LILIA HARTMANN TRAPANI
CASTING DIRECTOR
Lilia was born and raised in the milieu of Italian cinema.
Of both Italian and Swiss nationality she speaks Italian,
German, English, French and Spanish. She has a doctorate degree in contemporary history.
After a short experience as an AD, Lilia began working as a casting director in the early 70's and
has since built an extensive knowledge of Italian and international cinema. In 1985 she founded
Studio T, which soon became the most important casting organization in Italy, and has since
guided and directed the castings for feature films, television movies and major commercial
productions, getting an increasing specialization in casting for major international film
productions shooting in Italy, such as:
THE PORTRAIT (2013)
Pilot for a TV series, directed by RIDLEY SCOTT , produced by SONY for SHOWTIME.
CROSSING LINES (2012) International TV Series, produced by TANDEM COMMUNICATION, directed by Dan Percival MARINA (2012)
Feature Film, produced by DARDENNES BROTHERS\EYEWORKS, directed by: Stijn Coninx EAT PRAY LOVE (2009) Feature Film, with Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem, directed by Ryan Murphy
MARIA, IHM SCHMECKT’S NICHT (2008) Feature Film, produced by CLAUSSEN+WÖBKE+PUTZ\ORISA, directed by Neele L. Vollmar
CASANOVA (2004) Feature Film, produced by DISNEY \ BUENA VISTA, directed by Lasse Hallstrom EMPIRE (2003\2004)
TV Series, Produced by TOUCHSTONE for ABC GANGS OF NEW YORK (2001)
Feature Film, produced by MIRAMAX, directed by Martin Scorsese
(For a complete list, please see below)
Lilia is a member of the Italian Film Academy and of the International Casting Director’s Network. In 2009 she has been a juror for the Emmy Awards.
CONTACT: www.studio-t.it e-mail : [email protected] tel. 0039 6 68804329
In preparation:
• FRANCESCO TV movie, produced by CIAO RAGAZZI and directed by Liliana Cavani
• THE HABIT OF BEAUTY Feature Film, produced by Enrico Tasserin for PINCH MEDIA, London, Director: Mirko Pincelli
• RIALTO GLÜCKSAUF (in preparation) Feature Film produced by ANDREAS EICHER
Among feature films and television credits of the last years and in preparation we list:
NEW TESTAMENT - BIBLE VIDEOS (2013) (shooting)
TV series , produced by the Publishing Services Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Director: Bruce Niebaur
CROSSING LINES (2012) INTERNATIONAL MINI SERIES, produced by TANDEM COMMUNICATION and ED BERNERO Director: Dan Percival Italian Cast: Gabriella Pession Episode 3: Matilda Lutz, Allan Cappelli, Christian Burruano, Duccio Camerini, Luigi Di Fiore,
Mario Opinato. MARINA (2012)
Feature Film Produced by: DARDENNES BROTHERS\EYEWORKS, Bruxelles and ORISA, Rome
Director: Stijn Coninx Italian Cast: Donatella Finocchiaro and Luigi Lo Cascio LABYRINTH (2011) Minie Series Produced by : SCOTT FREE PRODUCTION,FILM AFRIKA WORLDWIDE TANDEM COMMUNICATION
Director: CHRISTOPHER SMITH International Cast: JOHN HURT, TOM FELTON, JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY, KATIE MC GRATH,SEBASTIAN STAN TONY CURRAN
Italian Cast: CLAUDIA GERINI NATALE PER DUE (2011) TV movie Produced by : WILDESIDE
Director: GIAMBATTISTA AVELLINO Distributed: SKY Italian Cast: Alessandro Gassmann, Enrico Brignano,Pino Caruso,
Paolo Sassanelli,Claudia Potenza,Roberto Nobile, Roberta Fiorentini,Serena Iansiti,Sandra Biondi,Chiara Francini, Caterina Misasi,Carlotta Lo Greco,Marco Simeoli,Cristina Serafini,Rossella Vicino,Lia Cellamare,Andrea Lolli MONTECARLO (2010) Feature Film Produced by : DENISE DI NOVI, ALISON GREENSPAN, NICOLE KIDMAN
