Carlo Cecchi is an Italian

Italian people

The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...

 actor.

Born in Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

, Cecchi studied under the Living Theatre and with the Workshop of Eduardo De Filippo

Eduardo De Filippo

Eduardo De Filippo was an Italian actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and poet, best known for his Neapolitan works Filumena Marturano and Napoli Milionaria.-Biography:...

. In 1968 he made his debut for cinema in La sua giornata di gloria

His Day of Glory

His Day of Glory is a 1969 Italian drama film directed by Edoardo Bruno. It was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Carlo Cecchi - Claude* Maria Manuela Carrilho - Marguerite* Raúl Martínez - Richard...

. In 1971 he directed in Florence a theatre cooperative playing works by Shakespeare, Mayakovsky

Vladimir Mayakovsky

Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky was a Russian and Soviet poet and playwright, among the foremost representatives of early-20th century Russian Futurism.- Early life :...

, Brecht

Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the...

, Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

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 and Molière

Molière

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...

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In 1992 he returned to cinema in The Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

Morte di un matematico napoletano

Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician is a 1992 Italian drama film, written and directed by Mario Martone....

by Mario Martone

Mario Martone

Mario Martone is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 15 films since 1985. His film L'amore molesto was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival...

, and later worked for directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci

Bernardo Bertolucci

Bernardo Bertolucci is an Italian film director and screenwriter, whose films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor and The Dreamers...

, Pupi Avati

Pupi Avati

Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter.-Early life and career:...

, Ferzan Ozpetek

Ferzan Özpetek

Ferzan Özpetek is an Italian-Turkish film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy.- Biography :Ferzan Ozpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. When he was a young student in 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History at Sapienza University of Rome...

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