Known For: Acting
Born: November 5, 1985
Place of Birth: Crotone, Calabria, Italy

Simone Borrelli

Simone Borrelli is an Italian director, actor, singer‑songwriter, and musician. He has worked for Rai, Mediaset, and Sky Cinema, and is the winner of several international awards. He has been a guest at some of the world’s most prestigious universities, including UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University. His film Eddy represents the first documented case in world cinema of a single artist simultaneously holding 8 creative roles: director, screenwriter, lead actor, composer, arranger, instrumental performer, lyricist, and vocalist of the entire original soundtrack. The film was declared Official Human Rights Movie 2015 by the Council of Europe, opened the European Film Festival at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood (selected by the American Cinematheque), and is one of the few Italian films directly supported by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Italy for its internat…