Andrea Balestri (born 1 September 1963) is an Italian

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and

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Career

He is known as the

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 ...

in 1972 serial tv ''

The Adventures of Pinocchio ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' ( ; it, Le avventure di Pinocchio ; commonly shortened to ''Pinocchio'') is a children's fantasy novel by Italian author Carlo Collodi. It is about the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pi ...

'', directed by

Luigi Comencini Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007)
''The Guardian'' was an Italian

, next to actors like Nino Manfredi,

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and the great actor and director

Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the Italian neorealism, neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''Shoeshine (film), Sciuscià ...

as the ''Judge''. After the great success on TV, Balestri continued he acting career working on other movies as '' Torino nera'', directed by

Carlo Lizzani Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Biography Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...

, with

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and Domenico Santoro the Lucignoloin ''Pinocchio'', the children movie '' Kid il monello del West'', that won the

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as the best adaptation in 1976, and '' Furia nera'', directed by

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. During last years he took part to several TV programs to tell his cinema experience and acted in two

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. He also took part in a cameo on movie '' Faccia di Picasso'' directed by

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, in which he played “the only real Pinocchio”. He is very often guest around the schools or children festivals in which he tell his experience of "child-Pinocchio". curiosities and trivia behind the scenes, the special effects and tales regarding the various characters and the staff. He is the author of book “Io, il Pinocchio di Comencini” 2008, introduced by

Cristina Comencini Cristina Comencini (; born 8 May 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist. Biography She is one of four daughters of Italian film director Luigi Comencini. She attended with her sisters the Lycée français Chateaubriand (Rom ...

, and Stefano Garavelli.

Filmography

Notes

Discography

He recorded three songs: * ''Mamma vorrei'' * ''Chi è che ha rubato il mare'', by Roberto Vecchioni * ''Andrea Pinocchio'', music by

Fiorenzo Carpi Fiorenzo Carpi (19 October 1918 – 21 May 1997) was an Italian composer and pianist, probably best known for the "Pinocchio" theme. Biography Born in Milan as Fiorenzo Carpi De Resmini, in 1945 he graduated at the Milan Conservatory, pupil of ...

, the author for all Comencini's Pinocchio music.

External links

Official website di Andrea Balestri
*Podcas
Le Avventure di Pinocchio read by Andrea Balestri
*Book Official websit
Io, il pinocchio di Comencini
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Balestri, Andrea 1963 births Living people People from Pisa Italian male film actors Italian male child actors