Gabriele Lavia (born 10 October 1942) is an Italian actor, film director and

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Biography

Lavia was born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, Lombardy. Since 1970 he has had roles in nearly thirty films and television programs. He is known for his appearances in several horror films, including '' Beyond the Door'' (1974), Dario Argento's '' Deep Red'' (1975), ''

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'' (1980), and '' Sleepless'' (2001), and Pupi Avati's '' Zeder'' (1983). In Italy, Lavia has had a long career as a theatrical actor and director. He was the artistic co-director of the Teatro Eliseo of

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(from 1980 to 1987), artistic director of the Teatro Stabile of

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(from 1997 to the 2000) and artistic director of the

Taormina Film Fest Taormina Film Fest (TFF) is a film festival that began in 1955 under the name Rassegna Cinematografica Internazionale di Messina e Taormina. The exhibition, which moved permanently to Taormina in 1971, has hosted over the years many stars of inter ...

(in 1993). He has directed six films, most of which he has written or co-written, including ''Il Principe di Homburg'' (1983), based on

Heinrich von Kleist Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 177721 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays '' Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'', ''The Broken Jug'', ''Amph ...

's play ''Prinz Friedrich von Homburg'', for which he won the Nastro d'Argento Best New Director Award, and ''Sensi'' (U.S. title: '' Evil Senses'') (1986), an erotic thriller with

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, his wife at the time.

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* 1942 births Italian male film actors Italian film directors Male actors from Milan Living people Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni Nastro d'Argento winners Italian male stage actors Italian theatre directors People of Sicilian descent Actors from Sicily {{italy-actor-stub