In football, they are the voices of the club; in the world of film, they are the producers of the film. The "double big guys" who cross the border between football and film have interpreted many stories in Italy, a football paradise and film powerhouse.
Dan Friedkin
It is said that "art originates from life and is higher than life", in fact, life is often more dramatic than art. Dan Friedkin, a rising Hollywood filmmaker who has just become president of the Club of Rome, may have felt this way.
In the first round of the new Serie A season, Roma drew 0-0 with Verona, which was not a good result, and the result was that because midfielder Amadou Diavala, who had just turned 23 in July, was still put into the U22 list, a low-level registration error, and was awarded a 0-3 defeat by the Football Association, and the 1 point in hand flew. This embarrassing plot will make Friedkin instantly understand that Serie A is such a "full of drama", and there will be many wonderful scenes that he will encounter next.
One day can't build Rome
Dan Friedkin
55-year-old American
Rome Chair: 2020-
Production masterpieces: "Square", "Mule"
1 point to 0 points is just the latest interpretation of the Roma club's years of chaos. This also makes Roma fans who celebrate "dawn" after the change of club sovereignty this summer re-realize that the real dawn obviously needs a long wait.
Since the debt-laden Sensi family transferred the Club Roma to Credit Union, and since then the Italian-American Di Benedetto and Palotta have served as presidents, Roma, although still a strong team in Serie A, has unsuccessfully challenged Juventus's domestic hegemony and has also turned Barcelona into the top 4 of the Champions League, but has never been able to break through the ceiling. In the chaotic business, "Red Wolves" did not change the nature of the "Blood Selling Club", and also played the role of Totti forced to retire, De Rossi failed to die, went to Boca youth to hang up his boots, American gymnasts practiced many cruciate ligaments (since 2014, 16 people in Rome have been seriously injured, 4 of them have been injured twice), Baldini manages a chicken feather, "magic manager" Munch after joining the magic no longer play... Coupled with the lack of progress in the construction of the new stadium, Palota was determined to let go, and at the end of last year, the price was $872 million, which was reduced by Friedkin to 591 million with the help of the new crown epidemic.
On 10 September, Rome's new president, Dan Friedkin, and his son Ryan made his first visit to the Trigoria training ground to meet with the first-team generals.
Friedkin ushered in a new era, but he quickly realized that the tragicomedy under the influence of his predecessor had not yet ended. After the farce of 1 point to 0 points, Rome Secretary General Pantaleo Longo resigned, and what is even more embarrassing is that Longo's next stop may be Verona, "helping" Verona 1 point to 3 points is his name on the pitch? Since then, the club's vice president Bardisoni has also announced his resignation, and CEO Guido Fienga has also been grounded for 30 days for violating the epidemic prevention regulations last season. Friedkin faced this scene, and also stressed that "the championship team can not be built overnight", and the alluded proverb "Rome was not built in a day". He also plans to work with other clubs and Serie A to raise Serie A's global attention and even "catch up with the Premier League in terms of exposure and revenue", but also said that "we need to work with the city of Rome to build a new stadium".
Friedkin's speech was watertight, clearly recognizing that Roma's limited strength and lack of its own stadium limited its operations, after all, although he had no previous football experience, he had also worked in the business world and film industry for many years. The Friedkin family group started from the aviation industry and grew by becoming the American agent of Toyota Motor, Dan Friedkin as the third generation of the family leader, personal net worth of 4.1 billion US dollars, the group under his guidance, in the hotel, tourism, golf and other industries also invested, in the direction of cultural and sports development. Roma is a key testing ground for Friedkin's entry into sports, and in terms of culture, he is already a well-known producer in the film industry. In September, he took his son Ryan on his first visit to the Trigoria training base in Rome, where he met with all the generals, and his trip to Italy was not only for the Roma club, but also for the Venice Film Festival.
