''Maurizio P. Vasco'',

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, video journalist,

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, was born in

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(1955) and raised amid Apulia,

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and

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where he studied History, Photography and Television after he attended the Naval School of

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. He took his first steps in the Media Industry in 1978, publishing his photos on ''Weekend Magazine'' and his stories on ''Universo's Comics''. He completed his

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in the early 1980s through the New School for Social Research and The

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Video Studies Center.

Television

He is a former permanent employee of Videotime- Mediaset, contributor of Italian and International Media Organizations, including:

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, Mediaset, Telepiu' (actual

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), Studio Pontaccio, Rewire.com. MPV has directed and/or produced numerous television programs and series including: Elton John- the One, Madonna's at the Roxy in 1983, Soccer's Stars and Legends, "The Lie Detector" (La Macchina della Verita') with Giancarlo Santalmassi, ''Scrondo'', "Focus", "Viva Le Donne", ''Moda'', ''

Mr. Billion ''Mr. Billion'' is a 1977 action comedy/action-adventure film directed by Jonathan Kaplan. It is notable as the Hollywood debut of Terence Hill. It's also the last film of actor William Redfield, who died before its release. Plot After billion ...

'' (Mister Miliardo), ''Tandem'', ''Notorious'', "Bim Bum Bam" with Paolo Bonolis, "The

International Commercial-Film Award " with Fiorello, "Mediaset's All Stars Christmas Promo" as

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and "Fine Secolo"(the End of the Century) with

Adriano Sofri Adriano Sofri (born 1 August 1942) is an Italian intellectual, a journalist and a writer. The former leader of the autonomist movement ''Lotta Continua'' ("Continuous Struggle") in the 1960s, he was arrested in 1988 and sentenced to 22 years of ...

. He has been rewarded at 1984-1989 editions of

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the Milan

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. Maurizio P Vasco, is an Accredited Senior Member of the New York's Foreign

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since 1997.

Writing

He has written the first edition of ''Mister Papa'' -together with

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and

Fernanda Pivano Fernanda Pivano (18 July 1917 – 18 August 2009) was an Italian writer, journalist, translator and critic. Early life Pivano was born in Genoa in 1917. When she was a teenager she moved with her family to Turin where she attended the Massimo D ...

- (the controversial Passage to

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), ''The Miracle of the Bell Tower'' (a metaphorical return to an idealized South) "Human Inter-courses Vortex" a grotesque drama about the HIV 's fear/paranoia and ''Lyons and the East Village Tales '' (autobiographical novel). In 1996 he founded ''Alpahazet Magazine'' and ''Spirals'', two Internet Ventures and ''Propaganda'', a creative circle of recruiting and developing for the New York's

hospitality industry The hospitality industry is a broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging, food and drink service, event planning, theme parks, travel and tourism. It includes hotels, tourism agencies, restaurants and bars. Sect ...

. New projects: "Desperate House Husbands" the stories of four divorced (forced to house)

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''New Yorkers'' and " Ash is what remains of a fire" (the epistolary of an ended story): works in progress. Two of his stories/articles have been published on Corriere della Sera and

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Cultural pages. He has written also, two Facebook-diaries: "Carpe that fuc@#ing diem" , Volume 1 and 2, now available on Amazon as eBooks. His new memoire "Marry the Chef - Capo-" will be published soon. "The Enigma of the Maltese Saint Croix" , a novel, is his last fatigue.

Travels

He has extensively traveled and resided for many years in Africa,

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, India, Asia, Europe and USA. His motto: ''Victoria Nobis Vitae'' -Life itself is a victory-(Engraved on the Battleship "

Vittorio Veneto Vittorio Veneto is a city and ''comune'' situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of Italy, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers, borders with the following municipalities: Alpago ( BL), Bellun ...

" the Italian Navy Admiral Vessel, where he served in 1974). Maurizio P Vasco is also a certified maritime captain (former Italian Navy J. Officer) and holds an international license as a sailing/motor boat skipper. He resides among

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and the Virgin Islands.

Chef Vasco

Since 1993 MPV has, parallel to his primary career, cultivated a passion for gastronomy, wines and culinary arts: He is a retired chef, restaurateur and gastronome who has created and realized menus for many Manhattan ventures as: Anarchy Cafe, Bacco, Gallo Nero, Taci Opera, Porta Toscana, Mambo.

References

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