AlessioCappelletti
Alessio Cappelletti is a filmmaker originally from Rhode Island. He studied acting for a year at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan, which has contributed tremendously to his skills as a director and acting coach. He studied film production and theater directing at Brooklyn College and was one of the Founding Board Members/ Resident Directors of the highly acclaimed international arts company Mind the Art Entertainment (NYC). Since 2007, Mind the Art Entertainment has collaborated with over 600 artists, internationally, and has had many great successes: having multiple shows well received in the NYC Fringe Festival a few years in a row and at the La Mama Theater, acclaim from the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Broadway World, and Time Out New York. Mind The Art Entertainment also had the honor of hosting the pre-award reception for the 2010 Drama Desk Awards at Lincoln Center (Catherine Zeta-Jones, Scarlett Johansson, Jeff Bridges, and Christopher Walken in attendance). There, Alessio was given the opportunity to promote his upcoming feature length project "Dreams of the Youth", which attracted an astounding amount of attention. The president of MTAE, Christian De Gre, who also works with the United Nations and also had his own musical produced at NYC Fringe by Executive Producer of the Drama Desk Awards- Robert R. Bloom, was a producer on Alessio's short film, "Broken Crayons". Broken Crayons was the recipient of "The Golden Palm" at the 2011 Mexico International Film Festival and an "Honorable Mention" at the 2010 Los Angeles Movie Awards, as well as, much praise from the president of Andrew Lauren Productions ("The Squid and the Whale"). Recently his work as a writer is premiering on Broadway in October for Christian De Gre and Mind The Art Entertainment's new musical "A Drink with Death" which is moving to a venue at the Public Theater after. He is in active development for his upcoming feature film "Para La Paz (For Peace...)", which has gained a stunning amount of traction, attracted some prestigious collaborators and developmental financing! His feature film screenplay "Dreams of the Youth" has had both production companies, big and small, show quite a bit of interest and locked Tanya Barringer (who assisted producer Bill Carraro on Matt Damon's film, the Adjustment Bureau") as it's Line Producer, along with many other top crew members. He was featured on the cover of August 2016 IMAGINE MAGAZINE and in an article due to his work as an acting coach. He has directed various pieces of theater including Keelie Sheridan's "A Woman in Progress", produced by Mind the Art Entertainment, which had its world premiere at the legendary La Mama Theater in NYC in January of 2011. Outside of film and theater, he is an accomplished fine art photographer and spoken word poet. He has been published in three different poetry anthologies and his work in photography has been exhibited at various venues and most recently in NYC, where he was also invited to be a member of the Dutch Kills Gallery, though had to turn it down. In his youth, he won the statewide Gold Key Photography Portfolio Award for his work in B&W photography, as well as LaSalle Academy's Art Leadership Award. For poetry, he competed on the Providence Youth Poetry Slam Team in Los Angeles at the 2004 Annual Youth National Slam Competition and made it to the final stage with ten other teams. In 2004, he also managed and headlined a two month national poetry/hip-hop tour called "The Cabaret of Peace Poetry Tour" performing at major venues in such cities as Chicago, New Mexico, Seattle, San Francisco, Berkley, etc. In his spare time he works as a private acting coach/teacher. He splits his time between New York City and Rhode Island.
