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Mark Janicello
Janicello in October 2023
BornNovember 3, 1962
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of North Carolina Greensboro
Years active1984–present
Notable workThe Finellis (2022 film)
Naked in the Spotlight (autobiography)
SpouseDanielle Bayer (married 1989–2000)
Children2
Websitemarkjanicello.org

Mark Janicello (born November 3, 1962, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer, actor, painter,[citation needed] writer, producer and author.

Early life[edit]

Mark Janicello was born on November 3, 1962, in Brooklyn, New York, the second of three brothers.[citation needed] His mother, Rose Tubiolo Janicello, is a gospel singer, composer, and pianist from Queens, New York, of Italian descent.[citation needed] His father David Janicello, was an American, also of Italian heritage.[citation needed] He was an electronic engineer for Photocircuits Corporation abruptly changing careers in 1969 to open one of the three original branches of Colfax Furniture.[citation needed] Both of Janicello's parents attended a seminary and became ordained ministers in the Pentecostal branch of Christianity.[citation needed] The family moved to Burlington, North Carolina, when Janicello was six years old.[citation needed] He attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, earning a Bachelor's degree in 1984.[1]

Career[edit]

Janicello began his career by singing in the subways of New York City in the mid-1980s as part of the MTA's Music Under New York program.[citation needed] Janicello's operatic debut was as Cassio in Verdi's Otello.[citation needed] Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Caliph in Kismet and Leicester in the American premiere production of Rossini's opera Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra, followed.[citation needed] All three productions were directed by Donald Westwood for Opera Northeast.[citation needed] In 1988, Janicello made his west coast debut playing Raoul de Gardefeu in the Opera at the Academy's co-production (with Long Beach Opera)[2] of La Vie parisienne directed by Christopher Alden.[3][4] In the late 1980s, Janicello began performing with the charitable foundation Music for All Seasons, singing in children's hospitals, prisons and old age homes.[5]

Concurrent with his stage career, Janicello continued to sing in the New York subways.[citation needed] In 1990, conductor Eve Queler heard Janicello singing arias in Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal.[citation needed] She subsequently engaged him to perform in Donizetti's Roberto Devereux, with which he made his Carnegie Hall debut.[6] Diverse operatic roles followed in productions throughout the United States and Europe. Janicello also performed for two seasons with the comedic opera troupe La Gran Scena Opera.[7] In 1996 Janicello sang the world-premiere of the opera Nuit des Hommes[8][better source needed] by Per Nørgård. In 1995, Janicello had sung Nørgård's opera Die göttliche Kirmes in St. Gallen, Switzerland.[citation needed]

Janicello's first performance in an operetta was as Camille, Count de Rossillon in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Lehár's Die lustige Witwe.[9] He returned to Die lustige Witwe two more times, most notably in 2010 in Vienna, this time playing Count Danilo Danilovitsch with the Wiener Operettensommer.[10][better source needed] Other operetta roles have included, Alfred in Die Fledermaus,[citation needed] the title role in Der Zarewitsch[citation needed] and Hans in Die verkaufte Braut.[citation needed] In October 2012, he co-starred in the musical Loving the Silent Tears, directed by Vincent Paterson, alongside Jody Watley, Jon Secada, Liz Callaway, Debbie Gravitte, Kiril Kulish, Flo Ankah and Patti Cohenour.[11][12][13] He also appears on the musical's cast album.[14] The Musical is based on the poetry of Supreme Master Ching Hai, a Vietnamese spiritual leader and advocate for veganism.[citation needed] In 2021, Janicello provided the German narration for the documentary film Eating Our Way to Extinction,[15] replacing Kate Winslet's[citation needed] English narration for German-speaking Europe.[citation needed]

