Francesco Mistichelli
- Actor
After spending his childhood in Palermo, Francesco Mistichelli started
his career in his city of birth Pescara. Once he finished high school,
he enrolled into the drama school of Enzo Garinei in Pescara, who calls
him 'the little James Dean'. His first experiences as an actor were
some leading roles in a few theatrical plays directed by Pino Cormani
and in several short films, including 'Sara gelida l'estate?' from
2003, directed by Sergio Sciarra, that showed at the filmfestivals of
Bellaria and Montecatini. The short movie 'Chi beve e chi muore'
released in 2004 was a finalist at the Sulmonacinema Film Festival and
won the Prize Massimo Troisi. In 2006 he played an important character
in the drama of Raiuno 'La buona battaglia - Don Pietro Pappagallo'
alongside Flavio Insinna and played the son of Ottavia Piccolo in the
drama of Canale 5 'Questa e la mia terra'. In 2008 he won the leading
role Marcello Romei in the movie 'Marcello Marcello', directed by Denis
Rabaglia. For this part he won the U.S. Discovery Award at the second
edition of the San Joaquin International Film Festival. In 2009 he
participated in 'Scusa ma ti voglio sposare di Federico Moccia'. Raiuno
showed in January and February 2011 the TV series 'Caccia al Re - La
narcotici', in which he interpreted one of the leading roles, Giacomo,
also called Tsunami. Still on Raiuno, Francesco Mistichelli appeared as
Luca, the title role, in the drama 'Notte prima degli esami - '82' in
may 2011. In theater he's engaged in replicas of Jonathan Livingston,
directed by Pino Cormani.
