Ludovico Succio
Biography
Ludovico Succio (b. 1995) is an Italian actor and director. A graduate of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (Rome, 2018), he made his screen debut in Eugène Green’s La Sapienza, presented at the Locarno Film Festival. He has since worked with directors such as Matteo Rovere (Il primo Re), Paolo Virzì (Siccità), Andrea De Sica (I figli della notte), and Roberto Faenza (Folle d’amore – Alda Merini). His television work includes the series Baby (Netflix), 1993 (SKY), and Non uccidere (RAI), where he developed a strong confidence of both period drama and contemporary storytelling as an actor. Alongside his acting career, Succio holds a Master’s degree in Publishing and Information Systems from La Sapienza University, where he also earned a BA in Modern Languages. He has worked as an editor and marketing specialist for STC Edizioni, gaining experience in content strategy, brand building, and audience development. He is fluent in English and French. His editorial work played a great role in his film practice as an author, particularly in narrative structure and world-building. He directed his first short, Arsenic, during a cinematography workshop at the Sorbonne in Paris. His latest short, Il Varco (The Way Through), is a political science-fiction film set in a dystopian Italy of 2035. The project was funded through a successful Kickstarter campaign, received support from local municipalities and the National Association of Italian Partisans (ANPI), and was shot by a majority-female crew. In his work, Succio explores the intersections of politics, collective memory, and resistance, with a particular interest in narratives that fight imperialism and shape new visions for the future.
Known For & Full Filmography12 Titles
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Stendhal
Italy, 2035. Mansfield, Stendhal and Buzzati are friends and partisans fighting against the regime. Engaged in relays of coded messages hidden in ciphered books, they are forced into a race against time: the fascists are about to take the town of Ovada.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Marce
Romulus and Remus, two shepherds and loyal brothers, end up taking part to a journey that will lead one of them to be the founder of the greatest nation ever seen. However, the fate of the chosen one will pass from killing his own brother.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Volontario #1 Associazione Binario 95
In Rome it hasn’t rained for three years and the lack of water is overturning rules and habits. Through the city dying of thirst and prohibitions moves a chorus of people, young and old, marginalised and successful, victims and profiteers. Their lives are linked in a single design, while each seeks his or her deliverance.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An aristocratic family faces bankruptcy. Little Fosca has to take care of her family that rejects her. One day she stumbles upon the studio her dead mother, a talented taxidermist. Here she comes up with an idea: in order to be loved, she has to become like her mother.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Edoardo
Somewhere in the bleak Italian Alps is an isolated boarding school for troubled boys of the ultra privileged. 17-year old Giulio is sent there by his mother and finds himself instantly at odds with both his peers and the staff until the arrival of the eccentric Eduordo. The pair bond over their mutual desire for escape, which they eventually do, and run away to a nightclub in the middle of the woods. There they meet Elena, a young prostitute whose destiny will be unforgettably linked to theirs. For the boys, the night is full of freedom, disturbing experiences, and secrets. But what they discover about their experiences, and their school, may be the biggest secret of all.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Iacopo
A group of swingers decide to spend New Year's Eve in a chalet. Their goal is to welcome the new year in a very original way: having an orgy.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Giacinto Spagnoletti
The extraordinary life of the great poet Alda Merini: from mental illness to motherhood, from impossible loves to access to culture and fame. An unprecedented and fascinating portrait of a contemporary icon.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Goffredo
The story is one of an architect that has lost his inspiration and goes looking for those motivations that pushed him as a youngster to take up the profession. Inspiring him was the baroque movement and all of its artifices: the Guarini in Turin and the Borromini in Rome. The film’s central story ends up being the love story that develops between architecture, artistic inspiration and feelings.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Summer 1994. Berlusconi has come into power and 16-year-old Elena, listening to Nirvana and starting to develop a political consciousness, can't wait to bring him down. Unfortunately her parents have other plans and, like every year, they head to the same boring summer camp. This year however they're all in for a surprise...
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
James wakes up in the middle of night after a nightmare regarding war and deaths.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Il regista
Andrea has some trouble tying her shoes.