Biography

Actor, writer and director, he was born in Belluno in 1956.
From the Seventies until 1994 Marco Paolini joined several theater groups: Teatro degli Stracci, Studio 900 di Treviso, Tag Teatro di Mestre and Laboratorio Teatro Settimo; with Laboratorio Teatro Settimo he wrote ADRIATICO (1987) and acted in RISO AMARO (1988), LIBERA NOS (1989), LA STORIA DI ROMEO E GIULIETTA (1991), LA TRILOGIA DELLA VILLEGGIATURA (1993).
In 1984 he worked in USA for a short time staging an original creation named TWO LITTLE ORPHANS.
With ADRIATICO began the series of ALBUM which went on with TIRI IN PORTA (1990), LIBERI TUTTI (1992), APRILE '74 E 5 (1995), STAZIONI DI TRANSITO (1999).
In 1990 he began to work with the co-op Moby Dick - Teatri della Riviera: with them he produced IL RACCONTO DEL VAJONT 1956/ 9 OTTOBRE 1963 that gained the Special Prize Ubu 1995 for Political Theater, the IDI Prize 1996 for best new Italian play. The play was broadcasted live by Rai 2, on October 9, 1997. For this show Paolini won the Oscar television Prize for best show of 1997.
After that other productions followed: APPUNTI FORESTI (1996), IL MILIONE QUADERNO VENEZIANO DI MARCO PAOLINI (1997), the research for BESTIARI that allowed to create, until now, BESTIARIO VENETO IN RIVIERA (1998), BESTIARIO VENETO PAROLE MATE (1998), BESTIARIO VENETO L'ORTO (1998) and BESTIARIO ITALIANO I CANI DEL GAS (1999).
In February 1997 he realized for RAI 20 short broadcasting tales, called STORIE ALLA RADIO, which were broadcast in the program Radiomania.
In 1999 he founds JOLE (which in 2002 changes name and becomes JOLEFILM) the producing company that sees to his theatre, cinema and publishing projects.
He has produced STAZIONI DI TRANSITO ALBUM DI STORIE(1999), I-TIGI CANTO PER USTICA (2000) and the re-staging of the same under the title I-TIGI RACCONTO PER USTICA (2001).
Later in 2002 he has re-staged, under a different form, the shows, APRILE ’74 E 5 – TRA UN CAMPO DA RUGBY E LA PIAZZA, STAZIONI DI TRANSITO - ALBUM DI STORIE, APPUNTI FORESTI – DAL MILIONE QUADERNO VENEZIANO and he produced PARLAMENTO CHIMICO - STORIE DI PLASTICA.
In 2003 he produced U (featured by musicians Giorgio Gaslini, Uri Caine and by the artist Arnaldo Pomodoro), BINARIO ILLEGALE, Song n.32 – concerto variabile (featured by Mercanti di Liquore) and RACCONTI D’ESTATE.
He wrote and acted for the Orchestra D’Archi Italiana (Italian String Orchestra) founded and directed by Maestro Mario Brunello, the short story LA DONNA DELL’ALTRO SECOLO that is read along with the execution by a sextet of Schoenberg’s VERKLARTE NACHT.
In 2003 he written five monologues with the collaboration of Andrea Purgatori and Francesco Niccolini for the Italian television show REPORT.
Paolini was featured in the movies MANILA PALOMA BLANCA directed by Daniele Segre (1992), CARO DIARIO directed by Nanni Moretti (1993), IL TORO directed by Carlo Mazzacurati (1995), I PICCOLI MAESTRI directed by Daniele Lucchetti (1998), LA LINGUA DEL SANTO directed by Carlo Mazzacurati (2000), VIVERE by Franco Bernini (2001), A CAVALLO DELLA TIGRE by Carlo Mazzacurati (2002).
He acted and co-wrote along with Carlo Mazzacurati the film RITRATTI (1999).
He wrote along with Gabriele Vacis IL RACCONTO DEL VAJONT (Garzanti, Milano 1997), with Oliviero Ponte Di Pino IL QUADERNO DEL VAJONT (Einaudi, Torino 1999), BESTIARIO VENETO PAROLE MATE (Biblioteca dell’Immagine, Pordenone 1999), L’ANNO PASSATO (Biblioteca dell’Immagine, Pordenone 2000), I CANI DEL GAS (Einaudi 2000) and with Daniele Del Giudice QUADERNO DEI TIGI (Einaudi, Torino 2001).
He recorded the play IL MILIONE QUADERNO VENEZIANO DI MARCO PAOLINI (CPI/Poligram, series “I Taccuini”1998), some selected poetries of Ernesto Calzavara (Ombre Sui Veri, Garzanti 2001), MARCOVALDO ovvero LE STAGIONI IN CITTA’ of Italo Calvino with music made by Tanit (Full Color Sound editions 2003), and finally he recorded the cd SPUTI, a collection of themes performed on SONG N.32 show, featured by Mercanti di Liquore (Dischi Mezzanima, V2 2004).
He realized the video/film QUESTO RADICHIO NON SI TOCA which he is co-author of with Giuseppe Baresi (produced by Jole, 1998-99; published by Einaudi, 2003); the video of the show BESTIARIO VENETO PAROLE MATE (produced by Jole, 1999; published by Biblioteca dell’Immagine), the videocassette of the live tv broadcasting of IL RACCONTO DEL VAJONT - 9 OTTOBRE '63 (produced by Moby Dick - Teatri della Riviera and RAI 2; published by Einaudi 1999); the video of the play BESTIARIO ITALIANO I CANI DEL GAS (produced by Jole, 2000; published by Einaudi 2000); the video of the show I-TIGI CANTO PER USTICA (produced by Jole, 2000; published by Einaudi 2001); and the video 2004 ODISSEA NEL PROCESSO on the text written by Guglielmo Leo e Giuliano Turone.
In 2004 he produced the DVD/book set TEATRO CIVICO – 5 MONOLOGHI PER REPORT edited by Einaudi/Stile Libero.