In 2016, Janicello began work as author, executive producer, co-director, lyricist and leading actor on the award-winning[citation needed] comedy The Finellis. Originally planned to be a television series, a proof-of-concept episode of The Finellis was a featured presentation at the 2016 Berlin Serienale.[16][17] In January 2019, The Finellis went into production in Berlin with some new cast members and rewritten scripts.[citation needed] In August 2021, The Finellis went back into production again with additional cast members and a new connecting storyline which allowed the filmed material from 2019 to be turned into a 90-minute film.[citation needed] The Finellis Movie, was released internationally on January 18, 2022.[18][19] In late 2022, Janicello and composer Ulf Weidmann began turning The Finellis Movie into a stage musical.[citation needed] Act One of The Finellis Musical was presented at the Phoenix Arts Club on May 19, 2023.[citation needed]

The Finellis Musical had world-premiere at Wonderville in London and will run from June 3 through June 16.[20] Penny Lane of London Theatre Reviews wrote of the production, "The narrative is convoluted and makes little sense. It tries to address more serious and deep topics (such as dementia and a terrifying assault) but brushes over them after one song" and added that while "Janicello has a stunning voice, his operatic style feels at odds with the other more traditional musical theatre performances around him."[21] Dulcie Godfrey of The Reviews Hub wrote, "Janicello as writer, director and star makes The Finellis Musical unavoidably seem like a flailing personal project that fails to do almost anything successfully, except bring together people who are good at singing."[22] The following day, Janicello came under fire for publicly blaming a fellow actor of his off-West End show, “The Finellis Musical” for the cancelled performance. The actor called out due to vocal distress leaving the creative team few options since there are no understudies.[23]

Elvis impersonator[edit]

In 1992, Janicello was approached by the Music Under New York program to enter the KFC Musical Feast competition[24] representing New York City. The competition was a nationwide search sponsored by Kentucky Fried Chicken for the "Best street performer in America".[citation needed] Janicello created a performance where he first sang "Recondita armonia" from Tosca, dressed as a rock singer, and then aided by a quick costume change would switch back and forth between the songs "It's Now or Never" and "O Sole Mio" (which share the same melody) while switching vocal and performance styles between "Elvis and Luciano Pavarotti".[citation needed] He won the competition[25] and was awarded the $15,000.00 first prize by head judge Bo Diddley.[26][better source needed] Janicello appeared with Bo Diddley on NBC's Today show[27][better source needed] among many other media appearances.[citation needed] Janicello's appearances on Today[citation needed] and Today in New York[citation needed] led to his invitation to join the International Opera Studio (IOS) of the Zurich Opera in 1994.[citation needed] Upon arrival in Switzerland, Janicello was asked by IOS boss Marc Belfort, to repeat his prize-winning KFC Musical Feast performance at a Gala performance at the Zurich Opera.[citation needed] At that event, he was approached by Swiss producer Peter Reichenbach, who asked him to perform as Elvis Presley with composer Ben Weisman at the first annual Cinemusic Festival in Gstaad in 1995.[citation needed] After performing with him in Gstaad, Weisman gave Janicello the unreleased Elvis song "Will You Still Be There" which Elvis had approved for his last album, but never finished recording.[citation needed] Janicello, together with Weisman recorded, released, and promoted the song in 1996 and 1997.[28] It was Janicello's first commercial recording.[citation needed]

On the back of the release of "Will You Still Be There", Stadttheater Klagenfurt hired Janicello to play Elvis Presley in their 1997 production, Elvis: A Musical Biography.[citation needed] The musical moved from Klagenfurt to Metropol Theater in Vienna[29] and subsequently toured throughout Germany[citation needed] and Austria.[citation needed] In 2002, Janicello wrote a new musical about Presley's life, ELVIS: Die Show, sein Leben which combined newly-composed songs with songs from Elvis' catalogue of hits. The musical premiered at Theater AKzent in Vienna[30][better source needed] before finishing an international tour with an extended run of performances at the Deutsches Theater in Munich.[31][better source needed] The musical featured both "Will You Still Be There" and "Great Big Mama"[32][better source needed] two of Janicello's own commercial releases.[citation needed]

Writings[edit]

