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Federico Galliano
Federico Galliano is an Italian actor and director. He has been the protagonist in national tours, spanning from works of classical theater (Shakespeare; Molière) to those of literature (The Odyssey; Orlando Furioso), from characters of religious iconography (Jesus; Saint Francis) to shows on contemporary and social themes.
Graduated from the Ortica Theatre academy, he specialized in Genoa and Milan with Laura Curino, Vanni Valenza, Mauro Pirovano, and Simona Garbarino. Among the authors he has performed are: Homer ("The Odyssey"), Shakespeare ("Hamlet", "The Merry Wives of Windsor"), Molière ("The Miser", "The Imaginary Invalid"), Ludovico Ariosto ("Orlando Furioso"), Apuleius ("The Golden Ass"), Apollonius of Rhodes ("The Argonautica"), Jean Cocteau ("The Human Voice").
Director of the show "Tempus Fugit", selected for the Tegras festival and staged at the Teatro Duse and on tour, at the National Theatre of Genova he is the voice presenter for the show "Viva la Vita," featuring Luca Bizzarri and Paolo Kessisoglu, Vittorio De Scalzi, the Gabibbo, and the Baistrocchi Company.
In cinema, he was assistant director of the first Italian 3D short film, "Victims", directed by Anne Riitta Ciccone and presented at the Rome International Film Festival. Later, after a brief appearance in "Neverland" (with Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans, and Keira Knightley), he starred in "A Fantastic World," which won Best Film at RIFF 2022 and competed at the David di Donatello 2024.
With Mauro Pirovano, he has been a drama teacher in theatre courses at the Cassini Institute in Genoa. He then dedicated himself to rediscovering the heritage of dialectal theater tradition, performing in plays from the repertoire of Gilberto Govi.
Galliano has also been the protagonist of international commercials (Acqua di Parma, Grandi Navi Veloci, Dietor, Campari).
For many years, he has been a cultural and film animator in Liguria.