Giovanni Morassutti

Son of a German mother and Italian father Giovanni Morassutti is an actor director and cultural entrepreneur currently living in New York He studied acting and directing since he was a teenager approaching the work of the realistic school first with Susan Strasberg then as an auditor at the Actors Studio in New York as a student of Salem Ludwig at the HB studio and then with John Strasberg with whom now works as an assistant and coordinator for his workshops in Berlin In America Giovanni worked with Ellen Stewart founder of La Mama etc Ted Mornel Kathleen M Wilce and Gus Van Sant In Italy after graduating from the National Film School in Rome directed by actor Giancarlo Giannini he got cast in several roles in theatre and film productions Parallel to his work as an actor he has been teaching several workshops also on acting in English His last work as a director is the theatre production of Madre sin Panuelo by Jorge Palant sponsored by the Argentian Embassy and presented in Rome and Milan in the fall of 2015 In Berlin he was cast in For the time being directed by Daniela Lucato that was presented at the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival