Italian born, Marco Calvani is an award-winning writer and a director based in Los Angeles. His work has been translated and produced extensively across the six continents. Over the course of his twenty-year career as a playwright, he received commissions from the Phoenix Theatre of London, Kunsthaus Tacheles of Berlin, Théâtre de la Ville of Paris, Grec Fundaciò of Barcelone and La MaMa Theatre of New York among others. Most recently, he served as dramaturg for the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo with Oscar winner Marisa Tomei. His cinema debut The View from Up Here stars Oscar winner Melissa Leo and César winner Leïla Bekhti. It was originally a play commissioned to him by The Actors Studio and directed by Oscar winner Estelle Parsons.