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Brando Quilici is an independent Italian filmmaker whose career spans over two decades, during which he has worked on many specials for American networks including the National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, PBS [NOVA] and European networks including Channel 4,ZDF, France 5, Rai.
In 1997 Quilici was arrested in New York City for publicly physically assaulting a woman who had been his associate producer at a restaurant called Au Bar.The woman, then a graduate student at Columbia, sustained multiple injuries, including a black eye and severely bruised abdomen, which required an ultrasound and other medical attention.
He has won many awards, including prizes at the Jackson Hole Film Festival and Trento Film Festival.
In 2013 Brando, with Academy Award-winning producer Jake Ebert, produced The Journey Home a family action-adventure feature film set among the ice fields of the Canadian Arctic.Directed by Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies) and Brando Quilici, the film stars Dakota Goyo (Real Steel), Goran Visnjic (“ER”) and Bridget Moynahan (Blue Bloods). written by the Academy Award winner Hugh Hudson. The film is now available on all major US Digital Accounts and DVD, and distributed theatrically in over 35 countries.