Paolo Benetazzo

Paolo Benetazzo (born July 16, 1976) is an Italian film director, actor, screenwriter, producer, editor and visual artist.[1][2][3][4][5] He made his feature film directorial debut with Study (2012),[1][3] which has been screened and awarded at international film festivals worldwide.[2][6] Distinguished by a profound cinematic individualism, the film was entirely shot by Benetazzo without any film crew.[1][2][4] He is the founder of independent film production company ARTtouchesART.[2][3][4]

Paolo Benetazzo
Born (1976-07-16) July 16, 1976
Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Alma materUniversity of Padua
OccupationFilm director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, actor, visual artist
Years active2007-present
Websitewww.paolobenetazzo.com

Early life and education

Benetazzo was born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy.[5] At the age of 19 he began acting and filming while attending the University of Padua.[2][3][5] Experiencing a temporary conflict with the academic environment, he interrupted his studies for some years, picking up different jobs, until he eventually graduated in 2003 with a master's degree in psychology.[2][3][7]

Career

In 2007 after travelling around Europe and living in Dublin for a few years, Benetazzo started working on his feature film directorial debut. Discouraged by the Italian film industry, he moved to London and founded ARTtouchesART Films in 2012.[2][4][7]

Between 2007 and 2012 he wrote, produced, photographed and directed the independent film Study. He also starred in the lead role and composed the soundtrack.[2][5][7][8][9] Since its premiere in London in 2012,[1][3][10] the film has quickly developed a cult following among fans and audience.[2][3][4]

At the end of 2012 Benetazzo worked with artist Danny Sherwood in the production of "Bitter Ditty".[2][7][11] In 2013 he directed and edited the music video "Salamander" for rock band Mount Fabric[2][7][12][13] and "Like to Party" for electronic producer Cal Strange.[2][4][7] During the same year he also directed the short film Sense, which was selected in a number of film festivals including the Seattle Erotic Art Festival.[14] In 2015 Benetazzo directed the music video "Love me Hurt me" for French artist Oriana Curls.[15]

Filmography

Feature Films
YearTitleRoleFilm Festivals and awards
2012StudyActor (The student)
Director
Writer
Producer

Short Films
YearTitleRoleFilm Festivals and awards
2013SenseDirector
Writer
Producer
Editor

Music videos
YearTitleArtistRoleFilm Festivals
2012"Bitter Ditty"Danny SherwoodDirector
Writer
Editor
  • Art All Night Film Festival 2014: Official Selection
  • Rendezvous Film Festival 2015: Official Selection
2013"Like to Party"Cal StrangeDirector
Writer
Editor
  • BBC Music Video Festival 2013: Official Selection[28]
  • SouthEastern Film Festival 2015: Official Selection[29]
  • Art All Night Film Festival 2015: Official Selection[30]
2013"Salamander"Mount FabricDirector
Writer
Editor
  • Reel 13: Official Selection[31]
  • Three Cities Film Festival: Official Selection 2015[32]
  • SouthEastern Film Festival 2015: Official Selection[29]

Discography

Albums
YearTitleRole
2012 Study Original SoundtrackProducer
Music composer

References
  1. "Filmmaking with a Crew of One: Paolo Benetazzo's Study". Hopeforfilm.com. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  2. "Case Study: STUDY, a true independent film". Indienyc.com. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  3. "How to make a true independent film: one artist, one vision". Filmcourage.com. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
  4. "Movies: exclusive interview with Paolo Benetazzo". Moveoramablog.com. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
  5. "Study: Paolo Benetazzo Interview". Battleroyalewithcheese.com. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  6. "Push the Boundaries of Your Creativity". Actioncutprint.com. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  7. "Behind the lense with Paolo Benetazzo". Beonthescene.com. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  8. "The making of Study by Paolo Benetazzo". Internationalmovietrailerfestival.com. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  9. "Study (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  10. "London films". Portobello Film Festival. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  11. "AltSounds Exclusive: Danny Sherwood-Bitter Ditty". Hangout.altsounds.com. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  12. "Watch: Mount Fabric-Salamander". Beatsperminute.com. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  13. "New Music from Rosecoloured". Rosecoloured.com. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  14. "Erotic Art Festival 2014" (PDF). Seattleerotic.org. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  15. ""Love Me Hurt Me" Oriana Curls - Interview". Goodnighttheskye.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  16. "Portobello Film Festival 2012: winners, shortlist and links to selected movies". Portobello film festival. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  17. "Indie Winners: November 2012". Indie Fest. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  18. "California Film Awards 2012 Winners". California Film Awards. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  19. "Winners March 2013". Accolade Competition. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  20. "LAMA 2013 Winners". Thelamovieawards.com. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  21. "Official selection SoCal Film Festival 2013". Archived from the original on January 14, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  22. "Official selection Columbia Gorge International Film Festival 2014". Angaelica.com. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  23. "CYIFF 2014 programme" (PDF). Cyprus International Film Festival. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  24. "Official selection Bad Film Fest 2014". Badtheaterfest.com. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  25. "Chéries-Chéris Film Festival 2014". Cheries-cheris.com. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  26. "Sense | NACHTSCHATTEN BDSM/Fetisch Film Festival". www.nachtschatten-filmfest.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  27. "Programa Completo RFF2015 | Rural FilmFest". www.ruralfilmfest.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  28. "BBC Music Video Festival". bbcmusicvideofestival.tumblr.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  29. "Film |". southeasternfilm.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  30. "International Film Festival". Art All Night - Trenton. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  31. "Salamander - Reel 13". www.thirteen.org. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  32. "Three Cities Fest". www.threecitiesfest.com. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
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