Bologna, 2000.
He grew up in Bologna, where he graduated from a science-oriented high school and studied classical guitar at the Conservatorio G.B. Martini. At the University of Bologna he took a bachelor’s degree in arts, music and performing arts (DAMS), specialising in film, followed by a master’s degree in semiotics. In 2022 he moved to Rome to study cinematography at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in 2025.
His first short as a director, Spotlight (2024), screened at the FiPiLi Horror Festival and at Visioni Italiane, which used it as the festival’s key image, and was shortlisted for the Nastri d’Argento. His second, Lana di Roccia, shot on 35mm, was selected for the Lago Film Festival 2026.
As a cinematographer he shot Nadir Taji’s Festa in famiglia, Best Director at SIC@SIC at the 82nd Venice Film Festival and nominated for the David di Donatello 2026, and Mama, Finek?, in the official selection of Alice nella Città 2026.
He was camera operator on Paoli De Luca’s Marina and Revolver, both awarded at SIC@SIC, and camera trainee on Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grazia.
With Dorotea Ciani and Vera Miniero he co-wrote the feature project Rumore, which won the Notorious Project award for best concept at Alice nella Città 2026. He works with his own ARRI Amira, and since 2019 he has also shot and edited for musicians and live shows, working with Laura Pausini, Biagio Antonacci, Zucchero and Francesco Gabbani, and with Mahmood at the Sanremo Music Festival.
He continues to work on a range of productions, in the camera department or as an assistant director, while writing treatments and screenplays.