Luca Filippo Ravenna

Luca Ravenna (born Luca Filippo Ravenna, 27 September 1987 in Milan) is an Italian comedian and television writer. He trained at the Experimental Cinematography Center in Rome and collaborated with the Roman comedy group The Pills in comic sketches published on YouTube and on television, co-authoring their first feature film The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare. His career changed after he attended a show by comedian Edoardo Ferrario, and in 2014 he decided to devote himself to stand-up comedy.

In 2018 Ravenna toured his first comedy show In the Ghetto with dates in major Italian and European cities. Parallel to his work as a comedian, he often writes teleplays for programs such as Quelli che... il calcio and Che fuori tempo che fa, both hosted by Fabio Fazio. In 2015 he was the protagonist and author of the web series No Problem, produced for Repubblica.it, and he participated in the television programs Natural Born Comedians and Stand Up Comedy, both on Comedy Central.

In 2020 his first show Luca Ravenna Live was released online, produced by Dazzle in collaboration with Aguilar and Indigo Film. Together with Edoardo Ferrario he leads the podcast Cachemire - Un podcast morbidissimo, whose first guest was Walter Veltroni during episode 8. In March 2021 he published the improvised comedy show Luca Ravenna: Improv Special vol. 1 via The Comedy Club platform, and in April 2021 he participated as a contestant in the Amazon Prime Video comedy show LOL - Chi ride e fuori. As an actor he has appeared in Appunti di un venditore di donne (2021).