Janicello's first work as Musical Author was The Chamelon Concert.[citation needed] A highly-choreographed mix of operatic arias, Broadway hits, original compositions and songs made famous by Elvis Presley, The Chameleon Concert's book contained personal anecdotes and dramatic monologues written by Janicello.[citation needed] The show celebrated its world premiere in September 1998[33][better source needed] in Vienna's Theater AKzent. In 1999, Janicello wrote the script for Be My Love: The Mario Lanza Musical[citation needed] which celebrated its world premiere in Theater AKzent on October 7, 1999[citation needed] the 40th anniversary of Lanza's death.[34][citation needed] Be My Love was a jukebox musical whose score contained popular Italian Folk Songs, well-known operatic arias and a number of Lanza's hit songs.[citation needed] In 2001, Janicello authored the book and worked as co-lyricist with Rolf Rettburg on his first completely original musical, Charlie: A New Musical.[citation needed] Charlie's music was composed by Béla Fischer.[citation needed] Charlie celebrated its world premiere in a German-language version in Vienna's Cabaret Stadnikow in March 2001.[citation needed] In 2004, an English-language version of Charlie was produced in Amsterdam,[35][better source needed] with additional songs by Kai Peterson.[citation needed]

Cloud Nine is an original children's musical written in 2010 by Janicello (book and lyrics) and the Swedish actor/musician Josef Törner.[citation needed] Originally conceived as a stage production[citation needed] Cloud 9 is now in pre-production to be made into a 60-minute animated musical for television.[citation needed] In 2012, Janicello was engaged to write 6 articles about the marketing of art and artists for Hoop Doop Magazine.[36][37] Since 2018, Janicello has worked as critic-at-large[38] for BroadwayWorld.com reviewing stage productions in Berlin, northern Germany and London.[39]

In Spring 2022, Janicello was commissioned to write a new play Take the Bins Out, a 75-minute monologue for a visually-impaired actor.[40] The play tells the story of Finley Whitmore, whose diagnosis of Retinitis pigmentosa, a congenital eye disorder, is wreaking havoc on his professional and personal life.[citation needed] Take the Bins Out celebrated its world premiere on August 4, 2023 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.[citation needed] The Edinburgh production stars Milo Mooney, a visually-impaired actor/comedian as Finley and was directed by Janicello.[41][42] Janicello and composer Ulf Weidmann are currently in pre-production for The Finellis Musical which premieres in London in June 2024.[citation needed]

Personal life[edit]

Janicello has been vegan since 2004 and advocates publicly for a plant-based lifestyle.[43] He joined Scientology before leaving in 2003.[44]

Acting credits[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1987 84 Charing Cross Road Best Man
Deadly Illusion Partygoer
1988 Shakedown Drug Addict
Married to the Mob Bartender
Spike of Bensonhurst Tony
1989 Rooftops Drug Dealer
Mozzarella Mario Short film
Fear, Anxiety & Depression Copyshop Employee
1990 Blue Steel Police Cadett
1991 The Hard Way Partygoer
2011 The Conversation Cowboy Short film
2012 All My Love Bob Short film
2013 Sternstunde ihres Lebens General Miller TV film
2014 Ein Tag wie jeder andere Herr Weissner Short film
2015 Der Primus Lt. Ernst Hauser TV film
2016 Die 69 Götter des Höllenfeuers Vincent Woodruf Short film
2021 Eating Our Way to Extinction Narrator Documentary
2022 The Finellis Movie Tony Finelli
2022 Binny and Baba Drama School President

