Tao Ruspoli is an Italian American filmmaker, photographer, and musician.
Background Ruspoli is the second son of occasional actor
and aristocrat Prince Alessandro Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri and Austrian-American
actress Debra Berger.
He is the older brother of Bartolomeo dei Principi Ruspoli, second husband of oil heiress
Aileen Getty.
His half-siblings include Francesco, 10th Prince of Cerveteri; Melusina Ruspoli, and
Theodoro Ruspoli.
Ruspoli was born in Bangkok and raised in Rome and Los Angeles.
He studied philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.
He married actress Olivia Wilde on 7 June 2003 in Washington, Virginia.
On 8 February 2011, they announced that they were separating.
Wilde filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court on 3 March 2011, citing "irreconcilable
differences".
The divorce was finalized on 29 September 2011.
Wilde did not seek spousal support, and the pair reached a private agreement on property
division.
As of 2009, Ruspoli lives and works in Venice, Los Angeles, as a photographer and filmmaker.
Career Ruspoli's feature narrative début, Fix, was
one of 10 feature films to screen in competition at the 2008 Slamdance Film Festival and soon
afterward at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival where Ruspoli was awarded the
Heineken Red Star Award for "most innovative and progressive filmmaker".
Fix also won the Festival Award for Best Film at the 2008 Brooklyn Film Festival, Vail Film
Festival and the 2008 Twin Rivers Media Festival, as well as other prizes at several international
festivals.
His most well-known documentaries are Being in the World, an exploration of the real world
implications of the philosophical work of Martin Heidegger, and Just Say Know, a personal
discussion of his family's drug addiction.
His other films include Flamenco: A Personal Journey, a feature length documentary about
the flamenco way of life as it is lived by Gypsies in the south of Spain.
He has directed a number of other short documentaries, including El Cable, and This Film Needs No
Title: A Portrait of Raymond Smullyan.
Ruspoli founded LAFCO in 2000.
The Los Angeles Filmmakers Cooperative, is a bohemian collective of filmmakers and musicians
who work out of a converted school bus.
Through LAFCO, Ruspoli has produced several films.
His producing credits include the feature film Camjackers, which he also acted in and
co-edited.
Camjackers won the best editing award at the 44th Ann Arbor Film Festival.
Ruspoli is an accomplished flamenco guitar player.
Filmography Jack Production Assistant
Bulworth Art department Assistant Tango, no me dejes nunca Camera Apprentice
Just Say Know Director, Cinematographer and Film editor
This Film Needs No Title: A Portrait of Raymond Smullyan Director, Cinematographer and Film
editor El Cable Director, Cinematographer, Editor
and Film producer Flamenco: A Personal Journey Director, Cinematographer
and Film producer Camjackers Whack Filmmaker #1 and also Film
editor and Executive Producer Fix Milo and also Writer, Cinematographer
and Film director Behind the Wheel Film director
Being in the World Film director Recordings
Flamenco, Mapleshade Records, 2005 References
"Prince Dado Ruspoli".
Telegraph Media Group.
2005-01-15.
Retrieved 2008-01-14.
External links Official website
Tao Ruspoli at the Internet Movie Database