photo by Joel Maisonet
Benvenuti! My name is:
Nico Grelli (they/them). I'm a NON-BINARY, ITALO-AMERICANO FILMMAKER, SCREENWRITER, DIRECTOR, and ACTOR (aka super geek multi-hyphenate art queerdo). I trained at NYU/Tisch's Experimental Theatre Wing (class of 2005), and went on to study and apprentice with Maggie Flanigan, Labyrinth Theatre Co, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. I've also studied TV Writing with Andrea Ciannavei, and attended a Term London Film School's MA in Filmmaking program.
As an ACTOR: I have worked with SF Playhouse, Dorset Theatre Festival, Shattered Globe Theatre, terraNova Collective, Incubator Arts, Berkeley Rep, Labyrinth, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and many more. Accolades include: a New York Innovative Theatre Award for Best Lead Actor, and a Nomination for Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Supporting Actor. I appeared in the FEATURE FILM "It Had To Be You" by Sasha Gordon and produced by Chris Columbus, and have acted in a number of SHORT FILMS, as well as in my own film projects.
AS FILMMAKER/SCREENWRITER/DIRECTOR: Short films include NUTELLA (Writer/Director/Producer--3 minutes, Digital, Color) and OH BONDAGE, UP YOURS! (Writer/Director/Producer--16mm, B&W, Silent, 3 Minutes). *Clips from both film in my DIRECTOR'S REEL, and available to share privately upon request. I directed two episodes of the webseries BULK by C. Julian Jiminez and Deneen Reynolds-Knott. I also create, direct, write, shoot, cut, and compose for my LATE NIGHT PUBLIC ACCESS (inspired) STONER QUEERDO WEBSERIES: Pier Valentino's: SHOW WITHOUT END! SHOW WITHOUT END! has also existed as a live show, a Cabaret, and Pier often makes appearances at places like Shawn Randall's Symphonics Live at The Bowery Poetry Club, and Fear/Love at 67 Local. I worked on the crew of the webseries Jeesus Freaks by Shawtane Bowen and Benton Greene. I have directed plays by Nidia Medina (NYC Fringe) and Sarah Shaeffer (Self-Produced), and numerous short plays for NY Madness, Core Theatre Ensemble, and for The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (where a number of my actors have won awards for their performances).
I am proud to have CHOREOGRAPHED VIOLENCE and INTIMACY CONSULTED in over 20 Off-Broadway, Regional, and Indie-Theatre productions, as well as in a few films. I'm a member of Theatre Breaking Through Barriers, and have worked extensively as a TEACHING ARTIST artist with Epic Theatre Ensemble, The 52nd St Project, and The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, and more.
I'm working on a number of screenwriting projects. If interested, please refer to the projects listed on my FILMMAKING PAGE for inquiries.
THEATREMAKER/ESSAYIST: Creative residencies in yester-years and workshops with places like The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, The Tank NYC, Theatre 167, and Grange Hall Cultural Center. Numerous short plays for One Minute Play Festival, NY Madness, Theatre Breaking Through Barriers. Stories for PULP MAG (thepulpmag.com), The Kitchen NYC OnScreen (thekitchen.org), and Broken Glass BK (brokenglassbk.square.site).
FOR ACTING INQUIRIES:
Grossman & Jack Talent | 213 W. Institute Place , Ste 306, Chicago, IL 60610
312-587-1155 x 14 (Office) | 312-587-2122 (Fax)
MEMBER of: SAG-AFTRA, AEA
Nico Grelli (they/them). I'm a NON-BINARY, ITALO-AMERICANO FILMMAKER, SCREENWRITER, DIRECTOR, and ACTOR (aka super geek multi-hyphenate art queerdo). I trained at NYU/Tisch's Experimental Theatre Wing (class of 2005), and went on to study and apprentice with Maggie Flanigan, Labyrinth Theatre Co, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. I've also studied TV Writing with Andrea Ciannavei, and attended a Term London Film School's MA in Filmmaking program.
As an ACTOR: I have worked with SF Playhouse, Dorset Theatre Festival, Shattered Globe Theatre, terraNova Collective, Incubator Arts, Berkeley Rep, Labyrinth, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and many more. Accolades include: a New York Innovative Theatre Award for Best Lead Actor, and a Nomination for Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Supporting Actor. I appeared in the FEATURE FILM "It Had To Be You" by Sasha Gordon and produced by Chris Columbus, and have acted in a number of SHORT FILMS, as well as in my own film projects.
AS FILMMAKER/SCREENWRITER/DIRECTOR: Short films include NUTELLA (Writer/Director/Producer--3 minutes, Digital, Color) and OH BONDAGE, UP YOURS! (Writer/Director/Producer--16mm, B&W, Silent, 3 Minutes). *Clips from both film in my DIRECTOR'S REEL, and available to share privately upon request. I directed two episodes of the webseries BULK by C. Julian Jiminez and Deneen Reynolds-Knott. I also create, direct, write, shoot, cut, and compose for my LATE NIGHT PUBLIC ACCESS (inspired) STONER QUEERDO WEBSERIES: Pier Valentino's: SHOW WITHOUT END! SHOW WITHOUT END! has also existed as a live show, a Cabaret, and Pier often makes appearances at places like Shawn Randall's Symphonics Live at The Bowery Poetry Club, and Fear/Love at 67 Local. I worked on the crew of the webseries Jeesus Freaks by Shawtane Bowen and Benton Greene. I have directed plays by Nidia Medina (NYC Fringe) and Sarah Shaeffer (Self-Produced), and numerous short plays for NY Madness, Core Theatre Ensemble, and for The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (where a number of my actors have won awards for their performances).
I am proud to have CHOREOGRAPHED VIOLENCE and INTIMACY CONSULTED in over 20 Off-Broadway, Regional, and Indie-Theatre productions, as well as in a few films. I'm a member of Theatre Breaking Through Barriers, and have worked extensively as a TEACHING ARTIST artist with Epic Theatre Ensemble, The 52nd St Project, and The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, and more.
I'm working on a number of screenwriting projects. If interested, please refer to the projects listed on my FILMMAKING PAGE for inquiries.
THEATREMAKER/ESSAYIST: Creative residencies in yester-years and workshops with places like The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, The Tank NYC, Theatre 167, and Grange Hall Cultural Center. Numerous short plays for One Minute Play Festival, NY Madness, Theatre Breaking Through Barriers. Stories for PULP MAG (thepulpmag.com), The Kitchen NYC OnScreen (thekitchen.org), and Broken Glass BK (brokenglassbk.square.site).
FOR ACTING INQUIRIES:
Grossman & Jack Talent | 213 W. Institute Place , Ste 306, Chicago, IL 60610
312-587-1155 x 14 (Office) | 312-587-2122 (Fax)
MEMBER of: SAG-AFTRA, AEA
