Bio
Born in 1971, I live and work in Rome and everywhere I feel at home.
My research ranges between art, cinema and design.
With a Montessori cultural background, during my artistic studies I attended several special effects workshops such as the post-audiovisual production company SBP.
In the early 90’s I collaborated with Luca Farulli, a special make-up technician, to create a weekly column about SPFX in the magazines Nosferatu and Splatter, published by ACME.
I graduated in Industrial Design at ISIA-Rome by presenting a project of a spaceship for the film industry.
Together with Cristina Croce I founded in 1995 the 21st Century Design Studio, became later 21LAB, realizing for 12 years industrial design projects, special exhibits, commercials, television series, art installations and the creation of short films, including "Space Off", a sci-fi short film that I realized together with Director and friend Tino Franco, presented at the 59th Venice International Film Festival, winner of the Silver Ribbon 2002, Fantafestival 2003, nominated for David di Donatello and selected at the Tribeca Film Festival as the only Italian short.
In 2009, in collaboration with Lidia Celi and the primary school "Maria Montessori", I realized the artistic-design workshop "The hands and the mind", from which I've drawn the basis to realize, together with Marco Zamponi and the company LABnormal, the first application for tablets of the "Cosmic Fable", taken from the Montessori Method on cosmic education.
For several years I taught scenography for cinema and character design and maquette at the Istituto Europeo di Design.
In 2015 I collaborated with the SPFX company Makinarium, participating in the design and production of the film "The Tale of Tales" by Matteo Garrone and other national and international films.
In 2022 I moved my studio to the new headquarters of Frame by Frame, a digital spfx company, inaugurating the "depARTment", the first space in Rome entirely dedicated to the artistic design of objects, scenarios, characters, real and virtual, necessary for the visual and productive construction of a film, TV series, product or work of art.
Career highlights
Concept design of the abbey tower “Il Nome della Rosa” directed by Giacomo Battiato, 2018;
Sfx supervisor "Addio fottuti musi verdi”, 2016;
Collaboration in the departments of storyboard, concept art, practical effects and matte painting for Matteo Garrone's film "Il Racconto dei Racconti”, 2014;
Personal exhibition "Antropolis Basiliche Volanti" in the Oratory of the Archconfraternity of St. Catherine of Siena in Rome. The exhbition is accompanied by the catalog "Antropolis, Basiliche Volanti" published by GB EditoriA with critical text by Paolo Balmas, 2013;
New collection for Slamp spa with the lamp Gemmy Prisma, 2012;
First personal exhibition "Antropolis Ritratti di Robot" in the fifteenth-century headquarters of G.B. EditoriA at Palazzo Carafà in Rome, 2009;
Set designs and miniatures for the TV series "I classici del mistero" with Carlo Lucarelli, directed by Nicola Prosatore, Ruvido production, for Fox Italy Concept design, 2007;
Concept, pre-production, set design, models, executive production, art direction, for Fox International Channels Italy: "Italiani nello Spazio” (TV series of 10 ep. of 4'), 2004;
Writing and production of the science fiction short film "Space Off", directed by Tino Franco, winner of the Nastro d'Argento, nominated for the David di Donatello, winner of the Capri Hollywood and the only Italian short selected at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, 2001;
Design and realization of a multiple cell phone charger for public environments, sponsored by TIM and ALITALIA named "TEDDY". The twenty TEDDYs made, were relocated in Sydney (Australia), at the main Italian airports (Fiumicino, Malpensa , Linate, etc.) and a traveling one following the Ferrari team, 2000;
Design of two interactive exhibits for the exhibition «Squali» by Alberto Luca Recchi at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome for "Mizar Divulgazione scientifica";
Production of short film "Shit", distributed by Film Alpha directed by Davide Marengo and realization of special effects, 1995. The short film participated in festivals around the world, awarded "The World's Best Short Film Screenings" at the 33° Chicago International Film Festival 1997;
Collaboration with Luca Farulli and ACME s.r.l. (publishing house) on the creation of articles published in the magazine "NOSFERATU" and "SPLATTER" related to the realization of special effects, 1990;
Participation in the "fantafestival" (science fiction and horror film festival) with a sculpture related to the theme, 1989;
Attends Cinecittà environments at "Dolly Cinematografica" production agency;
Sets up a carnival parade inspired by "Ghostbusters" making costumes and "special" stage weapons. Reviews on this have been published in the newspapers "Il Tempo", "Il Corriere della Sera" and "La Repubblica";
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