Andrea Iervolino
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| Born | 1987 Italy |
| Residence | Toronto |
| Occupation | Film Producer, Businessman, Entrepreneur |
| Years active | 2004 - Present |
| Known for | The Merchant of Venice, In Dubious Battle and The Humbling |
| Website | andreaiervolinoproducer |
Andrea Iervolino is an Italian film producer, businessman and entrepreneur based in Toronto. He is most known for producing The Merchant of Venice, In Dubious Battle, All Roads Lead to Rome, Septembers of Shiraz and The Humbling. He is the founding partner, along with Monika Bacardi, of AMBI Group, and has produced and distributed several pictures through the company. Iervolino is considered one of Italy’s youngest and most accomplished producers, having had his hands on over 60 films since the age of 16.
Iervolino was named as one of the most powerful dealmakers in Hollywood in 2015 by Variety Magazine. He is the producer of Beyond The Sun, a movie which will star Pope Francis as himself, making it the first time the leader of the Catholic Church has appeared in a movie.
Iervolino was born on December 1, 1987 in Cassino, in the province of Lazio. He was raised in Italy. As a child, he had stuttered badly. He suffered bullying from his classmates who teased him thinking it was dumb and his school teachers had wanted to send him to a special school, however, his mother refused. Due to family problems in the household, he left home at the age of 15, to work in a company in Northern Italy in the resort town of Bibione. In Bibione, he worked as a producer’s assistant on Broadway-style shows. The same year, he came back to his home town to produce his first film and wrote a medieval love story with a social message. He spoke to the abbot of Montecassino Abbey and was given permission for shooting there. After finalizing the cast and crew, he went to local businesses to raise production funds by selling them ads in a commemorative booklet. He asked people for small investments of around 50 Euros, an old kind of crowd funding. He completed the movie in 2003.
The cinemas, however, refused to show his movie. After discussion, a few local cinemas agreed to show his movie during the day. Iervolino created an initiative called Cine School Day. The initiative involved adding a film into the school curriculum. Students, during school time, on payment of a reduced-price ticket, could go to the cinema in the day and watch the movie Iervolino had made. He staged contests after the screening of his movie in theatres and selected the kids for small roles in his subsequent movies. Through Cine School Day, he made a distribution network and screened eight to ten films a year.
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