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Born in Turin, Italy, Emmy Award-winning producer Lorenzo Minoli cultivated a love for film. After more than 15 years as a journalist and documentary producer, Lorenzo turned his attention to narrative filmmaking. He relocated to the United States and produced more than 50 hours of prime-time television movies and miniseries, winning a Primetime Emmy and earning two more nominations along the way. He is also a recipient of the Christopher Award and several ACE awards.

Since his return to the United States in 2023

WE were ARE a documentary produced and directed, by three-time nominated and Prime Time Emmy Award winning producer, photographer, writer, journalist, and Italian-born documentarian Lorenzo Minoli

Born in Turin, Italy, Emmy Award-winning producer Lorenzo Minoli cultivated a love for film and story telling since he was in high school.  After more than 15 years as a journalist and documentary producer, Lorenzo turned his attention to narrative filmmaking. He relocated to the United States and produced more than 50 hours of prime-time television movies and miniseries, winning a Primetime Emmy and earning two more nominations along the way. He is also a recipient of the Christopher Award and several ACE awards.

Since his return to the United States in 2023

WE were ARE a documentary produced and directed, by three-time nominated and Prime Time Emmy Award winning producer, photographer, writer, journalist, and Italian-born documentarian Lorenzo Minoli

Born in Turin, Italy, Emmy Award-winning producer Lorenzo Minoli cultivated a love for film. After more than 15 years as a journalist and documentary producer, Lorenzo turned his attention to narrative filmmaking. He relocated to the United States and produced more than 50 hours of prime-time television movies and miniseries, winning a Primetime Emmy and earning two more nominations along the way. He is also a recipient of the Christopher Award and several ACE awards.

Since his return to the United States in 2023

WE were ARE a documentary produced and directed, by three-time nominated and Prime Time Emmy Award winning producer, photographer, writer, journalist, and Italian-born documentarian Lorenzo Minoli

1987 Produces and brings to Milano first to Baltimore then an impressive exhibition

on the Chernobyl disaster with the photos of Igor Kostin who was interviewed for the

first time on the Italian TV

1989 Creates and manages the first and only tour of the world by car. The“Mir

Caravan” (The caravan of Peace). Italian, German, Russian, American members of

the team cross the entire world. Leaving Rome and arriving in Genova the day the

city commemorates the discovery of the Americas by Columbus. The caravan

crosses, Italy, Germany, crosses the Iron wall in Berlin, crosses all the Baltic

republics, arrives in Moscow then Georgia, Armenia and then all the way to

Vladivostock, From there crosses the ocean and lands in Portland and then all the

USA to New York then by sea to Barcelona and the from Barcelona to Genova.

1990 Hired by the city of Taormina to launch the festival at the beautiful roman

theatre. Two years of work and a great success and then the town takes over as

agreed.

1991-1992 Hired by the Oil Industry Consortium of Italy , works on establishing the

image of Letizia Moratti future Mayor of Milano, then President of the Italian

Broadcasting Company (RAI).

1992-1993 Creates and produces documentaries in the US for the Italian TV and

BBC.

1993-2003. Moves to the US in CT and produces 12 miniseries and two films for

Prime time tv (TNT, CBS, ABC) coproduction with German and Italian and French

partners.

1993-2003 Onorary citizien of Ourazazade Morocco, for the great impulse he has

provided to the local economy by building film production studios, hiring and

forming local labor forces and investing over 150 milion US dollars in the local

economy.

1995 Awarded Primetime Emmy Award. Two more nominations in years to follow

1998 Jamie Lee Curtis Emmy nominated outstanding lead actress for Nicholas’ Gift.

The movie breaks all records of audience. The movie is about the true story of an

American kid killed in Italy and whose parents donated all his organs to Italian

recipients. A moving story that made the organ donation the focus of the attention of

press and media.

1999 Wins Christopher Award for Nicholas Gift

2000 Jesus miniseries Nominated best miniseries. The mini breaks all audience

records and beats Who Wants to be a millionaire the unbeatable show on tv at the

time

2002 one the most expensive miniseries of TV. Julius Caesar two nights story of the

legendary roman history.

2005 Have no Fear The life of John Paul II. Distributed in the entire world and

broadcasted in the US by ABC

2006 Moves back to Italy.

2006. La Marea Silenziosa. Mini budget movie (comedy) on the invention of the

famous Italian scooter : la Vespa. Opens in 23 theaters, two months on Sky, first

movie ever subtitled in Chinese

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– 2007 – 2022 Gypsymovies-Cinemoving. Creates with his son the business of a

traveling movie theater that is rented “turn key “ to public administration for the

summer entertainment of the citizens. Produces over 1500 events including 3 weeks

in the largest square in Venice.

1986 -1992 IMAGO produces important documentaries: the Soviet Judicial system;

a in depth story on the soviet prisons; the Red Army in Afghanistan; the drying up of

the Aral Sea ; the disaster of Chernobyl ; interview with Boris Eltzin; Siberian Oil

Fields and the just opened to the public labor camps in the Yamal Peninsula;

develops a TV series “The inspector Kalashnikov” with the Italian iconic film and tv

producer mr Lombardo owner of Titanus production company (produced among

many other titles Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard and the Oscar Cinema Paradiso).