Mimmo Mongelli

Born in Bari (Italy) on December 30, 1953, Mimmo Mongelli graduated in Direction at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts of Rome (Italy) and worked in theatre with masters like Ronconi, A. Trionfo, M. Bolognini, A. Camilleri, G.F. De Bosio and Ugo Gregoretti. He is a director, actor and producer for the theatre, the cinema and television; he is also a playwright and a screenwriter; he managed several acting workshops for amateur and professional actors. He teaches Direction, History of the Performance Arts, History of Music and Musical theater and History of Scenography at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bari. He has collaborated with magazines of cultural interest for issues related to the theater. He has directed several theater companies in Rome and Apulia. His first feature film was "La casa delle donne" (The House of Women), for which he also wrote the screenplay. The film was funded by the Italian Ministry of Heritage and Culture, as a film of national cultural interest. It was released in Italian cinemas in the spring-summer 2003. He is the President of the Levante International Film Festival, an international festival of independent cinema in Bari. He is the sole administrator of the film production company 7th International Art Agency, for which he produced the documentary "Le donne della Torre Pelosa" (by Antonella Maddalena), the short film "Watch", the short film "Lontani dalla luna - Far from the Moon" and is preparing the docudrama "Franco Marcone: a man standing and the lady dressed in fog" a documentary on an unsolved mafia crime, the documentary "We are also Italians" on the Italians emigrated in Canada and his second feature film, "Outis Suite".