Adamo Paolo Cultraro (born June 6, 1973) is an Italian–American filmmaker, director, writer, and producer. He is the founder of Taormina Films, a production company. Cultraro was born in

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, Canada, to Italian parents. His first language was Italian and he still speaks it fluently. Cultraro has directed webisodes, a TV pilot, numerous shorts, and recently the feature film '' Corrado'', starring

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, Johnny Messner,

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, and Joseph Gannascoli. Cultraro's latest action feature film is ''

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'', starring

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, and

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, and released by

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. Tactical Force debuted at #24 on

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's Star Meter and went on to become #10 in the top ten best selling DVDs in the United States for the month of August 2011,https://finance.yahoo.com/news/Rentrak-Announces-Top-DVD-prnews-3349357934.html?x=0 making it among the most successful DVD releases of a Stone Cold Steve Austin picture ever produced.

Filmography

* ''The Ensnaring'' (Short Film, 2006) * ''Hard Sand'' (TV Pilot, 2006) * ''Credere, Obbedire, Combattere!'' – known as Believe, Obey, Fight in North America (Documentary Feature, 2007) * '' Corrado'', feature film * ''

'' (2011), feature film

External links

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Adamo's blog at DVXUser.com

Taormina Films, LLC website
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cultraro, Adamo Paolo 1973 births Living people American film directors American people of Italian descent Film directors from Toronto Writers from Toronto Canadian emigrants to the United States