{{Short description|Italian actor (born 1972)}} {{Infobox person | name = Sebastiano Mauri | image = | image_size = 200px | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|2|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Milan, Lombardy, Italy | occupation = {{Flatlist| *Artist *director *writer }} | spouse = {{marriage|Filippo Timi|2016|2021|end=divorced}} | years_active = 1999–present }}
'''Sebastiano Mauri''' (born 15 February 1972) is an Italian actor, director and writer.
== Biography ==
Sebastiano Mauri was born in Milan to an Italian father and Argentinian mother. He is the nephew of Fabio Mauri, a prominent Italian multi-disciplinary artist.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/arts/design/fabio-mauri-works-fueled-by-trauma-head-to-the-venice-biennale.html | title =Fabio Mauri Works, Fueled by Trauma, Head to the Venice Biennale | last =Lubow | first =Arthur | date =2015-04-15 | publisher =The NY Times | access-date =2025-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.museonovecento.it/en/mostre/solo-fabio-mauri/ | title =Fabio Mauri | publisher =Museo Novecento | access-date =2025-06-05}}</ref> At the age of 20, Sebastiano Mauri went to New York and enrolled at New York University to study cinematography. After graduation, he emerged as a short film director. Some of his movies have brought him prestigious accolades, such as the Warner Brothers Award and the Martin Scorsese Post-Production Award.<ref name=elle>{{cite web | url =https://www.elledecor.com/it/people/a39327233/sebastiano-mauri/ | title =La poliedricità di Sebastiano Mauri: un viaggio tra arte, cinema e romanzi | date =2022-03-07 | publisher =Elle Decor | access-date =2025-06-03}}</ref> Mauri lived in Buenos Aires for several years before moving to London and enrolling at the Byam Shaw School to study art.<ref name=arte/> He was active as an artist and had dozens of personal exhibitions around the world.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.veneziatoday.it/eventi/sebastiano-mauri-il-giorno-piu-felice-della-mia-vita-e-ruben-montini-incontrano-elena-forin-sebastiano-mauri-2484387.html | title =Sebastiano Mauri (il giorno più felice della mia vita) e Ruben Montini incontrano Elena Forin | date =2015-06-25 | publisher =Venezia Today | access-date =2025-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.rencontres-arles.com/en/artistes/view/618/sebastiano-mauri | title =Sebastiano Mauri | publisher =Recontres Arles | access-date =2025-06-05}}</ref> In 2014, personals exhibitions of Mauri were opened at the Galleria Michela Rizzo in Venezian Giudecca and in Milan's ''La Otto Zoo''.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.vogue.it/uomo-vogue/people-stars/2013/12/sebastiano-mauri | title =Sebastiano Mauri | last =Cherstich | first =Fabio | date =2013-12-23 | publisher =Vogue | access-date =2025-06-03}}</ref><ref name=arte>{{cite web | url =https://www.arte.it/calendario-arte/venezia/mostra-sebastiano-mauri-the-other-6243 | title =Sebastiano Mauri. The Other | publisher =Arte.it | access-date =2025-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://archivio.festivaletteratura.it/entita/4784-mauri-sebastiano | title =Mauri, Sebastiano | publisher =Festival Letteratura | access-date =2025-06-03}}</ref> A recurring theme in Mauri's work is the exposure of the mechanisms of discrimination inherent in human beings.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.pacmilano.it/en/events/fam-s-mauri-a-barretta-2/ | title =FAM, S. MAURI, A. BARRETTA | publisher =PAC Milano | access-date =2025-06-05}}</ref>
In 2012 Mauri made his debut as a writer with the novel ''Goditi il problema'', a well-received light-hearted novel about discovering one's own sexuality and the struggles it brings in relationship with the rest of the world.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://d.repubblica.it/magazine/2012/07/13/news/goditi_il_problema-424234244/ | title =Goditi il problema | last =Brega | first =Katia | publisher =La Repubblica | access-date =2025-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.illibraio.it/news/editoria/ridere-per-vivere-a-new-york-7681/ | title =Ridere per vivere (a New York) | date =2012-09-10 | publisher =Il Libraio | access-date =2025-06-05}}</ref> His second writing effort, ''Il giorno più felice della mia vita'', is an essay on same-sex marriage and why it is still a taboo in Italy. The book was published by Casa Editrice Rizzi in 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/vogue-arts/2015/04/sebastiano-mauri | title =An interview with Sebastiano Mauri on his second book Il Giorno più felice della mia vita | publisher = Vogue Italia | access-date =2025-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.cosmopolitan.com/it/lifestyle/libri/a110346/il-giorno-piu-felice-della-mia-vita-di-sebastiano-mauri-un-divertente-e-acuto-pamphlet-sul-matrimonio-gay/ | title =Il giorno più felice della mia vita di Sebastiano Mauri. Un divertente e acuto pamphlet sul matrimonio omosessuale | last =Grasso | first =Gabriela | date =2015-03-03 | publisher =Cosmopolitan | access-date =2025-06-05}}</ref> In 2021, Mauri released his third book – ''La nuova terra'', a partially autobiographical story about his travel to Amazonia.<ref name=elle/><ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.artribune.com/professioni-e-professionisti/who-is-who/2021/06/intervista-sebastiano-mauri/ | title =Da artista a scrittore. Intervista a Sebastiano Mauri | last =Rosica | first =Arianna | date =2021-06-26 | publisher =Artribune | access-date =2025-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.premiocomisso.it/la-nuova-terra-di-sebastiano-mauri/ | title =“La nuova terra” di Sebastiano Mauri | publisher =Premio Comisso | access-date =2025-06-03}}</ref>
Mauri debuted as cinema director in 2018 with the surreal black comedy ''Favola'', based on a theater play created by his then spouse Filippo Timi.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.gqitalia.it/show/cinema/2018/05/22/dal-teatro-al-cinema-favola-filippo-timi-film | title =Dal teatro al cinema: Favola di Filippo Timi, il film | last =Frigerio | first =Laura | date =2018-05-22 | publisher = GQ Italia | access-date =2025-06-03}}</ref> The film brought Mauri the prestigious Italian award Flaiano Opera Prima 2018.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.premiflaiano.com/445/2018.html | title =VINCITORI PREMI INTERNAZIONALI FLAIANO 2018 | publisher =Premio Flaiano | access-date =2025-06-03}}</ref>
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