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1987 Showtime at the Apollo Guest Star 1 episode
1998-1999 Hello Vienna, Hello Austria Host 24 episodes
2012 Der Mediator Frank Delay Pilot episode
Freddy Ralph TV miniseries (1 episode)
2013 Frühstücksfernsehen Agent W. Smith 1 episode
Verstehen sie Spaß? Johann 1 episode
Volle Kanne Guest Star 1 episode
Auf Streife Gernot Peters 1 episode
Verstehen sie Spaß? British Businessman 1 episode
2014 Schneller als die Polizei erlaubt Ludger Trinkhaus 1 episode
Achtung, Kontrolle Giovanni Bellini 1 episode
Stand by Me Guest Start Pilot episode
Verstehen sie Spaß? Martin Dams 1 episode
2015 Libido Love Marc Caccamo Pilot episode
Die Celiks Chaniqua LeStrange 1 episode
The Immigrant Experience The American 1 episode
Mein dunkles Geheimnis Detlef Brahms 1 episode
Hilf Mir! Dr. Guido Rehbein 1 episode
In Gefahr Fabrizio Montani 1 episode
Die Celiks Singing Teacher 1 episode
Hirschausens Quiz des Menschens Marc Thalhäuser 1 episode
Betrugsfälle Sascha Pantic 1 episode
Hilf Mir! Gerry Walker 1 episode
Schneller als die Polizei erlaubt Manuel Weiler 1 episode
Das Aschenputtel Experiment Guest Star 1 episode
2016 The Finellis Sitcom Tony Finelli Pilot episode
Hilf Mir! Bruce Heinberg 1 episode
Akte 20.16 Wilfried W. 1 episode
2018 Berlin Tag & Nacht Robert Hardy 6 episodes
Gin & It Adrian the Master Pilot episode
Die Wahrheit über... Michael Documentary
Late Night Berlin Calaf 1 episode
2022 The Diplomat National Security Chief 1 episode

Theatre[edit]

Year Title Character Director Company
1982 The Boy Friend Tony Paramount Theatre
1983 Grease Teen Angel William Wendt Aycock Auditorium
Hatfields and McCoys Spirit Hatfield John Arnold Theater West Virginia
Honey in the Rock Rex Covington John Arnold Theater West Viriginia
Cabaret Aryan Soldat William Wendt The Studio at UNC-G
Comic Books Tonight Superman Juan Fernandez Alfredo's
1984 Camelot Sir Sagramore Terrence Mann Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Hatfields and McCoys Spirit Hatfield John Arnold Theater West Virginia
West Side Story Tony William Wendt Aycock Auditorium
1985 Star-Crossed Lovers Romeo Richard Haase Dramatist's Guild
Sweet Adeline Ensemble Peter Howard The Town Hall
Fiddler on the Roof Motel Kamzoil John Arnold Theater West Virginia
1986 Angelina (reading) Narrator Barry Kleinbort Dramatist's Guild
1987 The Three Sisters Fedotik Ensemble Studio Theatre
As You Like It Amiens Scott Noflet Judith Anderson Theatre[45]
1992 Kismet Caliph Don Westwood Opera Northeast Tour
Jesus Christ Superstar Annas Robert Johansen Papermill Playhouse
Lend Me a Tenor Tito Mirelli John Going Olney Theater[46]
1996 Winterzirkus Canio Joachim Lang Platzl's Theaterie
1997 Elvis: A Musical Biography Elvis Presley Anna Vaughn Stadttheater Klagenfurt
1998 Elivs: A Musical Biography Elvis Presley Anna Vaughn Metropol Vienna
1998 The Chamaleon Concert Self Self Theater Akzent
1998 City of Angels Jimmy Powers Heinz Ehrenfreund Musicalsommer Amstetten
1999 Be My Love: Das Mario Lanza Musical Mario Lanza Self Theater AKzent
2001 Victor/Victoria King Marchand Pavel Fieber Landestheater Salzburg
Charlie: A New Musical Charlie Self Kabarett Stadnikow
2003 Elvis: The Musical Elvis Presley Self Deutsches Theater Munich
2005 Charlie: A New Musical Charlie Self Het Werkteater
2012 Loving the Silent Tears The Italian Tenor Vincent Paterson Shrine Auditiorium
2023 The Finellis Musical (Producer's Presentation) Tony Finelli Self Phoenix Arts Club
2023 Take the Bins Out Writer/Director Self Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2024 The Finellis Musical Tony Finelli Self Wonderville London[47]

Opera and operetta[edit]

