- Born
- Birth nameGiovanni Enrico Morassutti
- Nickname
- Zuan Morassutti
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Giovanni Morassutti (born March 15, 1980 in Padua) is an Italian actor, director, writer, artist, and cultural entrepreneur. Described by Enciclopedia Italiana as "a versatile actor in films and stage performances", since 2001 he has appeared in more than 30 films including independent films, prime-time tv, and international films. He was born Giovanni Enrico Morassutti in Padua, Italy, on March 15th, 1980, to a German mother and an Italian father. Morassutti studied acting and directing since he was a teenager, approaching the work of the realistic school first with Susan Strasberg, then as an auditor at the Actors Studio in New York, observing the sessions moderated by Arthur Penn, Estelle Parsons, Eli Wallach, Lee Grant among others while working as a bike messenger and busboy in New York City. He was a student of Salem Ludwig at the HB studio (2001) and then he began studying with John Strasberg who became his mentor. In America, Giovanni worked with Ellen Stewart founder of La Mama e.t.c. , Ted Mornel, Kathleen M. Wilce, Jordan Mattos and Gus Van Sant. In Italy, after graduating from the National Film School in Rome directed by actor Giancarlo Giannini (2008), he got cast in several roles in theatre and film productions working with Fabio Jephcott, Roberto Faenza, Cinzia Th Torrini, Andrea Manni, Stefano Usardi, Matteo Corazza, Lidia Biondi, Harris Freedman, Riccardo Milani among others. His last work as a director is the theatre production of Madre sin Panuelo by Jorge Palant sponsored by the Argentian Embassy and presented in Rome and Milan in the fall of 2015. In Berlin (2018), he was cast in Daniela Lucato directed by Daniela Lucato which was presented at the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival. (2020) Morassutti is also a contributing artist of the Transversal Theater Company having performed both male leads in Railroad, winner of the Tor Vergata Award at the 28th Annual Festival Internazionale del Teatro Patologico directed by Dario D'Ambrosi. (2021) He is competing for the David di Donatello award for his role in Affittasi Vita (2019) (2019). Giovanni Morassutti has won the award as Best Supporting Actor for his role as Damian in the film Lola (2020) directed by Francesca Tasini. His recent credits also include Fra due battiti (2021), An Approximation of their Barbarous Manners (2021) alongside character actor Bruce Glover, and the leading role of Tarquin in Guilty rebel. As a director, he is working on the post-production of his first documentary film Personal Dream Space and collaborating with filmmaker and producer Marc Smolowitz in the making of The Lonely Child. Morassutti is also known for his involvement in Environmental Sustainability in the arts and Climate Change Theatre. In 2021 he directed the play When staged on the banks of the Tagliamento river using only renewable energy such as solar panels.- IMDb Mini Biography By: IMDb User
- RelativesBenjamin Piwko(Cousin)
- Scar on left eyebrow
- Often plays emotionally troubled characters
- Deep voice
- Often works with Stefano Usardi
- He is also the artistic director of Art Aia- Creatives/ In/ Residence which is a cultural center, a creative residency, located inside a farm in the Friulian countryside of Northern Italy. Art Aia pursues exclusively cultural and artistic activities, guided by the idea that art can help to overcome the limitations and barriers place to communication still today, which in a way reduce imagination and creativity. In 2015 Giovanni opened a space in Berlin, Germany which is becoming one of the most exciting alternative location for contemporary art, culture, authentic Italian food, and Aperitifs. Art Aia - La Dolce Berlin is a presentation space, a Pop-up Gallery that offers space to artists from around the world to collaborate and visit Berlin for a while.
- Italian film critic Concita Occhipinti was moved to say: "Morassutti is a particular actor with masterful vocal and acting abilities and he is very close to Giancarlo Giannini since he studied with him at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia".
- The South-american Journalist and theatre critic Ernesto Pérez saw him capture the essence of a tense drama: "In staging Madre sin Panuelo the young Morassutti demonstrates his gift of enlivening a claustrophobic scene".
- The director Vito Pagano was gushing in his praise when he said: "Giovanni Morassutti as the leading actor in my movie Amigdala performed the miracle. In the long shot monologue he gave me what I wanted. Actually he gave me a better performance than i had imagined".
- He is the first male cousin of German martial arts master and actor Benjamin Piwko .
- Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences.
- Find a good teacher, don't betray yourself to succeed and be a better person before being a better actor.
- Perfection? Being the most human you can be.
- Average acting is like jerking without an orgasm
- I would rather remember even if sometimes it can be very painful.
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