After earning a degree in Performing Arts and Sciences at Università La Sapienza di Roma and working for three years as an electrician/machinist, he was selected to attend the Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV in Cuba, specialising in cinematography. In Cuba, he studied for three years with DOPs from around the world, including Dean Cundey, Alfonso Parra, José Luis Alcaine, and Michael Chapman. He then returned to Italy, where he began working in the camera department as an assistant and trainee. He continued to travel and started working as a DOP and camera operator, making short films, documentaries, commercials, and music videos in various countries, including Italy, Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, the United States, and Vietnam.
In 2021, he shot the medium-length film Taxivol by Tommaso Santambrogio, featuring director Lav Diaz, which was presented in 2023 at the festival Visions du Réel and later selected for various international festivals, including the Telluride Film Fest.
That same year saw the release of La mujer salvaje, the debut feature by Alan Gonzalez, which premiered at TIFF – Toronto International Film Fest and was later selected for several international festivals. The film’s lead actress, Lola Amores, won the Best Actress award at the Festival de Málaga and BAFICI in Buenos Aires and was nominated for Los Premios Platino. The film won the Best Cinematography award at the Festival De Cine De Lima, awarded by the Asociación de Autores de Fotografía Cinematográfica Peruana and the Federación Latinoamericana de Autores de Fotografía Cinematográfica.
Also in 2023, Los océanos son los verdaderos continentes, the debut film by Tommaso Santambrogio, premiered at the Venice Film Festival, opening the Giornate degli Autori. The film was later selected and awarded at various national and international festivals. With this film, Lorenzo Casadio Vannucci won the Quarzo for Best Debut Work and the Quarzo Giovani at the tenth edition of the festival Le Giornate della Luce.
