# Vittorio Rossi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vittorio_Rossi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vittorio_Rossi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Rossi > Source revision: 1347231225 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Canadian screenwriter (born 1961) This article is about the Canadian screenwriter. For the Italian philologist, see [Vittorio Rossi (philologist)](/source/Vittorio_Rossi_(philologist)). This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Vittorio Rossi" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Vittorio Rossi Mr. Rossi, October 2010 Born Vittorio Luciano Rossi (1961-04-16) April 16, 1961 (age 65) Montreal, Quebec, Canada Occupations Playwright, Actor, Screenwriter, Director **Vittorio Luciano Rossi** (born April 16, 1961) is a [playwright](/source/Playwright), actor and [screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter) born in [Montreal](/source/Montreal), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), Canada.[1] He grew up in the district of [Ville Emard](/source/Ville_Emard). Graduating from [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University_(Quebec)) in 1985 with a B.F.A. specializing in theatre performance,[2] Rossi has earned the respect of the national theatre community with his award-winning plays. Mr. Rossi received two consecutive Best New Play Awards at the Quebec Drama Festival in 1986 and 1987 with *Little Blood Brother* and *Backstreets*.[3] His plays have been produced in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, New York City, Boston, Syracuse and [The Stratford Festival](/source/Stratford_Shakespeare_Festival) in Ontario. In 1987 Rossi became playwright-in-residence at Montreal's prestigious [Centaur Theatre](/source/Centaur_Theatre), during which time he wrote his first full-length play, *The Chain*, which opened Centaur's 20th anniversary season in October 1988. The show was then produced at the [National Arts Centre](/source/National_Arts_Centre) in Ottawa. Other plays include: *Scarpone*, *In Pursuit Of A Cow*, *The Last Adam*, (winner of the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award for Drama in 1996), *Love and Other Games*, *Filumena* (Translation), *Paradise By The River*. In 2006 Vittorio debuted the beginning of what may be his most ambitious work to date, a collection of three plays inspired by the life of his late father entitled *A Carpenter’s Trilogy*. The three plays include *Hellfire Pass* (winner of the MECCA Award for Best New Text in 2006), *Carmela’s Table* (winner of the MECCA Award for Best New Text in 2007), and *The Carpenter*. His play *The Envelope* had its World Premiere in March 2015, a production which he also directed. This marked his landmark 10th production at The Centaur Theatre. His latest play *Legacy* had its World Premiere at The Leonardo Da Vinci Centre in Montreal in June 2022, and was produced by MAGJUSJEN Entertainment, a production he also starred in. Rossi was Writer-in-Residence at [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University_(Quebec)) in 1990-91 where he also taught playwriting. He is also the recipient of the 1994 Premio Award given by CIBPA (Canadian Italian Business Professionals Association) in the field of Creativity for bringing honour and distinction to the Italian-Canadian community with his body of work. In 2003 Mr. Rossi taught screenwriting at the [Université de Sherbrooke](/source/Universit%C3%A9_de_Sherbrooke). As an actor, Rossi appeared as a regular as Dino Marrone on [Urban Angel](/source/Urban_Angel) and as Detective Tom Celano in the award-winning French-language television series *Omertá*. His film credits include performances in the CBS Emmy Award-winning [Day One](/source/Day_One_(1989_film)), and the critically acclaimed feature [Malarek](/source/Malarek). Rossi was also a co-star in *Le Sphinx* and acted the lead in the film *Canvas* starring opposite Gary Busey and John Rhys-Davies. He also co-starred in the feature film *The Timekeeper*. In his most recent work, he appeared in *The Walk* directed by Robert Zemeckis. He has written several screenplays and has directed film versions of both *Little Blood Brother* and *The Chain*. His plays are published by [Talonbooks](/source/Talonbooks). ## Plays Vittorio Rossi Mr. Rossi, August 2013 - *Legacy* (2022) - *The Envelope* (2015) - **A Carpenter's Trilogy**: - *The Carpenter* (2007) - *Carmela’s Table* (2006) - *Hellfire Pass* (2006) - *Paradise By The River* (1998) - *Filumena* (Translation) (1997) - *Love and Other Games* (1995) - *The Last Adam* (1994) - *In Pursuit Of A Cow* (1992) - *Scarpone* (1990) - *The Chain* (1988) - *Backstreets* (1987) - *Little Blood Brother* (1986) ## Film - *[The Sphinx](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Sphinx_(film)&action=edit&redlink=1) (Le Sphinx)* ([Louis Saia](/source/Louis_Saia), 1995) (Plays Tony, Pat Carbone's barman.)[4] - *Little Blood Brother* (writer/producer/director) filmed in Montreal. - *The Chain* (writer/director) filmed in Montreal (2020). - *Legacy* (writer/director) filmed in Montreal (2021). ## MAGJUSJEN Entertainment A Montreal based entertainment company founded on June 28, 2018 by Barry F. Lorenzetti and Vittorio Rossi. The name comes from the first three letters of Mr. Lorenzetti’s three children, Maggie, Justin, and Jenna. Barry is the Executive Producer of the company, and Vittorio is the Artistic Director. ## References Reid, Gregory J. (2000) “Worlds Within Worlds of Vittorio Rossi.” [5] 104: 16 - 23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Gregory Reid, ["Vittorio Rossi"](https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/vittorio-rossi). *[The Canadian Encyclopedia](/source/The_Canadian_Encyclopedia)*, June 6, 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Burnett, Richard (April 26, 2019). ["'I've never looked back': Blue Metropolis pays tribute to Montreal playwright and Concordia grad Vittorio Rossi"](https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/offices/vpaer/aar/2019/04/26/ive-never-looked-back-blue-metropolis-pays-tribute-to-montreal-playwright-and-concordia-grad-vittorio-rossi.html). *Concordia University*. Retrieved March 30, 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-face_3-0)** Reid, Gregory J. (June 1, 2000). ["Face to Face: A Conversation with Vittorio Rossi"](https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/TRIC/article/view/12636/13523). *Forum*. **21** (2). [Theatre Research in Canada](/source/Theatre_Research_in_Canada): 177–194. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3138/tric.21.2.177](https://doi.org/10.3138%2Ftric.21.2.177). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1913-9101](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1913-9101). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Le sphinx (1995)"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114510/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm). IMDb. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Canadian Theatre Review ## External links - [Vittorio Rossi](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0744344/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States France BnF data Other IdRef SNAC Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Vittorio Rossi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Rossi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Rossi?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.