The names taken from the playbill refer to the components of the troupe from 1997; the names from the playbill of the new performances are given below.


GLI ALBUM:

- ADRIATICO
Freely taken from LE PETIT NICOLAS by René Goscinny
Texts by Marco Paolini, Gabriele Vacis, Laura Curino, Lucio Diana, Antonia Spaliviero, Mariella Fabbris, Roberto Tarasco, Adriana Zamboni
Director Gabriele Vacis
Scenography Lucio Diana
Music chosen by Roberto Tarasco
Acted by Marco Paolini
Distribution: Michela Signori
Produced by Laboratorio Teatro Settimo
Première: Settimo Torinese, 1987
From 1992 re-staging of the show for GLI ALBUM DI MARCO PAOLINI
Production and distribution MOBY DICK – Teatri della Riviera

- TIRI IN PORTA
Dedicated to I RAGAZZI DELLA VIA PAAL (KIDS OF PAAL STREET) by Ferenc Molnàr and to LIBERA NOS A MALO by Luigi Meneghello
Texts by Marco Paolini and Bruno Tognolini
Directed by Marco Paolini
Original music score Paolo Troncon
Arranged by Paolo Pizzimenti
Acted by Marco Paolini
Stage technicians Fabio Bonso, Andrea Patron
Organization and distribution by Cristina Palumbo
Produced by Moby Dick – Teatri della Riviera
Première: Mira (Venezia), Teatro Villa dei Leoni, February 17, 1990

- LIBERI TUTTI
Dedicated to the works by Luigi Meneghello
Text by Marco Paolini and Gabriele Vacis
Directed by Gabriele Vacis
Assistant director Simona Gonella
Music suggested by Roberto Tarasco
Arrangement Paolo Pizzimenti
Acted by Marco Paolini
Stage technicians Alberto Artuso, Fabio Bonso, Andrea Patron
Organization and distribution by Michela Signori
Produced by Laboratorio Teatro Settimo e Moby Dick - Teatri della Riviera
Première: Treviso, piazza Rinaldi, July 24, 1992

- APRILE ’74 E 5
Conceived, acted and directed by Marco Paolini
Contribution to the playwriting by Lorenza Mercuri
Original music score by Gualtiero Bertelli
Lights and staging by Alberto Artuso, Andrea Patron
Staging by Alberto Artuso, Pierpaolo Pilla
Organization and distribution by Michela Signori
Produced by Moby Dick - Teatri della Riviera
Première: Mira (Venezia), Teatro Villa dei Leoni, April 6, 1995

