Marco Calvani

Italian born, Marco Calvani is an award-winning writer and a director based in Los Angeles. Over the course of his twenty-year career as a playwright, he received commissions from the Phoenix Theatre of London, Kunsthaus Tacheles of Berlin, Théâtre de la Ville of Paris, Grec Fundaciò of Barcelone and La MaMa Theatre of New York among others.

His cinema debut The View from Up Here stars Oscar winner Melissa Leo and César winner Leïla Bekhti. It was originally a play commissioned to him by The Actors Studio and directed by Oscar winner Estelle Parsons.

He’s currently in post-production with his first feature film High Tide, produced by LD Entertainment and starring Oscar winner Marisa Tomei, Tony winner Bill Irwin, Spirit Award winner Mya Taylor and Marco Pigossi.