Davide Manuli

Davide Manuli (April 11, 1967) is an Italian screenwriter, actor, producer, and film director. He is best known for The Legend of Kaspar Hauser, Beket, Girotondo, tour around the world, and Vitalic: Hans Is Driving. Davide is known for playing the roles of an attorney in ‘In Your Hands’; a drug addict in Girotondo, tour around the world; Anton Manescu in The Contenders; and the role of Beppo in the movie The Enchanted April.
Manuli is also the founder of his own production company, Shooting Hope Productions. 
==Early life and education==
Manuli was born in the Italian city of Milan. He moved to New York in 1987 to pursue acting. Davide studied at the Actors Studio and the Lee Strasberg Institute. He later became the personal assistant of acting coach Charlie Laughton for Al Pacino’s Chal Productions in New York. 
==Career==
Manuli started his career as an actor in 1991, playing the role of Beppo in the film "The Enchanted April," followed by his leading role as Anton Menescu in the film "The Contenders." The movie went on to win the Best Comedy award at the WorldFest Houston Festival. He produced, wrote, and shot his first feature film "Girotondo, tour around the world" in 1998. In 2005, Davide opened his own production company, "Shooting Hope Productions."
In 2006, Manuli wrote, directed, and produced a documentary on the Inuit population in Nunavut titled “Unheard-of!’ !’ who was in Competition for the Première at the Turin Film Festival. In the subsequent year, Davide played the role of a lawyer in Peter Del Monte’s feature ‘In Your Hands’ which also saw its premiere at the Turin Film Festival.
In 2008, Davide produced his second feature film, ‘Beket’, which was honored with the Independent Critics Award at the Locarno Film Festival. His third feature film, "The Legend of Kaspar Hauser," starring Vincent Gallo, and Silvia Calderoni made its world premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival. The movie also won a special mention at the Geneva Film Festival in 2012 as well as the Jury Award at the San Francisco Indie Fest in 2013.
In 2012, Davide started a crowdfunding campaign for a new independent feature film titled “Haiku”, starring American rebel director Abel Ferrara as the leading actor. He also wrote the screenplay for the feature film Lucania, produced in collaboration with Rai Cinema.
Davide’s work was also reflected in fashion stylist Ana Locking’s new collection “Kaspar Hauser” and in the new videoclip of italian rapper Myss Keta “Giovanna Hardcore”, which is inspired by the same movie, The Legend of Kaspar Hauser. Manuli is currently working on a new surreal version of the Don Quixote tale, titled "Don Quixote 3000". His other notable works include Unheard-of, A Pack of Smokes, Raver Eolica, and Bombay-Arthur Road Prison, where he has fulfilled the roles of a producer and writer.
==Awards==
Manuli won the VELA d’ORO at the Bellaria Film Festival for the short film "Bombay”. He also won the Premio Solinas for Best Original Italian Screenplay in 1995.
In 2006 he was nominated for best Italian documentary film for “Unheard-of!” at the Turin Film festival.
Manuli was nominated for the Golden Leopard-Filmmakers of the Present award at the Locarno International Film Festival 2008. He won the Cutting the Edge Award (Special Mention) at the Miami Film Festival in 2009.
Manuli’s ‘Girotondo, tour around the world’ won the Fuji Grand Prix-Best Film of the Year award.
In 2012 “Girotondo, around the world” was invited at Venice Days section in Venice for a special screening in a Director’s Cut version.
==Books==
Manuli wrote the book "My inability to be in the world" in 1995, which was published by Kaos Communication. In 2014, Davide was named in the book "10 Directors Outside the Screens", published by the Italian publishing house Uzak Mobile Characters. In 2015 he wrote the comics the book “La Leggenda di Kaspar Hauser” together with cartoonist Gianluca Sigurani published with Il Saggiatore.
==Filmography==
Manuli as a Director
S.No.	Title 	Year
1 	Vitalic: Hans Is Driving (Music Video) 	2017
2 	The Legend of Kaspar Hauser 	2012
3 	Beket 	2008
4 	Unheard-of! (Documentary) 	2006
5 	Girotondo, tour around the world 	1999
6 	Bombay- Arthur Road Prison (Short) 	1998
7 	A Pack of Smokes (Short) 	1997
8 	Between the flesh and the nail, there is dirt (Short)	1997
Manuli as an Actor
S.No.	Title 	Role 	Year
1 	In your hands 	Attorney 	2007
2 	Girotondo, tour around the world 	Drug Addict 	1999
3 	Bombay (Arthur Road Prison) (Short) (voice) 	 	1998
4 	Between the flesh and the nail, there is dirt (Short)	The gypsy brother/ David	1997
5 	The Contenders 	Aton Manescu 	1993
6 	Enchanted April 	Beppo 	1991
Manuli as a Producer
S.No.	Title 	Year
1 	The Legend of Kaspar Hauser 	2012
2 	Beket 	2008
3 	Unheard-of! 	2006
4 	Girotondo, tour around the world 	1999
5 	Bombay (Arthur Road Prison) (Short) 	1998
6 	Between the flesh and the nail, there is dirt (Short)	1997
Manuli as a Writer
S.No.	Title 	Year
1 	Lucania 	2019
2 	Vitalic: Hans Is Driving (Music video) 	2017
3 	Raver Eolica (short) 	2015
4 	The Legend of Kaspar Hauser 	2012
5 	Beket 	2008
6 	Unheard-of! (documentary) (screenplay) 	2006
7 	Girotondo, tour around the world (screenplay)	1999
8 	A Pack of Smocks (Short) 	1997
==In the media==
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==References==
==External links==
* Personal Website
* Davide Manuli on IMDb
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Category:1967 births
Category:Italian screenwriters
Category:Italian actors
Category:Italian producers
Category:Italian film directors