Re-staging 2002 with the title:
APRILE ’74 E 5
TRA UN CAMPO DI RUGBY E LA PIAZZA
Conceived, acted and directed by Marco Paolini
Original music composed and played by Francesco Sansalone
Technical assistance by Marco Busetto
Organization and distribution by Michela Signori
Produced by JOLEFILM


- STAZIONI DI TRANSITO
ALBUM DI STORIE
Conceived, acted and directed by Marco Paolini
Staging, light and sound by Alberto Artuso, Marco Busetto, Gable Nalesso
Organization and distribution by Michela Signori
Produced by Moby Dick - Teatri della Riviera
Première: Sestri Levante (Genova), June 3, 1999

Re-staging 2002
Conceived, acted and directed by Marco Paolini
Original music composed and played by Francesco Sansalone
Technical assistance by Marco Busetto
Organization and distribution by Michela Signori
Produced by JOLEFILM


IL RACCONTO DEL VAJONT
1956/ 9 OTTOBRE 1963
Civil oration composed by Marco Paolini and Gabriele Vacis with the collaboration of Gerardo Guccini and Alessandra Ghiglione
Acted and directed by Marco Paolini
Special Prize Ubu 1995 for Political Theater, IDI Prize 1996 for best new Italian play. The play, broadcasted live by Rai 2, on October 9, 1997 won the Oscar television Prize for best show of 1997.
Organization and distribution by Michela Signori
Produced by Moby Dick - Teatri della Riviera
Première: Marano (Venezia), May 1994

APPUNTI FORESTI
Conceived acted and directed by Marco Paolini
Staging by Alberto Artuso
Organization and distribution by Michela Signori
Produced by Moby Dick - Teatri della Riviera
Première: Arcidosso (Grosseto), July 17, 1996

IL MILIONE
QUADERNO VENEZIANO DI MARCO PAOLINI
Acted and directed by Marco Paolini
Cooperation to dramaturgy and texts by Francesco Niccolini
Scenes, sculpture and curtain by Graziano Pompili
Light design Paolo Rodighiero
Live music score Stefano Olivan, Francesco Corona, Leonardo Di Angilla, Fabio Furlan, Lorenzo Pignattari, Lorenzo Sabadini
Recorded music score Paki Zennaro e Pitura Freska
Staging, lights and sound by Alberto Artuso, Marco Busetto, Silvio Martini, Pierpaolo Pilla, Luca Seno
Organization and distribution Michela Signori
Produced by Moby Dick - Teatri della Riviera
Première: Mestre, Teatro Toniolo, April 18, 1997
The show was broadcasted live by Rai 2 from the Arsenale in Venezia on September 10, 1998.

APPUNTI FORESTI
DAL MILIONE QUADERNO VENEZIANO
Conceived, acted and directed by Marco Paolini
Contribution to dramaturgy by Francesco Niccolini
Technical assistance by Marco Busetto
Organization and distribution by Michela Signori
Produced by JOLEFILM (2002)



I BESTIARI:

BESTIARIO VENETO
IN RIVIERA
Conceived, acted and directed by Marco Paolini
Research and dramaturgy by Carlo Cavriani, Francesco Niccolini
Staging by Alberto Artuso, Pierpaolo Pilla
Organization and distribution by Michela Signori
Produced by Moby Dick - Teatri della Riviera
Première: Mira (Venezia), Teatro Villa dei Leoni, January 16, 1998

BESTIARIO VENETO
PAROLE MATE
Conceived, acted and directed by Marco Paolini
Original live music composed and played by Leonardo Di Angilla, Fabio Furlan, Stefano Olivan, Lorenzo Pignattari
Research and dramaturgy Daniela Basso, Carlo Cavriani, Mauro Gasparini
Staging Alberto Artuso, Marco Busetto, Pierpaolo Pilla, Luca Seno
Costumes Danilo Palumbo
Logistic: Rosa Tolomio
Organization and distribution Michela Signori
Produced by Moby Dick - Teatri della Riviera
Première: Treviso, Teatro Comunale, March 24, 1998

