Vincenzo Pirrotta

Actor, playwright and director, Vincenzo Pirrotta was born in Palermo on 6 February 1971. He graduated at the National Institute of Ancient Drama. Since 1996, he has been conducting research on popular traditions, bringing archaic practices into experimental theatre. Vincenzo Pirrotta is the founder of “Esperidio”, a theatre company of which he is the artistic director. For
the big screen, he participates in some of the most important and award-winning productions of recent years. Thus, we find him in Noi credevamo by Mario Martone, Il primo re by Matteo Rovere, Una storia senza nome by Roberto Andò and Il traditore by Marco Bellocchio. In 2022,
his name rose to prominence with the first feature film he directed: Spaccaossa.