Davide, 25 years old, Italian, European, happily married.

I live in Tallinn, Estonia. I'm currently studying MA Film Directing - Documentary at the Baltic Film School, an international film academy.

I have a Professional Diploma in Theatre Directing (International Theatre Academy of the Adriatic) and a bachelor of arts in Communication Studies (University of Bari Aldo Moro).

I work as a translator/customer support agent for the Italian team of a British financial firm and freelance filmmaker.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Globetrotter? Yes, why not? I have been living for 22 years in Bari, a pleasant and boring city of Southern Italy. I think that I'm ready to discover the rest of the world :)

Interests

Film and Theatre Directing, Acting, Documentary, Theatre, Cinema, Radio, Music, Advertising, Communication Studies, Soccer, Scriptwriting, Teaching, Nordic culture, Wikipedia Italia member, History, Literature, Geography, Videogames.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• literature
• documentaries
• film making
• acting
• dining
• italian food
• cooking
• walking
• politics
• movies
• music
• soccer
• communications
• geography
• history
• social science

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC
Downtempo
North European electro
Trip Hop
80's international music
Jazz
Rock
Italian Oldies

MOVIES
Time of the Gypsies (by Emir Kusturica, 1988)
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (by Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988)
Forrest Gump (by Robert Zemeckis, 1994)
Zoolander (by Ben Stiller, 2001)
Il divo (by Paolo Sorrentino, 2008)
Amarcord (by Federico Fellini, 1973)
8½ (by Federico Fellini, 1963)
Man on the Moon (by Miloš Forman, 1999)
The Matrix (by Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999)
Titanic (by James Cameron, 1997)
The pianist (by Roman Polanski, 2002)
Le Bal (by Ettore Scola, 1983)
Good morning Vietnam (by Barry Levinson, 1987)
A Clockwork Orange (by Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
The boat that rocked (by Richard Curtis, 2009)
Grease (by Randal Kleiser, 1978)
Dead man (by Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
Ginger e Fred (by Federico Fellini, 1985)
The Truman Show (by Peter Weir, 1998)
Dead Poets Society (by Peter Weir, 1989)
Roma (by Federico Fellini, 1972)
The Lord of the Rings (by Peter Jackson, 2001)
Life is beautiful (by Roberto Benigni, 1997)
Bullets over Broadway (by Woody Allen, 1995)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead (by Tom Stoppard, 1990)
La Belle Verte (by Coline Serreau, 1996)
The terminal (by Steven Spielberg, 2004)
The curious case of Benjamin Button (by David Fincher, 2008)
The barbarian invasions (by Denys Arcand, 2002)
Reservoir Dogs (by Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
Limelight (by Charlie Chaplin, 1952)
Bruce Almighty (by Tom Shadyac, 2003)
La Strada (by Federico Fellini, 1954)
The Fisher King (by Terry Gilliam, 1991)
What dreams may come (by Vincent Ward, 1998)
Fantozzi (by Luciano Salce, 1975)
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (by various Italian directors, 1976)
Blade Runner (by Ridley Scott, 1982)
Investigation of a citizen above suspicion (by Elio Petri, 1970)
Amélie (by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
An Average Little Man (by Mario Monicelli, 1977)
The best of youth (by Marco Tullio Giordana, 2003)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (by Woody Allen, 1972)

BOOKS
Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare
Roald Dahl's books
Harry Potter (saga)
Fatherland, by Robert Harris
Tragedies by Eurypides
Tragedies by Sophocles
I, robot, by Isaac Asimov
The tempest, by William Shakespeare
Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
The Mistress of the Inn, by Carlo Goldoni
Do the androids dream of electric sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
Tragedies by Aeschilus
Comedies by Aristophanes
Books by Harlan Coben
De brevitate vitae, by Seneca the Younger
Pompeii, by Robert Harris
The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov
The man in the high castle, by Philip K. Dick
The seagull, by Anton Pavlovič Čechov

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- studying in 3 years both at the theatre academy and at university, passing almost 50 exams
- sleeping no more than 4-5 hours per day for 3 years
- acting for a commercial at the age of 3
- walking for almost 50 km in a day
- writing a degree thesis about the filmography of Federico Fellini
- working at the age of 21 as an assistant director for RAI, the Italian public broadcasting company

Teach, Learn, Share

THINGS I CAN TEACH YOU
cooking some Italian food; many things about the world of film, media and theatre; a profound knowledge of Italian history, culture and politics; Italian language; basics of scriptwriting.

THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN
speaking Russian and French; cooking new dishes; knowing something more about other cultures.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Italian food, knowledge of filmmaking and theatre, my lifestory, conversations about historical, political and philosophical matters, Espresso.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Tunisia, Turkey, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Estonia, Italy