Dan Friedkin's father, Thomas, had appeared in films as a pilot and collaborated with big-name directors like Clint Eastwood, perhaps because of this family legacy, and Dan has since appeared in films as a pilot, most notably Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk. Friedkin has added the role of a filmmaker to himself in recent years, he did not lead the big production of "Dunkirk", but as a newcomer to the industry, "Square" launched in 2017 won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and in 2018, he helped Eastwood launch the self-directed and self-directed "Mule" at the age of nearly eighty. In addition, Ridley Scott's "World of Money" and "Spy Movies" spin-off series "Stumbling Blocks" were also launched by him, which was well received. In 2019, Friedkin also transformed again, personally directing a film "The Last Vermeer".
Football is a new experience for Friedkin, who used to be more accustomed to attending film premieres with directors – for example, in December 2017, with Ridley Scott for the release of World of Money.
As a producer, Friedkin is well versed in the operation of Hollywood's "producer-centric" backstage system, in which producers coordinate and allocate resources more than the director. Now testing the waters of football, he may be able to learn from the experience of the film industry, so that the executive producer (the role is similar to the sports director), the director (similar to the head coach), the actor (the player) and other roles are kneaded into a good group under his banner.
In the short term, however, Friedkin apparently could only see chaos in Rome. Milik's chain transfer to replace Dzeko was stranded, Kolarov, Yundale and others left the team, receiving only a few reinforcements from Pedro and Mayoral, and Smolin, who performed well on loan last season, did not complete the buyout until the transfer closed the window; Fonseca was unstable, and the rumored future manager candidates included Allegri, Sarri, Pochettino and even De Rossi, who did not yet have a coaching certificate; the sports director position was with Totti, the former Sabatini (currently playing in the top positions of Bologna and Montreal), Ronnick, who terminated his contract with Red Bull Group, Juventus' current sporting director Paratic, and others have spread gossip... In fact, Rome has not yet made revolutionary moves in every way. But if Rome is still not built with much fanfare, there may be more scenes like 1 point to 0 points in the short term than Friedkin imagined. Of course, I don't know if this will add inspiration to his film career.
"Drama essence" essence
Aurelio de Laurentis
Aurelio De Laurentiis
71-year-old Italian
President of Naples: 2004-
Production Masterpiece: Captain Sky and Tomorrowland
Friedkin will witness more good drama in Serie A and meet his predecessors who are also producers. Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentis immersed in the film industry is a family origin, perhaps because of this identity, he also brought the style of movie stardom to the football world, if he considers himself the second "drama" chairman of Serie A, I am afraid that no one dares to call the first.
De Laurentiis once rushed out of the scene of the release of the schedule because of his dissatisfaction with the Schedule A, knowing that there was a live TV broadcast throughout the process, deliberately spewing garbage, and then went out to stop a stranger's motorcycle and let the owner of the car take him away (he later gave the owner a Harley motorcycle). He once had Inlele appear in a lion mask on his head, making the drama of the new signing's appearance. He led the new coach Ancelotti to the appearance, which is a parody of the classic poster of "007 Thunder Killing Machine", back-to-back as a gun. He once shelled Sarri and Higuain after the departure of sarri and Higuain, who had made meritorious achievements, and forced the players to "mutiny", not to mention the countless other war of words, and the "politically incorrect" remarks were commonplace... The latest case appeared in September, after the body showed the symptoms of infection with the new crown, before the test results were released, he attended the Serie A conference as usual, had dinner with the presidents of the clubs, gave interviews with reporters, and was diagnosed positive the next day, which made the relevant people frightened. Then Napoli's absence from the battle with Juventus due to the new crown ban caused a storm (Napoli was sentenced to lose 0-3 and deduct 1 point), which may even affect the future of Serie A this season.
In football, de Laurentis is always accompanied by dramatic scenes, and the same is true in film, such as attending the Venice Film Festival.
However, despite de Laurentis's performative personality, his credit is still undeniable, he entered the bankrupt Napoli in 2004, led the team back to Serie A, ranked among the strongest teams, and once almost ended Juve's consecutive titles. In the film industry de Laurentis is also a remarkable achievement. His father Luigi and uncle Dino are both famous producers, Dino's achievements are particularly high, is the key figure in the post-war Italian film to the international market, produced neorealist master Fellini's "The Great Road", "Kabylia Night" and other film history masterpieces, immigrated to the United States as a producer of Hannibal series of films, and finally won the Owen Torberg Memorial Award (the Oscar award to the great producer, only 39 people have won so far).
