Since graduating from drama school, Elio played lead in numerous Independant films which have been well recieved and accepted to major film festivals, including Venice, Cannes, New York, Berlin and Raindance (London).
Practice Makes Perfect" a short comedy in which Elio plays Marco, the story of a sweet man coming to london to learn english, was short listed for Best Short Film award by EMPIRE film magazine and went onto recieve good reviews in major festivals.

REVIEWERS QUOTE
"Elio Ruggieri's potrayal of Mr Blonde was inspired and believable"
L. Francis Newsdsk N. London 01.11.01
"Elio Ruggieri's terrifying Mr Blonde adds new depths of madness to the character" A.J Wilson Metro 17.08.01