Special Guests - Exclusive Interviews with Academy Award-nominated, three time Golden Globe nominated iconic actor Eric Roberts and award-winning filmmaker Filippo M. Prandi and a special bonus! Celebrated, award-winning actress, casting director and Eric's wife Eliza Roberts also joins in on this amazing conversation and incredible episode of The Jim Masters Show Live series with your host, multimedia personality and host Jim Masters. In a career spanning over 50 years, Eric Roberts has amassed more than 700 credits and appeared in blockbusters, independent films, television series, animation, short films, student films, and music videos. As of 2024, he is one of the most prolific English-speaking screen actors of all time. Roberts' career began with a leading role in King of the Gypsies (1978) for which he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination. He was nominated again at the Golden Globes for his acclaimed role as Paul Snider in Bob Fosse's Star 80 (1983). Roberts' performance in Runaway Train (1985), as prison escapee Buck McGeehy, earned him a third Golden Globe nod and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Notable films Roberts has appeared in include Raggedy Man (1981), The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), By the Sword (1991), Final Analysis (1992), The Specialist (1994), The Cable Guy (1996), It's My Party (1996), Cecil B. Demented (2000), National Security (2003), A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), The Expendables (2010), Lovelace (2013), Inherent Vice (2014), The Human Centipede 3 (2015), and Babylon (2022). A black belt in taekwondo, Roberts also demonstrated his martial arts skills in the films Best of the Best (1989) and its sequel Best of the Best II (1993).
His varied television work includes being the only non-UK actor to play the Master in the 1996 Doctor Who television film, a main role on the sitcom Less than Perfect (2002-2005), as well as recurring roles on the NBC drama Heroes (2007-2010), the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless (2010-2011), the legal drama Suits (2014-2019), and the HBO series The Righteous Gemstones (2022). Eric is starring in the film My Last Best Friend alongside veteran actors Carol Alt and Rico Simonelli, written, produced and directed by Filippo M. Prandi.
Filippo M. Prandi is an award-nominated filmmaker as well as a worldwide renowned photographer. Born and raised in Bologna, Italy. He obtained his college degree in philosophy and fine arts at the University of Bologna (DAMS) in 2006. While attending DAMS, Filippo began his career as a filmmaker when he made two experimental projects; the short film "Short Time" which was broadcast on Italian national television and the feature film titled "Incompleto", which was nominated at the Bologna European Festival of Film Schools as well as the Salerno International Film Festival.
In 2007 he moved to New York where he attended the New York Film Academy; he completed his filmmaking program in 2008. In 2009-2010 he worked for the production company Optic Nerve USA, located in Brooklyn, NY. Under the supervision of video editor / filmmaker Jon Kane, Filippo worked on the editing of several web and TV commercials, including "Billy Elliot - the Broadway Show", "Chicago - The Broadway show", "Nintendo DSi - Jamie Lidell Music Video", and one "Green Giant" commercial.
Filippo Prandi has had two screenplays optioned, including two projects ("The Amytal Therapy" and "Annex 1". "Annex 1", an international spy-story set in a post 9/11 world, is currently in pre-production with Italian actors Marco D'Amore (TV series "Gomorrah") and Volpi Cup Nominee Francesco Di Leva ("The Mayor of Rione Sanità") set to star. Eric Roberts is also attached to the project.
Filippo Prandi made his directorial debut with the feature film "My Last Best Friend", which he wrote and produced, starring Academy Award Nominee Eric Roberts, Carol Alt and Rico Simonini In the same year the movie was nominated at the Chelsea Film Festival for Best Feature Film, Best Directing, Best Actor (Eric Roberts), Best Actress (Carol Alt) and Best Original Screenplay. The movie has been picked by American distributor Sky Island Films for theatrical distribution.
On this episode we also talk about Eric's new memoir, Runaway Train, Or The Story of My Life So Far. Eric is also competing on ABC's Dancing with the Stars.
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16 окт 2024
