IIW - Episode 43 - Michael Cavalieri

Italian Impact Weekly Podcast

This week we interview the GREAT Michael Cavalieri! Michael is an Actor and Writer/Director originally from New York. Michael made his Acting Debut starring opposite Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank in Columbia Pictures, “The Next Karate Kid.” Since that debut, he has had supporting roles in numerous features including acclaimed Director Walter Hill’s “Last Man Standing,” starring Bruce Willis and Christopher Walken. His Directorial Debut “Ritornato” which he also stars in was awarded a special grant by the Russo Brothers, the Directors of Avengers: Endgame (the highest grossing film of all time), the National Italian American Foundation and the Italian Sons and Daughters of America. It was shot in four and a half days for less than eight thousand dollars and has gone on to win several film festivals worldwide. "Ritornato" was the only Sicilian-American film chosen for the prestigious Taormina Film Festival in Sicily.