Michael Righini
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Born in Rimini on December 26, 1987, as a child he became passionate about the cinema and directing short films on VHS, in his adolescence he directed several short films, in 2011 he opened his Youtube channel also approaching the role of actor and comedian, in a few months Tens of millions of views. He studies acting, diction and dubbing at Voice Art Dubbing.
In 2014 he received a nomination as "Best Web Series of the Year" at the Web Show Awards for his first work as a director / writer / actor named "Fuga dalla Morte", a nomination as "Best Character of the Year" at the Rome Web Awards and makes his debut at the Cinema as an actor in the film "Tutto Molto Bello" by Paolo Ruffini.
In 2015 he won the 3rd place in the list of the most watched videos in the first 10 years of Youtube Italy, he was nominated as "Web Star of the Year" at the MTV Awards and won the "Top Short Movie" award at the Web Show Awards.
In 2016 he made his debut in Television and Radio, as a director / actor of the sitcom "IGT Gruppi D'Ascolto" (Sky Uno), special guest at the "Challenge 4" (Rai4) program, and speaker at Radio Kiss Kiss.
In 2017 he received the "Carlino D'oro" as "Creative Artist" from the daily newspaper "Il Resto del Carlino" and obtained a nomination as "Best Youtuber" at the Rome Web Awards.
The same year at the request of users, opens a crowdfunding campaign for the production of "Fuga dalla Morte 2" worth EUR 15,000 which ends with great success exceeding the established goal (EUR 16,300 budget) , the series of 4 episodes of 60 minutes will be released weekly on Youtube from May 4th.