Guild of italian american actors: 59 Photos
GIAA Film Fest pictures
Italian Americans Part 1: Actors and Actresses
FAQs
The birth of the motion picture industry in the United States coincided with the immigration of millions of Italians to America. Behind the camera, Italian immigrants played an integral role in the development of Hollywood.
Muscio connects the prominence of Italian-American director-actors to the Capocomico of traditional Italian theatre. Such director-actors include: Danny DeVito, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Vincent Gallo, Al Pacino, Stanley Tucci, Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Gary Sinise, Anne Bancroft, and Madonna.
The Guild was founded in 1933 in an effort to eliminate the exploitation of Hollywood actors, who were being forced into oppressive multi-year contracts with the major movie studios.
There are numerous American actors with Italian surnames, reflecting the diverse cultural heritage within the United States. Some well-known examples include Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marisa Tomei, and Anne Hathaway.
According to the Italic Studies Institute, of the more than 1,000 Hollywood films featuring Italian or Italian American characters made between 1928 and 2000, nearly three-quarters portray them as gangsters, boors, buffoons, bigots or bimbos.
Actor James Gandolfini | Portrait by Igor Babailov photographs
Videos
Guild of Italian American Actors - Episode 49
American actors speaking Italian
WHO IS THE BEST ITALIAN AMERICAN ACTOR? DRAFTING OUR FAVORITE ACTORS
GIAA Introduction
Eddie Napolillo, Italian American actor | Eddie Napolillo, photos
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