BESTIARIO VENETO
L’ORTO
Conceived, acted and directed by Marco Paolini
Text taken from the works of Luigi Meneghello
Sculptures by Alessio Tasca
Scene music written and played by Saverio Tasca with Gruppo Maistral (Fabio Furlan, Stefano Olivan, Lorenzo Pignattari, Gigi Sella)
Assistant directors Patrizia Pasqui, Mario Spallino
Research and dramaturgy by Daniela Basso, Carlo Cavriani, Mauro Gasparini
Staging of scenes, lights and sound by Alberto Artuso, Marco Busetto, Pierpaolo Pilla
Costumes Danilo Palumbo
Logistic: Rosa Tolomio
Organization and distribution by Michela Signori
Produced by Moby Dick - Teatri della Riviera in cooperation with Festival d'Autunno '98, Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza
Première: Vicenza, September 18, 1998, Teatro Olimpico

BESTIARIO ITALIANO
I CANI DEL GAS
By and with Marco Paolini
Music and text composed, interpreted and played with Daniela Basso, Silvia Busato, Stefano Olivan, Lorenzo Pignattari, Francesco Sansalone, Cristina Vetrone
Staging, lights and sound Alberto Artuso, Marco Busetto, Gable Nalesso, Pierpaolo Pilla
Costumes Dodi Ottogalli, Luca Rubaltelli
Organization and distribution Michela Signori
Produced by Michela Signori for Moby Dick - Teatri della Riviera in cooperation with Estate Teatrale Veronese and TSR Teatro Stabile in Rete di Fano/Cagli
Première: Verona, Teatro Romano, July 15, 1999

I-TIGI
CANTO PER USTICA
With Marco Paolini and Quartetto vocale Giovanna Marini (Patrizia Bovi, Francesca Breschi, Giovanna Marini, Patrizia Nasini)
Written by Daniele Del Giudice with Marco Paolini
Lyrics of the songs Daniele Del Giudice, Giovanna Marini e Corrado Sannucci
Original music score Giovanna Marini
Staging Alberto Artuso
Sound Marco Busetto
Technical assistance Fabrizio Piro
Production assistants Francesca Gandini, Michela Signori
Produced by: ACCADEMIA PERDUTA/ROMAGNA TEATRI
Première: Bologna, Piazza Santo Stefano, June 2000.
The show was broadcasted by Rai 2 from Piazza Santo Stefano in Bologna on July 6 2000.

I-TIGI
RACCONTO PER USTICA
New staging-reduction from the theatre show on the twentieth anniversary of the Ustica tragedy in coproduction with Bologna 2000.
Texts composed by Daniele Del Giudice and Marco Paolini
With Marco Paolini
Technical assistance by Marco Busetto
Organization and Distribution by Michela Signori
Produced by Accademia Perduta/Romagna Teatri in cooperation with JOLEFILM
(2001)

PARLAMENTO CHIMICO
STORIE DI PLASTICA
Texts by Francesco Niccolini and Marco Paolini
With Marco Paolini
Technical assistance Marco Busetto
Organization and distribution Michela Signori
Produced by JOLEFILM in cooperation with Armunia Festival Costa degli Etruschi
Première: Castiglioncello (LI), Castello Pasquini, October 2001
Cooperators Daniela Basso, Carlo Cavriani, Giuseppe Cederna
Thanks to Gianfranco Bettin, Daniele Del Giudice, Alfiero Farinea, Paolo Rabitti, Enzo Tiezzi and all those among the workers, their families and the people living in the area of Porto Marghera who have offered their precious witness.
(2002)

SONG N. 32
Variabile concert with Marco Paolini and Mercanti di Liquore (Lorenzo Monguzzi, Piero Mucilli,
Simone Spreafico)
Texts by Dino Campana, Biagio Marin, Gianni Rodari, Federico Tavan, by the Mercanti di liquore, by Marco Paolini
Technical assistance Marco Busetto
Organization and distribution Michela Signori
Produced by JOLEFILM (2003)



CINEMA

MANILA PALOMA BLANCA by Daniele Segre (1992)
CARO DIARIO by Nanni Moretti (1993)
IL TORO by Carlo Mazzacurati (1995)
I PICCOLI MAESTRI by Daniele Lucchetti (1998)
LA LINGUA DEL SANTO by Carlo Mazzacurati (2000)
VIVERE by Franco Bernini (2001)
A CAVALLO DELLA TIGRE by Carlo Mazzacurati (2002)

