Adriano Giannini Biography

Fast Facts

• His film "Il gioco" won a number of accolades, including the Audience Award and Festival Award at the New York City Short Film Festival and the Silver Ribbon for Best Short Film Director at the 2010 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• Won two Silver Ribbon Awards for Best Dubbing at the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, one in 2007 for "Centochiodi" and another in 2009 for "The Dark Knight․"
• Quote: "In T․V․, sometimes you get lost in the fog of the scene and when you're working with such good actors, they can bring you into the scene․"
• Quote: "[on "Missing"] "Sometimes in one scene we were five actors from five different countries, so to see the different cultural background, and how they were dealing with the same scene, the different perspective they had, that was interesting for me․""
• In the 2002 remake of "Swept Away," he plays the same character his father did in the original 1974 Italian version of the film
• Voices the Joker in the dubbed Italian version of "The Dark Knight," the same character his father voiced in the dubbed version of 1989's "Batman․"
• Enjoys working in Europe, especially in areas close to his home