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Pencils on paper 33×24 cm

Giampaolo Morelli (Naples, November 25, 1974) is an Italian actor, screenwriter and writer. After the high school diploma degree from Saint Thomas Aquinas high school in Naples, he enrolled in a degree program in law and, just five exams before graduation thesis, moves to an undergraduate degree in psychology. He began working in show business doing cabaret, theatre and the magician in Naples. Then leave his studies and decided to devote himself to the task, and so moved to Rome. He filmed several television series, including Butta la luna, directed by Vittorio Sindoni, on Rai 1; Inspector Coliandro, directed by Manetti Bros. and Captain, on Rai 2. In 2009 he led, along with Elena Di Cioccio, the tv show Stracult, always on Rai 2. In 2005 he starred in the film, which wrote the script, Floor 17, Directed by the Manetti Bros. Among his other work for the big screen are South Kensington, directed by Carlo Vanzina, where he has his first starring role in a film production, Paz! and Amatemi, directed by Renato De Maria, Ditelo con parole mie, directed by Daniele Luchetti, and L’ uomo perfetto, directed by Luca Lucini. The next year is a play with Gino non si tocca, comedy he wrote and directed together with Gianluca Ansanelli. In 2006 he starred Inspector Coliandro directed by  Manetti Brothers. Creator of the series is instead the writer Carlo Lucarelli: Coliandro – a COP with very different traits from traditional Italian narrative fiction and investigators – is his creation so much that before the television dramatisation, the character had been the subject of some of his novels in the early 1990. Despite being a TV series, basically every episode of Inspector Coliandro is a TV movie in its own right, shot alluding to a different film genre and with many citations to some inspiring models, including gender films over the years 1970 and 1980 interpreted by Tomás Milián as Inspector Nico Giraldi, or the classic crime movies by Clint Eastwood as Inspector Harry Callahan. I had the honor to give the portrait to Giampaolo Morelli himself.

Pencils on paper 48×33 cm

Wesley Earl “Wes” Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was an American film director, writer, producer and actor, known for his pioneering work in the genre of horror films, particularly slasher films, where his impact on the genre was considered prolific and influential. Due to the success and cultural impact of his works in the horror film genre Craven has been called the “Master of Horror”. Craven’s first feature film as director was The Last House on the Left, which was released in 1972. He is best known for creating the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise featuring the Freddy Krueger character, directing the first installment and Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, and co-writing A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. Craven also directed all four films in the Scream series and two films in the Hills Have Eyes series. Some of his other films include The Last House on the Left, The People Under the Stairs, Red Eye, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and Vampire in Brooklyn. In Scream, the characters frequently reference horror films similar to their situations, and at one point Billy Loomis tells his girlfriend that life is just a big movie. This concept was emphasized in the sequels, as copycat stalkers reenact the events of a new film about the Woodsboro killings (Woodsboro being the fictional town where Scream is set) occurring in Scream. The last film that he directed before his death was Scream 4. Wes Craven is one of my favorite directors and with this drawing I wanted to pay tribute to his talent. Behind him I drew the main characters of the film that made him famous. Rest in peace, Wes, you will remain forever in my heart.

Pencils on paper 42×30 cm

Neve Adrianne Campbell (born October 3, 1973) is a Canadian actress. Her first starring role was as Daisy in the Canadian youth series Catwalk, (1992–1994). She made several guest appearances on shows such as The Kids In The Hall, Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. Described as “television’s most believable teenager”, Campbell rose to fame in United States outside Canada after playing Julia Salinger in the American drama series Party of Five, (1994–2000). The show won the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama in 1996. Campbell’s first widely released film was The Craft (1996). She starred as Sidney Prescott in Scream (1996), which was a huge success and winning critical acclaim. Her role has received significant critical praise throughout the Scream series, earning her the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her role in Scream. The film was followed by three sequels, all of which were also successful, with Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000). In 2011, Campbell reprised her role as Sidney Prescott in the horror film Scream 4. Neve Campbell is one of my favorite actresses and this drawing is a tribute to her skill.

Pencils on paper 48×33 cm

As in the previous drawing I wanted to put together a girl and a cat, but this time she is a famous actress:  Christina Ricci (born February 12, 1980) is an American actress, who began her acting career appearing in commercials and received early recognition as a child star. Her debut performance in Mermaids (1990) was followed by a breakthrough role as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993) when she was eleven and thirteen years old, respectively. Following her success with the Addams Family films, she earned somewhat of a “teen icon” status thanks to appearances in various big budget productions, notably Now and Then (1995) and Casper (1995), which were marketed for younger audiences, before making a successful transition into adult-oriented roles with the art house drama The Ice Storm (1997), at the age of seventeen. Ricci continued acting in small-scale independent films such as Buffalo ’66 (1998) and The Opposite of Sex (1998), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She made a departure from independent cinema with Tim Burton’s big-budget Gothic horror Sleepy Hollow (1999) and later received praise for her performance in the drama Monster (2003), portraying the girlfriend of a notorious female serial killer. Ricci has also acted in various television productions. In 2006, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role as a paramedic in the ABC drama Grey’s Anatomy. In 2011–12, she starred in the short-lived television series Pan Am as stewardess Maggie Ryan. In 2014, she starred in the Lifetime production Lizzie Borden Took an Ax as the titular role, marking a return to the darker roles she had generated attention for earlier in her career.

pencils on paper 48×33 cm

I like girls and black cats, so why not put them together? This is the result and i like it so much.