Gabriele Mainetti

Gabriele Mainetti (born 7 November 1976) is an Italian film director, actor, screenwriter, composer and producer.[1][2]

Gabriele Mainetti
Born (1976-11-07) 7 November 1976
Rome, Italy
OccupationFilm director, actor, screenwriter, composer, producer

Career

Mainetti started his career in the film industry as an actor for minor comedies and television series; as a director, he received attention thanks to his early short film Basette (2008), a tribute to anime series Lupin the Third.[3][4] In 2012, he directed Tiger Boy, a teen drama short film about pedophilia that was awarded with a Silver Ribbon.[5]

His debut feature film, They Call Me Jeeg (2015), was praised by audience and critic, gaining several major Italian prizes.[6][7] Mainetti won the awards for Best New Director and Best Producer at the 2016 David di Donatello.[8]

His second feature Freaks Out was scheduled to be released on 16 December 2020,[9] but it was delayed to an undisclosed date in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films
  • Ultima spiaggia (2005)
  • Basette (2008)
  • Love in Central Park (2010)
  • Tiger Boy (2012)
  • Ningyo (2016)

References
  1. "Mainetti, Gabriele". Treccani Encyclopedia (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. "Intervista a Gabriele Mainetti, regista di 'Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot', tra fumetti e film". Fumettologica (in Italian). 25 February 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. "Basette". Cinematografo (in Italian). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. "Atto d'amore n.2: Basette, il corto di Gabriele Mainetti ispirato a Lupin III". Meganerd (in Italian). 23 March 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. "Tiger Boy, un corto di Gabriele Mainetti su un tema importante". V-News (in Italian). 11 January 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  6. Jay Weissberg (5 November 2015). "Film Review: 'They Call Me Jeeg'". Variety (in Italian). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. Franco Montini (17 October 2015). "Al Festival del Cinema Santamaria il supereroe 'Jeeg Robot'". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  8. "David di Donatello 2016: tutti i vincitori". Cinematografo (in Italian). 18 April 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. ""Freaks Out", la data di uscita del secondo film di Gabriele Mainetti" (in Italian). Sky TG 24. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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