookie'', directed by John Cassavetes. It stars Willem Dafoe as a strip club owner and co-stars Bob Hoskins, Asia Argento and Matthe ...

'' (2007) * ''

Il sogno del maratoneta ''Il sogno del maratoneta'' (''The Dream of the Marathon Runner'') is an Italian TV movie produced by RAI television. It is directed by Leone Pompucci and stars Luigi Lo Cascio and Laura Chiatti. It was aired on television as a two-parter. It is ...

'' (2012) * ''

Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...

'' (2012) * ''Romeo and Juliet'' (2014)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Luotto, Andy Living people Italian male film actors 1950 births Italian television personalities People from New York (state) Boston University College of Communication alumni American people of Italian descent American expatriates in Italy