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Richard Rossi

Date of Birth / Doğum Tarihi
2 March 1963, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Birth Name / Gerçek Adı
Richard A. Rossi Jr.

Mini Biography / Biyografi
Born into a musical artistic family, (his father was a professional jazz guitarist and his mother a trained artist), he first appeared on stage at age seven, performing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on guitar. Landed his first movie, "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh", at the age of 16, appearing in three scenes. From 1979 to 1984, Richard's songwriting was prolific - he composed and performed over 1,000 original songs, often with creative collaborator John Walker. Radio, TV and charity work followed and his role as reporter Larry Beauberry in "Jesus 2000." He won the coveted New York Film Festival Award. His stellar Broadway stage performance as the lead in "Elmer Gantry" was critically praised. His first film as a director, "Saving Sister Aimee" won the Angel Award. IMDb Mini Biography By: jack bernstein

Trivia / Önemsiz Şeyler
Winner of 2001 Angel Award and Golden Halo Award from Southern California Motion Picture Council.His father is manic-depressive and was constantly taken in and out of mental institutions by police, so Rossi was left alone much of the time as a child and often reported missing.Oldest of five children.Richard has been tested as a genius level I.Q.To prepare for one role as a homeless man, Rossi lived and slept outside on Hollywood Boulevard with the homeless for a month.As a 9 year old boy, Rossi was chosen my legendary painter Joseph Fitzpatrick to study art personally with him after he saw drawings by Rossi he called ""astounding."" Thirty years earlier Fitzpatrick chose another boy to mentor artistically in the same fashion named Andy Warhola. (Andy Warhol)Richard Rossi is an ordained minister who conducted healing services for three years that drew crowds of several thousand people per event. He started a controversial church in 1986 with Jack Sims called ""Matthew's Party"" that was featured on CNN and USA Today. The church met in a bar, served wine and our-doerves, worshipped with rock music, was attended by movie stars, and gave the offering back to anyone in attendance who needed the money. The church was condemned by leading televangelists who said,""church was not meant to be a party,"" but today, the name and concepts are used by the nation's largest church of 20,000 members in Chicago. Rossi has since stated he believes artists are the true spiritual leaders of society and has left the church to focus on making films.Richard has written over 1,000 songs including several for historical moments, including a song to inspire troops played in battlefields in the Persian Gulf War and a funeral song for Lady Diana that was a hit in London.Richard has founded several charities, including ""Welcome Home"" for abused women and children, ""Multi-Cultural Community Coalition"", to combat rascism, and ""Eternal Grace"" - a Christ-centered community for artists.His ""New Wine"" album won Best Inspirational Album and the concert film of his music (Live At Grafitti's) sells more today than when he recorded it ten years ago.He is an adjunct acting teacher at the Actor's Studio.He and his wife Sherrie recently started Eternal Grace Church in Hollywood. The church has been growing due to positive word of mouth in the film industry.

Personal Quotes / Kişisel Alıntılar
""Art is a ministry and ministry is an art.""""A true independent film is 100% control, the final cut is mine. I love controlling the project, doing only as much as I want, the way that I want. The thrill is seeing something in my head come to life, I am a co-creator with God as an act of worship.""