When he meets Daniele Finzi Pasca in 1992, he works as a banker. The following year, he leaves banking and in 1994, he joins Teatro Sunil. Over the years, he works as an actor, author and director and participates in a dozen theatre productions, such as Visitatio, co-produced by Teatro Sunil and Montreal's Carbone 14, Cyrano & Bergerac, adapted and directed along with Hugo Gargiulo, and Tres Tristes Tangos, which he co-wrote. These productions were presented in the following countries: Italy, Switzerland, France, Brazil, Austria, Uruguay, Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, Canada, Bolivia, Peru, Portugal and Chile. In 2005, he is acting designer of Corteo, produced by Cirque du Soleil, written and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca. He is part of the creation team which signs the closing ceremony of the Torino 2006 Winter Olympics. In 2006, he writes and directs five short films in which he also plays, all produced by Swiss Television. He is the director and screenwriter of "Ana", a 50-minute documentary created with Walther Sievi and co-produced by Swiss Television (best documentary at the 2009 Abruzzo Documentary Film Festival). The film depicts the adventure of Ana Heredia's theatre debut, a Mexican actress suffering from Down syndrome. In 2008, he writes and directs "Opera Mobile" (Youth Award at the 2009 Ascona International Festival), presented more than 150 times in Switzerland, Spain, France, Italy and Russia. In 2009, he creates the concert-show "Boleros". The following year, he is hired as creation director for "Donka", written and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca, produced by Company Finzi Pasca and Moscow's Chekhov International Theatre Festival, coproduced by Lausanne's Théâtre Vidy. In 2010 as well, he adapts and directs "Salto & Mortale" in which he plays alongside Teresa Larraga, a play produced by Théâtre Frenesi, co-produced by the Centre Culturel Neuchâtelois and Aragona's Centro Dramatico. The show has been performed in Italian, French and Spanish, and continues his international tours. In 2011, together with Daniele Finzi Pasca, Hugo Gargiulo, Julie Hamelin and Maria Bonzanigo (in alphabetical order), he founds the Compagnia Finzi Pasca, where Teatro Sunil and Inlevitas come together. In 2013, he is executive producer and artistic consultant for the new production of the company "La Verità". Also participates in the creation of the show "Kilora", a production of the Théâtre Onirique. In 2014 he is director's assistant for the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Sochi. He is currently writing the screenplay for his new film "Badaboum" and the creation of the theatre pice "Opera Guitta", of which he is author and director and will debut in spirng 2016. Since 1998, he has been giving theatre courses in Switzerland and abroad. He teaches regularly at the circus school LeZarti'cirque of St. Croix (Switzerland). He is the founder of the Longuel cultural association, located in Bergamo.

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