Giovanni Morassutti

Biography

Son of a German mother and Italian father, Giovanni Morassutti is an actor, director, and cultural entrepreneur currently living in New York. He studied acting and directing since he was a teenager approaching the work of the realistic school first with Susan Strasberg, then as an auditor at the Actors Studio in New York, as a student of Salem Ludwig at the HB studio and then with John Strasberg with whom now works as an assistant and coordinator for his workshops in Berlin. In America, Giovanni worked with Ellen Stewart founder of La Mama e.t.c. , Ted Mornel, Kathleen M. Wilce, and Gus Van Sant. In Italy, after graduating from the National Film School in Rome directed by actor Giancarlo Giannini, he got cast in several roles in theatre and film productions. Parallel to his work as an actor he has been teaching several workshops also on acting in English. His last work as a director is the theatre production of Madre sin Panuelo by Jorge Palant sponsored by the Argentian Embassy and presented in Rome and Milan in the fall of 2015. In Berlin, he was cast in For the time being directed by Daniela Lucato that was presented at the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival.

Known For

Fra due battiti
Fra due battiti
Affittasi Vita
Affittasi Vita
La Chartreuse de Parme
La Chartreuse de Parme
Il fuggiasco
Il fuggiasco
P.O.E. Poetry of Eerie
P.O.E. Poetry of Eerie
Ma che ci faccio qui!
Ma che ci faccio qui!

Filmography

2025 Duse
as Camicia nera
2021 Fra due battiti
as Alter ego of Giovanni
2021 An Approximation of their Barbarous Manners
as
2019 Affittasi Vita
as Salvo
2017 Luigo
as Zeno
2017 Di Padre in Figlia
as Barista
2015 Il mio giorno
as
2015 A Holy Venetian Family
as Ragazzo compro oro
2012 La Chartreuse de Parme
as Young Robert
2011 P.O.E. Poetry of Eerie
as Richard di Broglio
2007 I Vicerè
as Romeo opera singer (uncredited)
2006 Ma che ci faccio qui!
as Party guy
2005 Last Days
as Band Fan (uncredited)
2003 Il fuggiasco
as Police man
1996 Il maresciallo Rocca
as Benedetto giovane