De Laurentiis himself entered the family business in the 1970s, founding the Filmado company involved in the distribution of films by famous directors such as Luc Besson, Woody Allen, David Lynch, Ridley Scott, etc. The films he personally produced were mostly popular Italian comedies and lacked international popularity, but his production works still had a famous "Captain Sky and Tomorrowland", starring Jude Law and Angelina Jolie. When Friedkin and De Laurentius meet in the future, there will be a topic to talk about, of course, the two genres are different, and there is also the possibility of a big quarrel - who makes De Laurentiis love "mouth cannon".
The "beautiful life" is disillusioned
Massimo Ferrero
Massimo Ferrero
A 69-year-old Italian
Chairman Sampdoria: 2014-
Producer's masterpiece: "The Sound of Sweet Life"
In addition to De Laurentiis, Serie A now has a personality chairman with a local filmmaker background: Massimo Ferrero of Sampdoria. However, Samp has almost deteriorated since Ferrero took over in 2014, far from the style of a regular european war in the past, and even if he is like De Laurentis, he can only make small waves. And the storm he set off in the film industry is also small, and most of the producers are TV movies.
Serie A also had a "double big guy" in the past, Vittorio CéciGorry. His deep roots in both areas are family heritage, he worked with his father Mario as the producer of "The Postman", making him the first Italian film to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, and since then he has independently produced hundreds of films, including the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film "Beautiful Life", Fellini's posthumous work "Moon Yin", and won the Best Producer award at the Italian Film David Awards (the highest award in the Italian film industry).
Vittorio Chechy Gauri
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
78-year-old Italian
President of Florence: 1993-2002
Production masterpieces: "Postman", "Beautiful Life", "Silence"
When Céci Gauri was in the limelight of the film industry, he also had a small success in football, he took over as president of Fiorentina after the death of his father, during which time the "Purple Lily" was once in full bloom under the leadership of Batistuta and Rui Costa, one of the "Seven Sisters of Serie A", a regular visitor to European competitions, and won the Italian Cup. But at the beginning of this century, the Italian economic bubble burst, Ceci Gauri was in debt and eventually went bankrupt, he once wanted to sell the film industry and keep Florence, but finally failed to do so, and Florence could only go bankrupt and reorganize, and reborn from the 4th division. Cheech Gori was later jailed for alleged fraudulent bankruptcy (he appealed repeatedly) and disappeared from view, and later reappeared as a producer of The Silence by master Martin Scorsese, bringing to the screen the famous novels of Japanese writer Shusaku Endo. But in February, Cheech Gaury received a final verdict: guilty of fraudulent bankruptcy, with a sentence of eight and a half years. Once had a "beautiful life", he could only bear the disillusionment of his old age.
When Vittorio Cicz Gori was in football and film, he was accompanied by stars like Batistuta on the pitch and gorgeous actresses on the red carpet.
The kind of gangster
In addition to Serie A, other leagues also have representatives of football and the movie "Double Big Guy". The honors their team won were as brilliant as the trophies won by the movies.
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Enrique Sereso
Enrique Cerezo
72-year-old Spaniard
Chairman of Atletico: 2003-
Production Masterpiece: "Crazy Girl Juana"
In the summer of 2004, Atletico unveiled a special jersey with a spider's web all over the front that impressed fans to promote the Spider-Man 2 movie that was released at the time. Unfortunately, because it was recognized by UEFA as a sponsor of the logo area exceeded the standard, this "Spider-Man suit" was only used for one game. The reason why the Atletico jersey can produce a "film co-brand jersey" and achieve a classic link with the film is because the chairman Enrique Sereso is a Tycoon in the Spanish film industry, and the club was able to reach a sponsorship agreement with Columbia Pictures to use the advertising space on the chest to promote blockbuster movies.
