The Terminal 2004 (ITA) premiere

1. Tom Hanks

Producer | Cast Away

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California, to Janet Marylyn (Frager), a hospital worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook. His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry. Tom grew up in what he has ...

2. Steven Spielberg

Producer | Schindler's List

One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...

3. Rita Wilson

Actress | Jingle All the Way

Rita Wilson (born Margarita Ibrahimoff) is an American actress, singer, and film producer from Los Angeles. Her ancestry is primarily Greek and Bulgarian. She was granted Greek citizenship in 2019, in honor of her efforts to assist Greece by appealing for international aid after a devastating ...

4. Kate Capshaw

Actress | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Kate Capshaw was born Kathleen Sue Nail in Fort Worth, Texas, to Beverley Sue (Simon), a beautician and travel agent, and Edwin Leon Nail, an airline employee. Capshaw worked as a teacher with an MA in Learning Disabilities. Her desire to be an actress led her to New York where she landed a role on...

5. Clotilde Courau

Actress | La Môme

Clotilde Courau was born on April 3, 1969 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She is an actress, known for La Vie En Rose (2007), In the Shadow of Women (2015) and The Little Gangster (1990). She has been married to Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia since September 25, 2003. They have two ...

6. Helen Mirren

Actress | The Queen

Dame Helen Mirren was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital in West London. Her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (Rogers), was from a working-class English family, and her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov, was a Russian-born civil servant, from Kuryanovo, whose own father was a diplomat. ...

7. Scarlett Johansson

Actress | Lost in Translation

Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, ...

8. Spike Lee

Director | Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York. Lee came from artistic, education-grounded background; his father was a jazz musician, and his mother, a schoolteacher. He attended ...

9. Silvana Giacobini

Actress | Obiettivo luna

Silvana Giacobini was born on February 27, 1939 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is a writer and actress, known for Obiettivo luna (1964), La signora della città (1996) and Un bacio nel buio (2000).

10. Alfonso Signorini

Writer | Callas

Alfonso Signorini was born on April 7, 1964 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Callas, Vacanze di Natale a Cortina (2011) and Untraditional (2016).

11. Carlo Ripa di Meana

Self | Venezia Pop - L'arte in bianco e nero

Carlo Ripa di Meana was born on August 15, 1929 in Pietrasanta, Tuscany, Italy. He was married to Marina Ripa di Meana. He died on March 2, 2018 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

12. Marina Ripa di Meana

Writer | Cattive ragazze

Marina Ripa di Meana was born on October 21, 1941 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was a writer and actress, known for Bad Girls (1992), Assassination on the Tiber (1979) and La più bella del reame (1989). She was married to Carlo Ripa di Meana and Don Alessandro Lante Montefeltro della Rovere. ...

13. Flavio Cattaneo

Self | Viva Zapatero!

Flavio Cattaneo was born on June 27, 1963 in Rho, Milan, Italy.

14. Giancarlo Giannini

Actor | Quantum of Solace

Giancarlo Giannini is an Oscar-nominated Italian actor, director and multilingual dubber who made an international reputation for his leading roles in Italian films as well as for his mastery of a variety of languages and dialects.

He was born August 1, 1942, in La Spezia, Italy. For 10 years he ...

15. Lucrezia Lante della Rovere

Actress | Quantum of Solace

Lucrezia Lante della Rovere was born on July 19, 1966 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Quantum of Solace (2008), Gli occhi dell'altro (2005) and Speriamo che sia femmina (1986).

16. Raoul Bova

Actor | AVP: Alien vs. Predator

Engaged on the big and small screen, he has always dedicated his energies to social commitment. The role played in Capitano Ultimo is the one he is most attached to. He supported Sergio De Caprio in the creation of a non-profit foundation and the Casa Famiglia Capitano Ultimo, in the Parco della ...

17. Chiara Giordano

Producer | Sbirri

Chiara Giordano is known for Sbirri (2009), 15 Seconds (2008) and Dottoressa Giordy (2020).

18. Chiara Caselli

Actress | Molly Bloom

Born in Bologna, she is an actress and photographer. She has acted, among others, for Michelangelo Antonioni, Liliana Cavani, Marco Tullio Giordana, Gus Van Sant, and Mia Handsen-Love. In 2008 she began to exhibit her photography; in 2011 she was at the Biennale di Venezia, in 2014 her first solo ...

19. Giorgio Pasotti

Actor | Abbi Fede

Giorgio Pasotti is an Italian actor who debuts in theatre as a protagonist aside Stefania Rocca in the theatrical show "Le Poligraphe" by Robert Lepage. He then appears in the film "I Piccoli Maestri" directed by Daniele Luchetti based on Luigi Meneghello's novel, and in Gabriele Muccino's ...

20. Nicoletta Romanoff

Actress | Ricordati di me

Nicoletta Romanoff was born on May 14, 1979 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Remember Me, My Love (2003), Posti in piedi in paradiso (2012) and Cardiofitness (2007). She has been married to Federico Alverà since November 23, 2019. They have one child. She was previously married ...

21. Mario Monicelli

Writer | I compagni

Mario Monicelli was born on May 16, 1915 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for The Organizer (1963), Speriamo che sia femmina (1986) and Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958). He was married to Chiara Rapaccini and Antonella Salerni. He died on November 29, 2010 in Rome, Lazio,...

22. John Boorman

Producer | Hope and Glory

John Boorman attended Catholic school (Salesian Order) although his family was not, in fact, Roman Catholic. His first job was for a dry-cleaner. Later, he worked as a critic for a women's journal and for a radio station until he entered the television business, working for the BBC in Bristol. ...

23. Mike Figgis

Director | Leaving Las Vegas

When young he lived with his four brothers and sisters in a council house in Newcastle Upon Tyne then when 14 the family moved to Thornyburn near Bellingham where he made his first film, 'Redheugh'. He qualified in Newcastle as a music teacher and played in a band, 'The Gasboard' with Brian Ferry ...

24. Luca Calvani

Actor | The International

Born in Tuscany, Italy Luca Calvani studied textile engineering and moved to Milan and then New York to complete his education.

While in New York City, a photographer turned screenwriter/director Kelley Sane pointed him to acting introducing him to Ron Stetson where he studied for two years. He ...

25. Alfonso Cuarón

Producer | Gravity

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born on November 28th 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico. From an early age, he yearned to be either a film director or an astronaut. However, he did not want to enter the army, so he settled for directing. He didn't receive his first camera until his twelfth birthday, and then ...

26. Giulio Base

Actor | All the Money in the World

Giulio Base, was born in Turin (Italy). He achieved two Doctorates. The first one in Literature and Philosophy and the second one in Theology. He's a Mensa Member (the society of people whose IQ is in the top 2% of the population). He started as an actor studying in Florence at the School for ...

27. Marco Müller

Producer | No Man's Land

Born in Rome on 7th June 1953 of Italo-Swiss father and Italo-Greco-Brazilian mother. After a period of university and post-university studies (1971-1975: orientalism and anthropology in Italy; 1975-1977: specialization and state doctorate in China), he began undertaking research and teaching in ...

28. Mauro Marchetti

Camera_department | Ultimo tango a Parigi

Mauro Marchetti was born in 1946 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Last Tango in Paris (1972), Apocalypse Now (1979) and Popeye (1980).

29. Miuccia Prada

Costume_designer | Appurushido: Ekusu makina

After her school education, Miuccia Prada studied political science in Milan; She completed her studies with a doctorate. She then enjoyed five years of acting and pantomime training with Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. In 1977, at the age of 28, Prada took over the family business...

30. Antonia De Mita

Self | Harem