Director: THOMAS BEZUCHA Distributed: 20th CENTURY FOX
Italian Cast: GIULIO BERRUTI EAT PRAY LOVE (2009) Feature Film Production : COLUMBIO PICTURES Production Service Rome: PANORAMA FILMS
Director: RYAN MURPHY International Cast: JULIA ROBERTS AND JAVIER BARDEM Italian Cast: Luca Argentero, Lydia Biondi, Remo Remotti, Lucia Guzzardi, Giuseppe Gandini, Elena Arvigo, Fabrizio Sabatucci, Roberto Di Palma, Giuseppe Tantillo, Marta Altinier, Vanessa Marini, Silvia Tortarolo, Ester Astrologo, Emma e Chiara Brunetti
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (2009) Feature Film Production : SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT
Director: CHRIS WEITZ International Cast: ROBERT PATTINSON, KRISTEN STEWART, TAYLOR LAUTNER Italian Cast (small roles ) : Alessandro Federico, Roberto Marchetti,
Maria Grazia Pompei, Corinna Russo
MARIA, IHM SCHMECKT’S NICHT (2008) Feature Film Production : CLAUSSEN+WÖBKE+PUTZ FILMPRODUKTION , Munich ORISA PRODUCTIONS, Roma Director: NEELE LEANA VOLLMAR Italian Cast: Lino Banfi, Sergio Rubini, Antonio Barbero, Nino Bellomo, Lia Cellammare, Dario De Summa, Paolo De Vita, David Donatiello, Pierluigi Ferrandini, Lucia Guzzardi, Dante Marmone, Ludovica Modugno, Nicola Nocella, Enzo Salomone, Massimo Sarchielli
AMIGO (2008) Production: Network Movie GmbH & Co.KG, Köln Director: Lars Backer Italian Cast: Giada Desideri, Luca Ward, Ouattara Bintou, Massimo Dario
ROMY (2008) TV movie Production: Phönix Film, Munich Director: Thorsten C. Fischer Italian Cast: Toni Bertorelli as Visconti
SALTO VITALE (2008) TV movie Production: SPERL SCHOTT FILM GmbH, Munich Director: Bernd Fischerauer Italian Cast: Cosimo Fusco, Giacomo Gonnella, Giulio Forges, Gianni Magno, Bruno Maccallini, Diego Verdegiglio
SERVICES SACRES (2008) TV movie Production: GALAXY 7, Paris Director: VINCENZO MARANO Italian Cast: Remo Girone, Flavio Parenti
FOUR SINGLE FATHERS (2008)
TV movie Director: PAOLO MONICO Production: INDIANA, Rome\Milano Supervision: GABRIELE MUCCINO Italian Cast: Alessandro Gassman, Anna Orso, Vanni Materassi, Ivan Bacchi
THE FAKIR OF VENICE (2007) Feature Film Feature Film Director: ANAND SURAPUR Production: PHAT PHISCH , Mumbai Italian Cast Valentina Carnelutti, Igor Horvat
THE CALL (2006) short movie Director: ANTOINE FUQUA Produced by PIRELLI
STERNKOECHIN (2006) TV Film TV Movie Director: MANFRED STELZER Production: Hessischer Rundfunk fuer ARD Italian Cast with Inge Busch, Italian cast : Antonella Attili
IL SEGRETO DI ARIANNA (2006) TV Fiction TV series Director: GIANNI LEPRE Production: SERGIO SILVA per RAI 1 Cast Lorenza Indovina, Franco Castellano, Massimo Poggio, Mary Petruolo, Andrea Sama’, Agnese Nano, Mariella Valentini, Stefano Molinari, Orso Maria Guerrini Antonia Truppo
BELLE RUSSE (2006) feature film Feature FilmDirector: VADIM SHMELEV Production: SVET , Moskva Italian Cast Beppe Bosone, Francesca Ventura, Fabio Bezzi, Franco Filogamo, Nicola Trambusti, Wendy Lewis, Antonio Acampora
GOTHIA CANAL II (2005) Feature FIlm Director: PELLE SETH Production: GF STUDIOS, Stockholm Cast Italian Cast: Pino Ammendola
