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Gabriella Martinelli established, Martinelli Films in 2013, a boutique production company based in Toronto, focusing on films and documentaries of social and political relevance. Formerly she founded, was president and CEO of Capri Films and Capri Releasing for eleven years.
In 2014 Martinelli Films produced, After the Ball, a modern Cinderella tale starring Portia Doubleday, Chris Noth, Marc-André Grondin, Lauren Holly.
Most recently Martinelli was executive producer on Ben Wheatley’s dystopian drama, based on J.G. Ballard’s novel, High Rise, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Elizabeth Moss, Luke Evans, James Purefoy.
As the driving force of Capri Films she produced four Canada/Italy co-productions including Between Strangers starring Sophia Loren, Pete Postlethwaite, Mira Sorvino, Deborah Unger, Gerard Depardieu, Klaus Maria Brandauer and Malcolm McDowell. She was reunited with Sophia Loren for CTV’s mini-series Lives of the Saints which also starred Kris Kristofferson and Jessica Paré based on Canadian writer Nico Ricci’s award-winning trilogy. In addition she produced two mini-series on Pope John Paul II with CBC and Mediaset, Italy; Karol, The Man Who Became Pope and Karol, The Pope, The Man.
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Gabriella Martinelli established, Martinelli Films in 2013, a boutique production company based in Toronto, focusing on films and documentaries of social and political relevance. Formerly she founded, was president and CEO of Capri Films and Capri Releasing for eleven years.
In 2014 Martinelli Films produced, After the Ball, a modern Cinderella tale starring Portia Doubleday, Chris Noth, Marc-André Grondin, Lauren Holly.
Most recently Martinelli was executive producer on Ben Wheatley’s dystopian drama, based on J.G. Ballard’s novel, High Rise, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Elizabeth Moss, Luke Evans, James Purefoy.
As the driving force of Capri Films she produced four Canada/Italy co-productions including Between Strangers starring Sophia Loren, Pete Postlethwaite, Mira Sorvino, Deborah Unger, Gerard Depardieu, Klaus Maria Brandauer and Malcolm McDowell. She was reunited with Sophia Loren for CTV’s mini-series Lives of the Saints which also starred Kris Kristofferson and Jessica Paré based on Canadian writer Nico Ricci’s award-winning trilogy. In addition she produced two mini-series on Pope John Paul II with CBC and Mediaset, Italy; Karol, The Man Who Became Pope and Karol, The Pope, The Man.
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