Because chairman Sereso is a big man in the film industry, Atletico often intersects with movies, such as in July 2016, left-back Felipe presented Matt Damon with a Spy 5 shirt.
Serreso entered the film industry as early as 1971 as a camera assistant, directed his only film in his 20s, immersed himself in the film industry for half a century, served as a producer for nearly 100 films, and won many films at the Goya Award for Spanish Cinema (the Spanish Oscar). Today, Serreso owns not only a production company, but also a cinema line in Madrid and FlixOle, Spain's largest online film platform.
During the football shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the first half of this year, Atletico madrid was busy with a 70% salary cut by the senior management and the general manager, subsidizing the club staff and making up the full salary for them. Sereso has other things to do, he will be his online movie platform FlixOle open to the public for free, hoping to let people more at home to fight the epidemic. It can also be regarded as showing the dual responsibility of football and filmmaker in a special period.
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Bill Kenwright
Bill Kenwright
75-year-old English
President everton: 2004-
Production masterpiece: "Collage Happiness"
For most of this century, Everton have been a model for Premier League clubs, and Moyes' dismal management of the "pre-BIG6 era" to bring the team into European competition is a classic case. This is partly because the chairman and former majority shareholder Bill Kenwright is not a hugely wealthy person and must be a dojo in a shell.
KenWright is one of Britain's most successful theatre producers, producing many plays that have become popular in London's West End (along with New York's Broadway) and toured the country, in addition to his own acting, music, and importantly as a filmmaker. His business ideas in the film industry are also consistent with the football world, and most of the films he has produced are independent films and niche films, and he tends to support newcomer directors, among which "Collage Happiness" won the Best Film Award at the 2012 British Independent Film Awards. And Everton also had an intersection with movie stars, Stallone once became an Everton "fan", appeared in Goodison Park, but this has nothing to do with Ken Wright, but a director of Everton Robert Earl is a Hollywood celebrity, owns the "Planet Hollywood" chain of themed restaurants, has produced many TV shows, or the producer of the "Daredevil" series of movies - Stallone is the series starring.
Daredevil 2 promotional poster
Of course, KenWright knows that he has limited financial resources to help Everton really compete in the Premier League, so in recent years he has also actively introduced new financial owners with deep pockets, and finally welcomed Farhad Moshiri to the throne in 2016. After several years of investment and Ancelotti's clever hand, Everton started this season with a fierce winning streak and finally saw the light of day.
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Michelle Saidu
Michel Seydoux
73-year-old Frenchman
President Lille: 2002-2017
Production masterpieces: "Scorching Sun", "The Barber of Siberia"
Another football club president from a film family. Michel Setu came from the Schlumberger family (Schlumberger was a giant in oilfield technical services), the second brother Nicolas acquired Gaumont, the most important French film producer and distribution company, Gaumont, the eldest brother Jérôme, who also served as a director in Gaumont and EMI.
Michel Setu specializes in the production of literary films and niche films, and his vision is not limited to France, he has launched Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov's "Mongolian Spirit", "Scorching Sun", "Siberian Barber" and other famous works, "Mun" won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, and "Lie" won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. He has also collaborated with famous people such as Alan Renai and Alessandro Jodulovsky. Of course, the most well-known Setu in the French film industry now is not Michel and their three brothers, but Jérôme's granddaughter, that is, Michel's niece, Reyya has participated in Mission Impossible and the 007 series, and is also famous for the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or film "Adele's Life", which eats hollywood and French film industry.
Stills from The Barber of Siberia
With a family legacy and personal efforts, Michel Setu's success in the film world has also been copied by him to football. He entered football when he was led by his eldest brother Jérôme, a former majority shareholder in Lyon whose tenure as director fueled his interest in running the club. Michelle himself became a second shareholder in Lille in 2001 and has since become a majority shareholder and chairman. Under his leadership, Lille rose to become a strong team in Ligue 1 and once dominated the chaotic world after the end of the seven Lyon titles: In the 2010-11 season, Lille won the double, which was one of the most glorious moments in the history of the team!