CASANOVA (2004) Feature Film Director: LASSE HALLSTROM Production: DISNEY \ BUENA VISTA Cast Heath Ledger, Sienna Millers, Jeremy Irons, Charlie Cox - Italian cast: Danielle Baker, David Bozzato, Paolo De Giorgio, Roy Doliner, Sara Guerra, Carolina Levi, Andrea Osvart, Franics Pardeilhan, Paola Pessot, Giorgia Riccardi, Marta Paola Richeldi, Elisabeta Riva, Naike Rivelli, Jessica Seaton, Simonetta Sodler, Adelmo Togliani,
EMPIRE (2003\2004) TV Series Director: KIM MANNERS, GREG YAITANES, JOHN GRAY
Production: TOUCHSTONE (USA) for ABC Cast Christopher Ahrens, Jonis Bashir, Eric Bassanesi, Bruno Bilotta, Andrea Camuffo, Lesile Csuth, Silvia De Fanti, Antonio Del Prete, Alessandro Dieli, Giacomo Gonnella, Jamil Hammoudi, Daniela Massetti, Daniele Mazzoni, Adrian Mc Court, Joseph Murray, Jay Natelle, Mario Opinato, Ralph Palka, Francio Pardeilhan, Filippo Reda, Clive Riche, Bart Ruspoli, Gianfranco Russo, Edoardo Sala, Giannina Salvetti, Ana Sarnholm, Robert Sommer, Anthony Souter, Angel Turner, Luca Venantini, Veronica Welles
A GOOD WOMAN (2003)
Feature Film Director: MIKE BARKER Production: Meltemi Entertainment\Buskin Film with Helen Hunt,Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Italian cast: Milena Vukotic, Giorgia Massetti,Carolina Levi, Bruce McGuire, Shara Orano, Daniela Stanga, Michael Stromme, Augusto Zucchi
SOSPETTI 3 (2003)
TV Series Director: LUIGI PERELLI Production: SERGIO SILVA Cast: Sebastiano Somma, Vanessa Gravina,Luca Lionello,Rodolfo Bianchi, Antonia Liskova, con la partecipazione straordinaria di Remo Girone
STRUCK BY LIGHTENING (2003)
TV Movie Director: UTE WIELAND Production: NDF Italian Cast: Stefano Antonucci, Silvio Laviano
AMANTI SEGRETI (2003)
Mini Series Director: GIANNI LEPRE Production: SERGIO SILVA for RAI 1
IMBROGLIO (2003)
Short Movie Director: JAN SCIACALUGA Production: BLINK FILM, London Cast: Paolo Maria Scalondro
MEIN LETZTER WILLE (POLIZEIRUF) (2003) Director: ULLI STARK Production: BAVARIA FILM Italian Cast: Francesco Salvi, Giacinto Ferro
CINECITTA' (2002\2003)TV Serial in
TV series Director: ALBERTO MANNI Production: LANTIA for RAI
CLARAS COUP (2002)
TV Movie, Director: ERIK VIET Production: ABC Film for ZDF Italian Cast: Paolo Malco
DER CODE DES LEBENS (2002)
TV Movie Director: MIGUEL ALEXANDRE Production: ALLMEDIA
Italian Cast: Paolo Aquino, Roberto Attias, Giacomo Gonnella, Alessandro Prete, Orazio Stracuzzi
LUTHER (2002)
Feature FIlm Director: ERIK TILL Production: Neue Filmproduktion, Berlin with JOSEPH FIENNES, Italian Cast:Cesare Cremonini, Martino D'Amico, Maurizio Lucà, Franco Mirabella, Carlos Valles
MA FEMME S'APPELLE MAURICE (2001)
Feature Film Director: JEAN MARIE POIRE Production: Comedie Star
Italian Cast: Stefano Antonucci, , Marco Bonini, Leonardo Manera, FUMATA BLANCA (2001)
Feature Film Director: MIGUEL GAARCIA BORDA Production: IRIS STAR Italian Cast: Franco Nero
VITTORIO (2001)
TV movie Director: BODO FURNEISEN Production: NFP, Berlin
Italian Cast: Andrea Tidona, Nina Soldano, Liliy Tirinnanzi, N. Siri IN DER MITTE EINES LEBENS (2001)
TV Movie Director: BERND FISCHERAUER Production: TV 60 for ZDF Italian Cast: Elena Arvigo, Caterina Murino, Stefano Antonucci, Giorgia Trasselli, Giacomo Gonnella, Renzo Rinaldi, Massimo Sarchielli, Antonello Scarano
GANGS OF NEW YORK (2001)
Feature Film Director: MARTIN SCORSESE Production: PARADISE SQUARE for Italian Cast: Ilaria D’Elia, Carmen Henlon, Katherine Wallach, Nazzareno Natale, Luca Faggioli, Karen Christenfeld, Taddeo Harbutt, Barrie Simmons, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Barbara Bouchet and around 60 small roles
