WORDS OF WISDOM IN MONACO
© Ezio Greggio
WORDS OF WISDOM IN MONACO WITH EZIO GREGGIO
INTERVIEW by Natalia Bezruk
He was born in a small town , Cossato near Biella , Italy . His parents would have liked to see him working in the bank , but at age 18 he began his career in TV . Now Ezio Greggio is one of the best known faces of Italian television , an iconic comedian , who has performed in over 30 movies as an actor , famous also as a film director for his works with Hollywood stars . Ezio Greggio founded and created the Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival , the only festival in the world entirely dedicated to comedy . Emir Kusturica , Claude Lelouch , John Landis , Michael Radford , Peter Bogdanovich , Gabriele Muccino and Vittorio Storaro were in the Jury of the festival over the years . The festival under the high patronage of the Sovereign Prince and the Italian Embassy has reached the same level as the most well respected and prestigious festivals in the movie industry .
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