Yurj Buzzi

Yurj Buzzi is an Italian actor, director and writer. Born in Vigevano, he debuted, in the 2005 in the Tv series Il giudice Mastrangelo. He studied at the School Of Cinema in Rome (Acting & Directing) and subsequently at the actors centre in London. He has been working with numerous directors such as Paul Feig in the movie Spy (2015 film) produced by 20th Century Fox, Mandie Fletcher in Patrick, Jordan Scott, Peter Thwaites in the worldwide campaign for Martini & Rossi produced by Gorgeous (film); Angelo Longoni in the movie Tiberio Mitri - il campione e la miss, Luca Lucini (Oggi sposi), Alessandro D'Alatri advertising campaign for Telecom Italia. His versatile look and skills have allowed him to work as an actor Internationally, including in the UAE with AlJazeera Channel. His first book "My life on a cactus" a collection of 32 poems and a monologue for theatre, was published in (2008) by Casa editrice Giuseppe Laterza & figli. He wrote and directed "I will not go down from here" an extract from his book, which won a Theatre Award In Naples at the Naples Cultural Classic (A monologue about suicide, which caught the attention of the newspapers). His point of view as a director emerged from being on both sides of the camera. His passion for photography has developed alongside moving images. In 2014 he joined Najma Bhatti at Four55 Ltd a Creative Agency, where his skills in writing and co-directing created a great symbiosis. With Najma he has been co-directing Honeymoon TVC for Lana Del Rey and the holographic part of the last Boots campaign for No 7 starting Alessandra Ferri. Their latest success has been winning Platinum at the Hermes Creative Awards with the Spec. Adv. Bleu the Chanel written, directed and produced by them.