Year Title Character Director or Conductor Company
1980 I Pagliacci Ensemble Arvid Knudsen Aycock Auditorium
1983 Così fan tutte Ferrando Arvid Knudsen Aycock Auditorium
1985 La fille du régiment Ensemble New York City Opera
Attilla Ensemble Frank Cosaro New York City Opera
Turandot Ensemble Lotfi Mansouri New York City Opera
1986 The Student Prince The Prince Prescott Griffith Carousel Dinner Theatre
Little Red Riding Hood The Woodcutter John Turner Dramatists' Guild
La Giaconda Ensemble Alfredo Silipigni New Jersey Opera
Introduction to Opera The Tenor various Metropolitan Opera Guild
1987 Otello Cassio Regina Opera
1988 Madama Butterfly Pinkerton Don Westwood Opera Northeast Tour
Lucia di Lammermoor Arturo Long Island Opera
1988 La Vie parisienne Raoul de Gardefeu Christopher Alden Opera at the Academy
1989 Babes in Toyland Alan Dino Anagnost World Financial Center
1990 Die Fledermaus Alfredo Ron Peluso Schubert Theater
La gazza ladra Ensemble Timothy Lindberg The Town Hall
1991 The Merry Widow Camillie Jim Coleman Paper Mill Playhouse
Roberto Devereux Roberto Eve Queler Carnegie Hall
1992 Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra Leicester Don Westwood Opera Northeast Tour
Tosca Cavardossi Ted Taylor Augusta Opera
Tosca Cavadossi Peter Mark Virginia Opera
La traviata Alfredo Robert Butts Opera at Florham
La Gran Scena Opera Mario Costaplenti Ira Siff European Tour
1993 La Gran Scena Opera Mario Costaplenti Ira Siff The Town Hall
1994 Linda di Chamounix Intendente Ádám Fischer Zürich Opera
Die Frau ohne Schatten Der Jungling Christoph von Dohnányi Zürich Opera
1995 Dido and Aeneas First Sailor David Zinman Tonhalle Zürich
Trouble in Tahiti Jazz Trio Reto Nickler Tonhalle Zürich
Roméo et Juliette Benvolio Serge Baudo Zürich Opera
Der Kaiser von Atlantis Harlekin/Soldat Marc Belfort Zürich Opera
Hin und zurück Robert Marc Belfort Zürich Opera
Le pauvre matelot le Matelot Marc Belfort Zürich Opera
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry The Traveler Graham Todd Arundel Cathedral
Die göttliche Kirmes Doufi Reto Nickler St. Gallen Opera
Die göttliche Kirmes Doufi Reto Nickler Aarhus Opera
1996 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Dr. S. Wolfgang Gratschmaier Amadeus Festival Vienna
Der Mann, der seine Frau mit einem Hut verwechselte Dr. S. Bertram Dippel Opera Erlangen
Nuit des Hommes Wilhelm Jakkob Schokking World Music Festival[48]
1999 Die Fledermaus Alfredo Heinz Ehrenfreund Landestheater Salzburg
2000 Orpheus in der Unterwelt Orpheus Sylvia Dönsch Badener Operetten Theater Japan Tour
2005 Die lustige Witwe Danilo Annette Wolf Stichting Int'l Opera Producties BeNeLux Tour
2006 Die Csárdásfürstin Edwin Annette Wolf Stichting Int'l Opera Producties BeNeLux Tour
2007 Orpheus in der Unterwelt Orpheus Benjamin Sahler Opernfestspiel Nürtingen
La traviata Alfredo Niels Muus Musikfestival Steyr
2008 Der Zarewitsch Zarewitch Wolfgang Dosch Bergtheater Thale
Die verkaufte Braut Edwin Kay Metzger Bergtheater Thale
2010 Die lustige Witwe Danilo Patricia Nessy Wiener Operettensommer
2011 Giovanna d'Arco Carlo VII Marc Pantus Rotterdam Opera
2014 Hänsel und Gretel Die Knusperhexe Inga Hilsberg Kammeroper Köln

Music Videos[edit]

Year Title Artist Role
2002 Great Big Mama Mark Janicello Self
2010 Great Big Mama XXL Mark Janicello Self
2011 Push It Now Mark Janicello Self
2014 I Am a Man Mark Janicello Self
2021 19th Floor Joy Crookes Music Executive
2021 Late Night Luciano Police Officer
2022 White Wine French the Kid Oliver Jennings

