Variety
By Nick Vivarelli
November 19, 2025
Iconic Italian actor Franco Nero, who gained worldwide fame in Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 classic Spaghetti Western “Django,” will be the top honoree of the upcoming 11th edition of Filming Italy — Los Angeles, the event bridging Italy and Hollywood set to run Feb. 10 to 14, 2026.
As previously announced, Nero — who after “Django” appeared in over 200 movies and TV shows, working with directors such as John Huston, Luis Buñuel, Claude Chabrol, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Quentin Tarantino — will also be celebrated on Feb. 12 by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Motion Pictures category.
“This is a particularly important milestone for Filming Italy, which has now secured its third star dedicated to an Italian artist, following the awarding of stars to Gina Lollobrigida in 2018, on the occasion of her 90th birthday, and Giancarlo Giannini in 2023,” said Italian marketing guru and festivals specialist Tiziana Rocca in a statement. Rocca noted her “great satisfaction” for being the promoter of this third Italian Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
Nero, who riffed on his role in the original “Django” in a cameo he had in Tarantino’s “Django Unchained,” has also acted in “Camelot,” “Die Hard 2,” “Letters to Juliet” and “John Wick: Chapter 2,” among other Hollywood films. His most recent appearances include a role as mob boss Don Lecco in Julian Schnabel’s “Hand of Dante.” Nero is married to actress Vanessa Redgrave, with whom he has a son, Carlo Gabriel Nero.
Nero will be honored with a retrospective by the Filming
Italy fest that will feature a program including Italian cinema world
premieres, restored classics, television series, short films and documentary
films, many of which previously unseen.
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