Giacomo Mantovani
Giacomo Mantovani[1] (born March 19, 1983) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
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Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, film producer |
Website | GiacomoMantovani.com |
Early life
Mantovani was born in Carpi, Modena. He studied advertising graphics, photography, and applied arts at the M. Fanoli State Institute. After this, he moved to Venice and entered the Accademia di Belle Arti, specializing in new technologies of the arts, following the cinema lessons of Carlo Montanaro. He developed his aim to deepen the learning and discovery of expressive means and techniques through which non-verbal communication is conveyed, producing the short films Fame and 2006.[2] In February 2008, he earned a degree in New Technologies for the Arts with the short film Paranoico,[3] which received much international recognition.[4][5][6][7][8]
Career
Mantovani moved to London in 2009, where he started working as a director and producer and founded his own production company, Avant-garde Pictures. This produced the award-winning short films Political Asylum and Adamant.[9][10] Mantovani's approach to filmmaking includes the rigorous use of storyboards.[11]
Filmography
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer |
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2002 | Sogno | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2003 | Dedalo | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2004 | Fame | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2004 | 2006 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2009 | Paranoico | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2010 | The Plot | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2011 | Political Asylum | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2011 | Adamant | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2012 | The Dark Side of the Mind | Yes | Yes | Yes |
References
- "Voce". Magazine.
- "A+A". Art Gallery. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02.
- "Official page". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02.
- "RIFF". Independent Film Festival.
- "IFAF". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02.
- "Athens Video Art Festival".
- "Film Lab Festival London". Archived from the original on 2012-01-11.
- "Anaca Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02.
- "POLITICAL ASYLUM winner of "Creativi per costituzione"". Archived from the original on 2011-11-09.
- "ADAMANT winner of "Reason wine"". Archived from the original on 2011-10-10.
- "Animated storyboard of "Adamant"".