Web projects[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Fate by Numbers General Walters Computer game
2015 Trips Bill Wendt Webseries (3 episodes)
2021 Bronte Detective Lloyd Podcast
2022 Resurgence Sheriff Hal Hardy A.I. game
2022 Dog Sports Day Host Woof Woof TV

Discography[edit]

  1. "Unchained" (1995) – Promotional CD
  2. "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" (1996) – (UK ONLY) World-Premiere recording of Graham Todd's Oratorio based on Walt Whitman's Poetry
  3. "Suspicious Minds" (1996) – Promotional CD
  4. "Will You Still Be There" (1997) – CD Single – Unreleased Elvis Presley song written by Ben Weisman[49]
  5. "Can't Help Falling in Love" (1997) – EP from "Elvis: A Musical Biography"
  6. "Du bist das Herz der Welt" (1998) – Schlager duet Hanne Haller
  7. "Be My Love: Das Mario Lanza Musical" (1999) – Original Cast Musical CD
  8. 'Classics' (1999) – Puccini and Verdi Tenor Arias
  9. "Deep in Your Soul" (2000) – CD Single[50]
  10. "Time Stands Still" (2000) – CD Single
  11. "Charlie: A New Musical" (2001) – German-language Original Cast CD
  12. "Right Now" (2001) – CD Single from the Musical "Charlie"
  13. "Amazing Grace" (2001) – Gospel Classics
  14. "Endless Love" (2001) – LIVE in Concert
  15. "Elvis: die Show, sein Leben" (2002) – Original Cast CD
  16. "Rubbernecking" – CD Single – Live at Deutsches Theater Munich
  17. "Great Big Mama" (2002) – CD Single
  18. "I Can't Make You Love Me" (2003) – (EP)
  19. "The Christmas Songs" (2003) – (EP)
  20. "Charlie: A New Musical" (2004) – English-Language Original Cast CD
  21. "Musical Man” (2005) – Best of Broadway
  22. "Butterfly" (2005)
  23. "Traummelodien" (2005) – German, French and Italian Opera and Operetta Arias
  24. "Georgia on My Mind" (2005) – A Tribute to Ray Charles
  25. "Traummelodien 2" (2006) – More Opera and Operetta Arias
  26. "Elvis Goes Classic: LIVE" (2006) – Recorded in Komödie im Bayerischen Hof
  27. "Die Nacht der Musicals" (2007) – Original Cast Album[51]
  28. "La Notte Italiana" (2008) – Italian folk, pop and light classics
  29. "Listen" (2008) – (EP)
  30. "Great Big Mama" (2009) – Double Dutch Remix CD Single[52]
  31. "The Ultimate Collection: The Love Songs" (2009) – Compilation CD
  32. "Elvis & Me" (2009) – Double CD Set
  33. "Push It Now" (2011) – CD-Single (sold with Janicello's autobiography Naked in the Spotlight – 1st ed.)
  34. "Loving the Silent Tears" (2012) – Original Cast Album[53]
  35. "Musical Man 2" (2013) – Broadway's Greatest Hits Part 2
  36. "I Am a Man" (2014) – CD Single[54]
  37. "Rock Legends" (2017)
  38. "I Believe" (2017) – Gospel Classics 2
  39. "Here I Am Again" (2019) – CD Single from "The Finellis"
  40. "The Finellis Movie" (2021) – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Awards and nominations[edit]

In the 2019–2020 Awards Season, The Finellis in its sitcom iteration and Janicello's work on the project were nominated for, and won numerous prizes at international film and TV festivals.

