Francesco Gabriele (director)

Francesco Gabriele is a London-based Italian film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Francesco Gabriele
Born (1987-09-15) September 15, 1987
Chieti, Italy
OccupationDirector, Screenwriter, Producer, Lecturer
NationalityItalian
Alma materThe London Film School American Academy of Dramatic Arts

He graduated with an MA in Filmmaking from the London Film School and is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles.

In 2014, he founded the production company Thespian Films Ltd.

His short film Italian Miracle[1] played at over 40 festivals[2][3][4] worldwide. He was nominated for "Best International Short" and "Best Comedy" at the Academy Awards & BAFTA Qualifying LA-Short Fest and won, among other awards, the "Jury Award"[5] at the Stony Brook Film Festival in New York and achieved international distribution.

In 2017 he wrote, produced and directed the feature Blue Hollywood. The film had its UK Premiere at the BT Tower in London as the closing night film of the British Urban Film Festival[6][7] and it was also screened in numerous festivals[8][9] in Canada, Italy,[10][11][12] Sweden, Bulgaria, Germany, China,[13] Russia and the USA receiving mentions and awards. In 2020 it was acquired by Janson Media and it’s currently distributed on Amazon Prime, BluRay and DVD in all English, Italian and French territories.

In 2020 he completed the short horror film For Sale , starring Nicolas Vaporidis and Randall Paul.

Francesco is a member of Directors UK, a Lecturer in Digital Film Production at SAE Institute in Oxford and a Lecturer in Screen Acting at St Mary's University in London.

References
  1. "Short Film Review of Filmmaker Francesco Gabriele 'Italian Miracle' Archives - MB Short Films". MB Short Films. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  2. "Sermoneta, "Italian Miracle", corto del pontino Francesco Gabriele, presente al Festival del Cinema di Cannes". Mondo Reale (in Italian). 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  3. "Italian miracle, il regista di Latina Francesco Gabriele porta Sermoneta a Las Vegas". Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  4. "Italian miracle, il regista di Latina Francesco Gabriele porta Sermoneta a Las Vegas" (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  5. redazione, La. "Sermoneta e Francesco Gabriele conquistano New York con il corto Italian Miracle". Il Caffé.tv (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  6. "2018 British Urban Film Festival unveils line-up, hosts and awards". Screen. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  7. "British Urban Film Festival unveils 2017 line-up". Screen. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  8. "Meet the filmmakers at Four Seasons Film Festival - HeyUGuys". www.heyuguys.com. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  9. "Introducing the Four Seasons Film Festival". London Live. 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  10. "Francesco Gabriele e Helen Watkinson presentano "Blue Hollywood" - The Freak". The Freak (in Italian). 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  11. "Intervista a Francesco Gabriele: Blue Hollywood al Gold Elephant di Catania". Social Up - Your Daily Lifestyle Magazine (in Italian). 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  12. "Francesco Gabriele e Helen Watkinson saranno gli Ospiti del Catania Film Fest". GLOBUS Magazine (in Italian). 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  13. "Hong Kong Salento International Film Festival 2018 - 7th Edition - PAID EVENTS". iichongkong.esteri.it. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
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