AUS GUTEM HAUS (2000)
TV Movie Director: FRANK STRECKER Production: TV 60 Italian Cast: Moira Grassi
LA RENTREE (2000)
Feature FIlm Director: FRANCO ANGELI Production: LANTIA
PALAVRA E UTOPIA (1999) Feature Film Director: MANUEL DE OLIVEIRA
Italian Cast: Renato de Carmine a.o. DISTRETTO DI POLIZIA (1.st. series) (1999) TV
TV Series Director: RENATO DE MARIA Production: Nova Film for MEDIATRADE Cast: lsabella Ferrari, Giorgio Tirabassi. Carlotta Natoli, Ricky Memphis, Ivana Monti, Daniela Morozzi, Simone Correnti, Serena Bonanno, Giovanni Ferreri, Roberto Nobile
SEARCHING FOR PARADISE (1999)
Feature Film Director: MYRA PACI Production: LUXMUNDI PRODUCTIONS (New York) Italian Cast: Michele Placido
BON PLAN (1999)
Feature Film Director: JEROME LEVI Production: VERTIGO, Paris and LANTIA, Roma
TUTTI GLI UOMINI DEL DEFICIENTE (1999)
Feature Film Director: PAOLO COSTELLA Production: PALOMAR for Mediaset Cast: Claudia Gerini, Paolo Hendel, Aldo Giovanni e Giacomo, Maurizio Crozza, Arnoldo Foa', Marina Massironi, Andrea Brambilla, Giovanni Esposito, Gigio Alberti
VINO SANTO (1999)
TV movie Director: XAVER SCHWARZENBERGER Production: SATEL, ALMARO FILMMunchen\Wien Italian Cast: Anna Galiena, Raf Vallone, Alida Valli
STELLA DI MARE (1998)
TV movie Austria Director: XAVER SCHWARZENBERGER Production: TEAMFILM, Wien
BERESINA (1998)
Director: DANIEL SCHMID Production: T & C, Zuerich
MORD UND TODSCHLAG (1998)TV movie Germany
Director: BERND FISCHERAUER Production: Prod.: TV 60, Muenchen
GIALLOPARMA (1997)
Director: ALBERTO BEVILACQUA Production: VIDEA
Cast: Natasha Amal, Robert Hossein, Kaspar Capparoni, Brontis Jodorowsky, Maria Teresa Rossini, Graziella Galvani, Pino Micol, Massimo De Rossi, Maurizio Donadoni. BELLA CIAO (1996) Director: XAVER SCWARZENBERGER Production: TEAMFILM Italian Cast: Gianni Baldeschi, Antonio Conte, Carlo Conversi, Luisa Fiore, Claudio Insegno, Giuliano Manetti, Mimmo Mignemi, Giorgio Romanelli SCHWARZ GREIFT EIN – RÖMISCHES INTERMEZZO (1996)
Director: MARCO SERAFINI Italian Cast: Pier Francesco Aiello, Fabio Albanesi, Gianni Anzellotti, Alessio Caruso, Claudio Chico, Debora Fonseca, Vladimiro Iori, Giuliano Oppes, Fabio Piccolo, Claudio Spadaio, Gianluca Valerio WANDERJAHRE (1996)TV movie Germany Director: Bernd Fischerauer Production: MODERNMEDIA, Muenchen Italian Cast: Elena Arvigo, Caterina Vertova, Fabrizio Vitale LOVERS (1995)TV Movie Austria Director: XAVER SCWARZENBERGER Production: TEAMFILM, Wien Italian Cast: Bruno Maccallini IL GRANDE FUOCO (1995) TV Movie, Italy Director: Fabrizio Costa Production: TITANUS Cast: Carol Alt, Adriana Asti, Lorenzo Alessandri, Mary Asiride, Alessio Barchiesi, Maria Rosa Bastianelli, Herr Buana, Mathieu Carrière, Guido Cerniglia, Franco Concilio, Roberta Fiorentini, Roberto Gandini, Bettina Milne, Marit Nissen, Teresa Piergentili, Patrizio Rispo, Giannapaola Scaffidi , Veronica Welles ZWEI MÄNNER UND DIE FRAUEN (1994) TV Novie Director: Jörg GrönlerDV Production: TELENORM, München Italian Cast: Luca Barbareschi a.o. JAZZ (1993) Director: DANIEL HELFER Production: CATPIKS , Zurich Italian Cast: Imma Piro IL COMMISSARIO SARTI 2 (1993)TV movie Director: GIULIO QUESTI Production: Guido De Laurentis, ELLEPI, for RAI FEMME FATALE (1993) Director : UDAYAN PRASAD Production : Kenn Trod for BBC Italian Cast : Sophia Diaz, Anna Mazzotti, Roberto Nobile,