Entrepreneur, stylist but above all a mother as she defines herself. For some years, the first popularizer of the work and artistic genius of her great father: Carlo Rambaldi, the magician of the special effects of the movies world. Two marriages and five children, Daniela Rambaldi lives between Italy and the United States. She was born in Rome where she lived her early childhood and then with her brothers and parents she moved to Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles to Calabria
Love led her to live a Lamezia Terme, the Calabrian town where she settled with her new family and her parents. For work he travels continuously and maintains relations with the US and with Los Angeles in particular. In Lamezia, Carlo Rambaldi spent the last nine years of his life until 10 August 2012, when the whole international community mourned the death of a brilliant artist.
“In the US I have lived most of my life but I feel a lot of Calabrian roots - says Daniela Rambaldi - I like America because you can also go out in pajamas and nobody cares about it. You can do whatever you want at any time. I love Calabria because I found a climate similar to that of California. Sea, nature and many unexpressed potentialities. This land can really give so much ". After the death of her father, Daniela, her brother Victor and her mother Bruna Basso set up the foundation that bears the name of the three times Oscar Prize. The goal is to preserve and spread the artistic heritage left by Carlo Rambaldi above all to the new generations.
The 'treasure' of Carlo Rambaldi
After 61 films made in Italy and after working with Dario Argento, Pasolini and many other great authors, Rambaldi has arrived in Hollywood. In 1975 Dino de Laurentis named him for the first King Kong movie. From there began an unstoppable career sealed by the three Oscars for King Kong, Alien and ET Always at his side his wife Bruna: extraordinary life partner and perfect manager who, with perseverance and sobriety, has been able to maintain public relations with the difficult world of the star system.
“Dad sealed his work in a hundred wooden crates: a real treasure! In September 2019 we will open the museum dedicated to him in his hometown Vigarano Mainarda, in Emilia Romagna. In addition to the permanent exhibition - explains Daniela Rambaldi - we will organize training courses so that many young people can learn the art of the trades behind the scenes ". “Since my father is gone - says Daniela Rambaldi - I have tried to trap the memories in my memory and in my heart. I will collect them and fix them in a book ". The “Carlo Rambaldi” Foundation, currently chaired by Victor Rambaldi, also has solidarity among its objectives.
Art and solidarity
"My father was a lot of solidarity but always with great confidentiality - highlights the artist's daughter - We are following his example by organizing different types of events and even master classes". On 10 August each year, to commemorate the death of the special effects magician, the foundation organizes “ET sotto le stelle - Carlo Rambaldi Award”.
It is an event with which illustrious personalities who have distinguished themselves in various professional fields are awarded. The initiative also has a charitable purpose: the funds that are raised are destined from time to time to realities and situations to be supported on a socio-cultural level.
Millennium
Rambaldi was also recognized the "Walk of fame" and soon a star will be placed in memory of the great artist on Hollywood Boulevard. Victor and Daniela Rambaldi, sons of the Oscar Award, together with Giuseppe Lombardi, a member of the Foundation and Marcello Baretta, an expert in cinema and special effects, will continue to promote the inspiration and creativity of the Emilian artist.
Traveling exhibitions, laboratories, workshops, charity initiatives, film schools, a kaleidoscope of ideas that will become concrete projects for young people in particular. Among these there is also Millennium, the 'dream' of creating a large amusement park, halfway between Disneyland and Cinecittà. “It's a project we've been thinking about for a long time - reveals Daniela Rambaldi - this too was my father's idea. We will do everything to make it happen, right here in Calabria. It will bring work and also a lot of happiness ".