Born in Chiavari in 1977, he moved with his family to Venice at a young age, where he developed a passion for moving images at the age of twelve, virtually wearing out the family’s Video8 camcorder. He attended the Istituto Statale d’Arte, and in 1992, while still a student, began collaborating with a television studio. For the next ten years, he worked as a cameraman for Italian and foreign television networks, production studios, and both public and private entities. In 2003, he became a Steadicam operator, which allowed him to pursue a career as a camera operator in documentary and cinematic productions. As a camera operator, he collaborated on films by directors such as Pupi Avati and Giorgio Diritti.
In 2005, he began working as a director of photography on commercial productions and television docu-fiction, including The Middle-Ages, Great Italian Opera, and Peggy Guggenheim: Tribute. In 2009, he signed his first feature film as a cinematographer, L’appello, directed by Federico Rozas and Emilio Briguglio. This was followed in 2010 by Giorgione da Castelfranco, sulle tracce del genio, directed by Antonello Belluco. In the same year, he made his directorial debut with the documentary I televisionari, quando in Italia la Tv era libera (produced by History Channel), followed in 2014 by Sperduti nel buio (produced by Rai Cinema).
His credits as a director of photography include films such as My Name Is Ernest, Una nobile causa by Emilio Briguglio, Il leone di vetro by Salvatore Chiosi, On My Shoulders by Antonello Belluco, and Edith by Marco Zuin, as well as documentaries like Vajont, una tragedia italiana, L’oro di Venezia by Nicola Pittarello, and Richard Wagner, diario veneziano della sinfonia ritrovata by Gianni Di Capua. He has also worked on numerous commercials and music videos.
