Pierfrancesco Diliberto (born 1972), also known by the nickname Pif, is an Italian television host, film director, actor, and writer.
Biography and career Pif was born in Palermo, Italy on 4 June 1972. He is the son of the Italian director Maurizio Diliberto and has had a passion for cinema since his youth.
In 1998 he worked as assistant director to Marco Tullio Giordana for I cento passi (The Hundred Steps), a famous film against the mafia. In the same year he started working as a television author at Mediaset. In 2001 he started participating in Le Iene (The Hyenas), an Italian TV show with journalistic reporting characterized by a sharp satirical style.
In 2007 he started his own TV show, Il Testimone (The Witness), on MTV. In the show, he uses an Autovox to create amateur-like reports in Italy and abroad. In the same year he published his book Piffettopoli. Le fatiche di un quasi vip.
In 2012 he published the short story Sarà stata una fuga di gas (It Must Have Been a Gas Leak) in the book Dove eravamo. Vent'anni dopo Capaci e Via D'Amelio (Where We Were. Twenty Years After Capaci and Via D'Amelio), a miscellaneous volume commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the death of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, two famous Sicilian judges who fought against the mafia and, after being assassinated, became symbols of the fight against the mafia in Italy.
In 2013 he started his film career by writing and directing The Mafia Kills Only in the Summer, in which he also plays the leading role, and from which he created the homonym TV series, directed by Luca Ribuoli. [ The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (TV series) - official page on raiplay.it In 2016 at the Rome Film Festival his second film as director : In guerra per amore.
Filmography As a director YearTitle Notes2000One Hundred StepsAssistant director2013The Mafia Kills Only in SummerDirectional debut2016At War with LoveRoberto Saviano: Uno scrittore sotto scortaTelevision documentary2021On Our Watch
As a screenwriter YearTitle Notes2007–presentIl testimoneTelevision program (creator, presenter and screenwriter)2013The Mafia Kills Only in SummerCo-writer2016At War with Love2016–2018The Mafia Kills Only in SummerTV series (creator, narrator, and screenwriter)2017Caro MarzianoDocuseries2021On Our Watch2022Caro BattiatoTelevision movie
As an actor YearTitleRole(s) Notes2012Vai col liscioFolk band playerShort film; uncredited cameo2013Pazze di meLudovicoUn posto al soleHimselfEpisode: "Il testimone"The Mafia Kills Only in SummerArturo Giammaresi2015The Little PrinceThe King (voice)Italian voice-over role2016UntraditionalHimselfEpisode: "I rigori nell'armadio"At War with LoveArturo Giammaresi2016–2018The Mafia Kills Only in SummerAdult Salvatore / The Narrator16 episodes2019Ordinary HappinessPaolo2021On Our WatchRaffaello
As himself YearTitleRole(s) Notes2000–2011Le IeneHimself / ReporterInformation program (seasons 4–14)2007–presentIl testimoneHimself / PresenterDocuseries2014MTV Italia AwardsHimself / PresenterAnnual ceremonyAndrea Camilleri: Il maestro senza regoleHimselfTelevision documentary2015Ridendo e scherzando: Ritratto di un regista all'italianaHimselfDocumentary2016Le IeneHimself / PresenterInformation program (season 19)2017Caro MarzianoHimself / PresenterDocuseries2018–2019Danza con meHimself / co-hostDance event (seasons 1–2)
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