Nicotra, Frank

(October 24, 1965, Grenoble, Isère, France - )

   Of Italian descent, he was a prizefighter at age sev­enteen. In 1992, he became European middleweight champion. At age twenty-seven, he gave up his box­ing career and switched to acting. He played in films (1993 Montana Blues, Jean-Pierre Bisson; 1999 Le Derrière, Valérie Lemercier; 2000 Caras vs Caras, Isaki Lacuesta, Spain) and TV movies (1991 Les Carnas­siers, Yves Boisset; 1997 La Fine Equipe, Yves Boisset; Les Coquelicots sont revenus, Richard Bohringer; Mary Lester, episode "La Cité des Dogmes", Philomène Esposito; 2002 Cravan vs Cravan, Isaki Lacuesta, Spain; 2003 Père et Maire, episode "Le Sceau du Secret", Philippe Monnier) before making his di­recting debut in 1998.

 Filmography

1998 ◘ Les Coups bas (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

2001 ◘ L'Engrenage (also screenwriter, dialogist)

2003 ◘ Celle que j'imagine ... (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

 Television Filmography

2002 ◘ Le Temps des Boni (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Vie en Rose (documentary; also screenwriter)

2003 ◘ Le Chant des Gitans (documentary; also screenwriter)