Pif
Known for

Acting

Credits

37

Gender

Man

Birthday

Jun 4, 1972 (52)

Place of birth

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Also known as
Il Testimone
Pierfrancesco Diliberto

Pif

Biography

Pierfrancesco Diliberto, nicknamed Pif (born 1972), is an Italian television host, film director, actor and writer. 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. In 2016 at the Rome Film Festival his second film as director: In guerra per amore. Source: Article "Pif (television host)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2022Caro BattiatoNarrator
2021On Our WatchRaffaello
2019Ordinary HappinessPaolo
2018Il candidato va alle elezioni
2017March of the Penguins 2: The Next StepNarrator (italian voice)
2017Caro Marziano
2016At War for LoveArturo
2016Roberto Saviano: Writing Under Police ProtectionSelf - Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
2016Mafia Only Kills in SummerNarratore (voice)
2015Ridendo e scherzando - Ritratto di un regista all'italianaSelf
2014Montalbano and Me: Andrea Camilleri
2013The Mafia Kills Only in SummerArturo Giammaresi
2013Crazy MeLudovico
2007Il TestimoneSelf - Host
1997Le Iene
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2022Caro BattiatoDirector
2021On Our WatchScreenplay
2021On Our WatchStory
2021On Our WatchDirector
2018Il candidato va alle elezioniCreator
2017Caro MarzianoDirector
2017Caro MarzianoCamera Operator
2017Caro MarzianoCreator
2016At War for LoveDirector
2016At War for LoveScreenplay
2016At War for LoveStory
2016Roberto Saviano: Writing Under Police ProtectionWriter
2016Roberto Saviano: Writing Under Police ProtectionDirector
2016Roberto Saviano: Writing Under Police ProtectionCamera Operator
2016Mafia Only Kills in SummerOriginal Story
2016Mafia Only Kills in SummerHead of Story
2016Mafia Only Kills in SummerCreator
2013The Mafia Kills Only in SummerDirector
2013The Mafia Kills Only in SummerStory
2013The Mafia Kills Only in SummerScreenplay
2007Il TestimoneCamera Operator
2007Il TestimoneCreator