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David Bianchi is an American-Brazilian actor, producer, and screenwriter. With over 90 professional film and television credits as an actor, he can be seen in major films and indies like '' Elizabethtown'', ''
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'', '' Filly Brown'' as well as numerous TV appearances on shows like HBO's ''
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'', '' Unsolved'', '' Animal Kingdom'', '' S.W.A.T.'', '' The Last Ship'', '' Southland'', '' SEAL Team'', and ''
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''.


Background

Bianchi first appeared on stage in the third grade in Mexico City. He is classically trained with a BFA in theatre and film from
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. He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Bianchi is also a painter and has exhibited his works in gallery shows in Scottsdale, Beverly Hills, and Los Angeles. In 2011, he received a congratulatory letter from the City of Los Angeles and then-Mayor
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for his artistic endeavors in North Hollywood.


Career

In 2019, he played in a recurring role on season 4 of Queen Of The South as Manny. In 2021, he played in a major recurring role of Lilo on
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's Ruthless. As a result of his work in front of the camera, Bianchi is an active voting member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as well as being a member of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) and was nominated for an
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. He has 18 professional producer credits, 16 screenwriter credits and is the founder of Exertion Films. Bianchi is a member of the
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. He is the producer, writer, and star of ''All Out Dysfunktion!'' (Directed by Ryan LeMasters). The film co-stars Rene Rosado, Emmy-winner
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, and
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. Bianchi was the executive producer of the film ''Her Name Was Jo''. Bianchi is currently in post-production on ''Catalyst'' (directed by Christopher Folkens). He stars with action star
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, Michael Roark, and Noel Gugliemi. This is his fifth feature film as a producer. He also appeared in ''
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'', a Harley Quinn film, starring
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in 2020. He is a Spoken Word poet with TV appearances on two seasons of the NAACP Award-nominated show ''Verses and Flow''. Bianchi produces
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films collaborating with others in the field including Mustafa Shakir,
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and
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-nominated,
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-winning actor/poet
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. Bianchi coined the term ''spinema'' or "spinning cinema" through spoken word, which he describes as high concept cinematic experimental films told entirely in spoken word poetry addressing socially-conscious themes. In 2020, his poetic short film ''I Can't Breathe'' was broadcast as part of the Emmy-nominated
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series ''Breaking Bias''. The work sold on the NFT platform Ephimera raising over $10,000 for the
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Memorial Foundation, becoming the first spoken word film
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. His work, ''Wade in the Water'', was named best short film for 2021 by ''Film Threat'' Magazine Award This!"Awards"
IMDb. Retrieved 2021-05-03.


Selected filmography


Film


Television


Video Game


References


External links


David Bianchi
Official site
Exertion Films
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