Luca Legnani
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Luca Legnani (b. Milan, 1980) is an Italian producer, noted art collector, former dancer, and one-time TV cop[1].
[edit] Biography
He has done music videos for Ricky Martin, Snoop Dogg, Fabri Fibra, Cor Veleno, The Rain, Eros Ramazzotti, Stateless[2], Geri Halliwell, Gwen Stefani, Planet Funk, Gianluca Grignani, Katie Price and Peter Andre, and many more.[3]. For many years, he produced music videos, commercials, and TV content for the prominent Italian production company, Filmmaster.[4] In 2007, he opened up an independent production house, Pines Films Limited, based in central London.
He is a noted art collector[5], as well as a former curator[6] at Bocconi University with Luca Martinazzoli.
[edit] Notable Recent Projects
In 2007, Legnani produced "Help Lorenzo," a project to help Italian film director Lorenzo Bassano who was jailed in Dubai for possession of a ridiculous amount of hashish.[7] This effort included a free concert in Milan with performances by Elio e Le Storie Tese, Cor Veleno, Grandi Animali Marini, Le Vibrazioni, Fabri Fibra, Club Dogo, Coolio[8], J Ax, The Styles and more. The concert was supported by Radio DeeJay.[9]
In 2008, Legnani became producer for Check-In Architecture[10], a cultural research project that's developing a cultural map of Europe, partnered with Google, which includes 300 short documentaries created by students and renowned cultural producers including Andrew Berardini, Olivia Fincato, Christophe Tassin, Vincent Moon, Alessandro Zuek Simonetti, Ed Rutherford, Giovanna Silva, Filippo Romano, Andrea Lissioni, Luca Molinari, Francesco Fei and Mario Benini.[11] Also included is a free press magazine, a blog, and starting in April 2008, the project was shown on the Urban Screen[12], a 148 meter video screen overlooking Piazza Duomo in central Milan.
Legnani was also the director behind the YouTube sleeper hit, "Trovami Un Modo Semplice Per Uscirne" (trans. "Find Me an Easy Way to Get Out of It").[13]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdX4_rUM5Gs
- ^ Stateless "Prism #1" - AOL Video
- ^ mvdbase.com - Luca Legnani Videography
- ^ http://www.filmmaster.com
- ^ rise and sprawl - artforum.com / scene & herd
- ^ ** o n e l a b **
- ^ Tutti Con Lorenzo
- ^ Coolio videos - Video and Music for free
- ^ RADIO DEEJAY – Musica, video e classifiche
- ^ ::: Check in Architecture
- ^ ::: Check in Architecture
- ^ urbanscreens.org
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXufHm2eVaU
