Al Fenderico

Born

1992-04-13

Birthplace

Napoli, Italy

Biography

Al Fenderico was born on April 13th, 1992, in Naples (Italy). He is the grandson of the artist Totò Savio founder of the music group Squallor. Following the advice of Director Antonino Laudicina about a Theatre Company called "Compagnia di Antonino", he began to perform in shows they produced, such as "Christmas at the Cupiello's" in 2011, "Luck with the capital "L" in 2012, "Through Scarpetta's works" on 2014 while discovering a passion for the Acting in Comedy and Drama. At the same time, he graduated from the Diana Theatre of Naples in "Acting on Stage" in 2014. Soon after, he decided to move to Montreal (Canada) to follow other acting courses in English at ASM Performing Arts directed by Chip Chuipka, and an Acting Class directed by Tom Todoroff (Actor/Producer and Acting coach for the Hollywood Industry) at Tom Todoroff Conservatory from New York to Montreal (Canada). When he moved back to Naples, he continued to improve his acting skills at Nausicaa Association, directed by Alessandro Esposito. During his studies, he booked leading roles in two projects in Italian and English language, called respectively "An ordinary day" in the role of Alfredo, directed by Luca Visingardi; and right after, "Italian Alphabet" playing Irvin, directed by Maria Milusha, both nominated in national and international festivals. One of his passions is making Entertaining for Children and Adults at events, and tourist villages. During the summer of 2015, he moves to London to develop his acting, singing and dancing skills while working in the international film industry. At the same time, he become a producer of his projects and others through the company based in London (UK) he then found, named Make A Wish Film Productions. He distributed the project named "The Italian Alphabet", and while distributing it into some international festivals, he then arrives as a Finalist at the Los Angeles Cinefest 2016. He produced a commercial called "Drive Responsibly" in Naples with production company Filma Manent in which he is the lead as well. Besides, the production produced a commercial which the winner of the 5th Festival of 2017 about road safety called "A madonna t'accumpagna, who drives is you" based in Naples. Soon after he starts writing, and directing his projects, so "hey you!" that sees him as a writer, producer, director and co-lead role as Diego. The short film premiered in international film festivals was nominated and won a few awards, such as Honorable mention: screenplay and Honorable mention: inspirational film at Top Shorts online film festival 2018, December edition. Later, between 2017 and 2018, he performed for the show "The small enchanted kingdom" as the Wolf and Peter Pan at Chiostro of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples (Italy), directed by Simone Malucchi. Then between 2019 and 2022, he graduated from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama for Drama, Applied Theatre, and Education. Overall, he continues to seek social change through the power of the arts in Film, and Theatre.