RITRATTI
A film by Carlo Mazzacurati and Marco Paolini
Directred by Carlo Mazzacurati
Conversations with Marco Paolini and Luigi Meneghello, Mario Rigoni Stern, Andrea Zanzotto
Produced by VESNA film and Regione Veneto, 1999



BOOKS

Marco Paolini and Gabriele Vacis, IL RACCONTO DEL VAJONT, Garzanti, Milano 1997.
Marco Paolini, BESTIARIO VENETO PAROLE MATE, Biblioteca dell’Immagine, Pordenone, 1999.
Marco Paolini, L’ANNO PASSATO, Biblioteca dell’Immagine, Pordenone 2000
Marco Paolini and Oliviero Ponte di Pino, QUADERNO DEL VAJONT, Einaudi, Torino 1999
Marco Paolini, I CANI DEL GAS, Einaudi, Torino 2000
Marco Paolini and Daniele Del Giudice, QUADERNO DEI TIGI, Einaudi, Torino 2001
Marco Paolini, Francesco Niccolini and Andrea Purgatori, TEATRO CIVICO – 5 MONOLOGHI PER REPORT, Einaudi/Stile Libero, 2004



RECORDS

IL MILIONE QUADERNO VENEZIANO DI MARCO PAOLINI, CPI/Poligram, series “I Taccuini” (contains the recording of the show).

MARCO PAOLINI LEGGE ERNESTO CALZAVARA (with the book by E. Calzavara, ‘Ombre sui veri’), Garzanti, Milano 2001.

MARCOVALDO ovvero LE STAGIONI IN CITTA’ di Italo Calvino (Full Color Sound, Roma 2003).

SPUTI (Dischi Mezzanima, V2 2004).



VIDEO - FILM

QUESTO RADICHIO NON SI TOCA
DIARIO DI UN’ ESTATE
Film/video by Giuseppe Baresi and Marco Paolini
Interpreted by Marco Paolini
Produced by JOLE 1998-99
Executive producer: STILO
In the bookstores you find the video with the book ‘Mappa Mondo’ by Fernando Marchiori, Einaudi, Torino 2003

BESTIARIO VENETO
PAROLE MATE
Video of the show
Video directed by Giuseppe Baresi and Marco Paolini
Interpreted by Marco Paolini
Produced by JOLE 1999
Executive producer: STILO
In the bookstores you find the package video+book ‘L’anno passato’ Biblioteca dell’Immagine, Pordenone 2000

IL RACCONTO DEL VAJONT
1956/9 OTTOBRE '63
Recording of the live broadcasting of the show
Tv director: Antonio Moretti
Interpreted by Marco Paolini
Produced by Moby Dick - Teatri della Riviera e RAI 2
In the bookstores you find the package video+book ‘Quaderno del Vajont’ Einaudi, Torino 1999

BESTIARIO ITALIANO
I CANI DEL GAS
video of the show
Video directed by Giuseppe Baresi and Marco Paolini
Interpreted by Marco Paolini
Produced by JOLE 2000
Executive producer: STILO
In the bookstores you find the package video+book ‘I cani del gas’ Einaudi, Torino 1999

I-TIGI
CANTO PER USTICA
Video of the show
Interpreted by Marco Paolini and Quartetto vocale Giovanna Marini (Patrizia Bovi, Francesca Breschi, Giovanna Marini, Patrizia Nasini)
Produced by Jole 2000 and RAI 2
In the bookstores you find the package video+book ‘Quaderno dei Tigi’ Einaudi, Torino 2001

I-TIGI A GIBELLINA
RACCONTO PER USTICA
Film/video of the show staged at Cretto di Burri in Gibellina.
Directed by Davide Ferrario
Interpreted by Marco Paolini
Produced by Jolefilm and Tele+, 2002

2004 ODISSEA NEL PROCESSO
Simulation of a trial by applying Cirami and Pittelli DDL.
Recording of the event promoted by Associazione Nazionale Magistrati in occasion of the workshop “La ragionevole durata del processo penale” in September 2002.
Text by Guglielmo Leo and Giuliano Turone.
Narrator Marco Paolini.
Video published by the weekly magazine DIARIO.

TEATRO CIVICO – 5 MONOLOGHI PER REPORT
Text by Francesco Niccolini, Marco Paolini, Andrea Purgatori
Directed by Davide Ferrario
2DVD+book, Einaudi/ Stile Libero 2004.