Tommaso Lusena de Sarmiento

Tommaso Lusena de Sarmiento is a photographer, director of photography, and documentarian. Born in Milan and of German descent on his mother’s side, he has collaborated for over ten years with Franco Maresco, as well as with Emanuele Crialese and Nanni Moretti. In 2010, he won the Jury Prize at the Torino Film Festival with The Cambodian Room, co-directed with Giuseppe Schillaci, a portrait of the photographer Antoine D’Agata. In his photographic and documentary projects, he explores the vivid and tangible facets of the individual, such as joy, suffering, and sleep.