Francesco Gabriele (director)

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Francesco Gabriele
Born (1987-09-15) 15 September 1987 (age 35)
Chieti, Italy
Occupation
  • Director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Alma mater

Francesco Gabriele is a London-based Italian film director, screenwriter, and producer.

He graduated with an MA in Filmmaking from the London Film School and is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles.

In 2014, he founded the production company Thespian Films Ltd.

His short film Italian Miracle [1] played at over 40 festivals [2] [3] [4] worldwide. He was nominated for "Best International Short" and "Best Comedy" at the Academy Awards & BAFTA Qualifying LA-Short Fest and won, among other awards, the "Jury Award" [5] at the Stony Brook Film Festival in New York and achieved international distribution.

In 2017 he wrote, produced and directed the feature Blue Hollywood . The film had its UK Premiere at the BT Tower in London as the closing night film of the BAFTA Qualifying British Urban Film Festival [6] [7] and it was also screened in numerous festivals [8] [9] in Canada, Italy, [10] [11] [12] Sweden, Bulgaria, Germany, China, [13] Russia and the USA receiving mentions and awards. In 2020 it was acquired by Janson Media and it’s currently distributed on Amazon Prime, Blu-ray and DVD in all English, Italian and French territories.

In 2020 he completed the short horror film For Sale , starring Nicolas Vaporidis and Randall Paul which premiered at Capri Hollywood International Film Festival and Flaiano Prizes.

Francesco is a member of Directors UK and the Screen Acting Program Lead on the BA Acting at St Mary's University in London.

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  2. ↑ "Sermoneta, "Italian Miracle", corto del pontino Francesco Gabriele, presente al Festival del Cinema di Cannes". Mondo Reale (in Italian). 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  3. ↑ "Italian miracle, il regista di Latina Francesco Gabriele porta Sermoneta a Las Vegas" . Retrieved 2018-11-15.
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  5. ↑ redazione, La. "Sermoneta e Francesco Gabriele conquistano New York con il corto Italian Miracle". Il Caffé.tv (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-11-15.
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  8. ↑ "Meet the filmmakers at Four Seasons Film Festival - HeyUGuys". www.heyuguys.com. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  9. ↑ "Introducing the Four Seasons Film Festival". London Live. 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  10. ↑ "Francesco Gabriele e Helen Watkinson presentano "Blue Hollywood" - The Freak". The Freak (in Italian). 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  11. ↑ "Intervista a Francesco Gabriele: Blue Hollywood al Gold Elephant di Catania". Social Up - Your Daily Lifestyle Magazine (in Italian). 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  12. ↑ "Francesco Gabriele e Helen Watkinson saranno gli Ospiti del Catania Film Fest". GLOBUS Magazine (in Italian). 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  13. ↑ "Hong Kong Salento International Film Festival 2018 - 7th Edition - PAID EVENTS". iichongkong.esteri.it. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
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