Year Association Category Performance Result Ref.
2021 London International Filmmaker Festival Best TV/Web Series The Finellis Won [55]
Best Director of a Short Film Joris Hermans Nominated
Best Actor in a Short Film Mark Janicello Nominated
Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film George Pollock Nominated
Best Editing of a Short Film Joris Hermans & Mark Janicello Nominated
2021 Oz Indie Film Festival Best TV Series Pilot The Finellis Won [citation needed]
2020 Berlin International TV Festival Best Comedy Series Nominated [citation needed]
2021 Prague Int'l Monthly Film Festival Best Web/Television Series Won [56]
Best Trailer Nominated
2020 Amsterdam World International Film Festival Best Television Series Won [citation needed]
2020 Los Angeles Film Awards Best Web/TV Series Pilot Won [57]
Best Comedy Won
2020 Portland Comedy Film Festival Best Comedy TV Episode or Sitcom Nominated [58]
2020 Cult Critic Movie Awards Best Television/Pilot Program or Series Won [59]
Jean-Luc Godard Award Nominated [60]
2020 Vegas Movie Awards Best Television Series Pilot Won [61]
Best Song "Here I Am Again"
(M: Ulf Weidmann, L: Mark Janicello) 		Won
Best Director Joris Hermans Nominated
Best Actor Mark Janicello Nominated
2020 London International Motion Pictures Awards Best Pilot Series The Finellis Nominated [62]
2020 London Independent Film Awards Best Web/TV Series Pilot Won [63]
2020 Rome Film Awards Best Television Series Won [citation needed]
Best Song "Here I Am Again"
(M: Ulf Weidmann, L: Mark Janiello) 		Nominated
2020 The Int'l TV Broadcasters & Independent Producers Festival Best Entertainment Series The Finellis Nominated [64]
2020 Euro Cinema Film Festival Geneva Best Television Series Nominated [citation needed]
Best Song Nominated
2020 German United Film Festival Best Television Series "The Finellist" Won [citation needed]
2020 After Hour Film Festival Best Television Series "The Finellis" Won [65][66]
2020 Assurdo Film Festival Best Screenplay The Finellis Nominated [67]
Best Editing Nominated
Best Trailer Nominated
Best Poster Nominated
2020 Vesuvius Int'l Monthly Film Festival Best Web/TV Series Pilot The Finellis Won [citation needed]
Best Actor Mark Janicello Nominated
Best Actress Bianca Carsten Nominated
Best Director Joris Hermans Nominated
Best Music Ulf Weidmann Nominated
2020 VIP Film Festival Best Web/TV Series The Finellis Nominated [68]
2020 DUMBO Film Festival Best Short Form Narrative Film Nominated [citation needed]
2021 Gold Movie Awards London Best Television Series Nominated [citation needed]
Best Animation Nominated
Best Director Joris Hermans Nominated
Best Actor Mark Janicello Nominated
Best Actress Bianca Karsten Nominated
Best Screenplay Mark Janicello Nominated
2020 Santa Monica Film Festival Best Episodic Content Mention [69]
2020 Peak City International Film Festival Best Foreign (Non-U.S.) Television Series Pilot The Finellis Won [70]
2020 South Coast Film Festival Best Comedy SitCom Won [citation needed]
Best Comedy SitCom Script Won
2019 Mediterranean Film Festival in Cannes Best Television Series Mention [citation needed]
2019 New York City TV Festival Best Television Series Won [citation needed]
Best Director Won
Best Actor Mark Janicello Nominated
Best Actress Bianca Karsten Nominated
2016 Berlin Serienale Out of competition Screening Proof of Concept Episode Screening [71][72][73]
  • 1988 – Janicello was awarded a $4,000 scholarship by The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation. In addition to the cash prize, he was awarded singing lessons with operatic tenor Franco Corelli.
  • 1992 – Janicello won the $15,000 Grand Prize in the KFC Musical Feast Competition and was named "The Best Street Performer" in America.[74]
  • 2016 – Janicello was awarded the Fips Fleischer Music Prize[75][76] by the City of Leipzig, Germany for his many years of performances in that city[citation needed] He was awarded the prize by the Mayor of Leipzig Heiko Rosenthal.[citation needed]
  • 2022 – Janicello was awarded the Honorary Title, "Best Gospel Elvis"[citation needed] at the Porthcawl Elvis Festival in Porthcawl, Wales, which is said to be the "largest Elvis Festival in the world".[77][78]

Bibliography[edit]

Janicello's autobiography Naked in the Spotlight: My Life with Sex, Singing and Scientology[79][80] was published in a German translation (Nackt im Rampenlicht) in April 2011 by Ibera Publishers[citation needed] of Vienna. The English version of Naked in the Spotlight was published in 2016.[81]

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