Gabriele Mainetti | |
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 Gabriele Mainetti in September 2017 | |
| Born | 7 November 1976 Rome, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, actor, screenwriter, composer, producer |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Gabriele Mainetti (born 7 November 1976) is an Italian film director, actor, screenwriter, composer and producer. [1] [2]
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 28 October 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
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Claudio Santamaria is an Italian actor; in 2016 he was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Actor award for portraying the superhero Enzo 'Jeeg' Ceccotti in They Call Me Jeeg.
The Nastro d'Argento is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.
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The David di Donatello for Best Score is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano to recognize outstanding efforts on the part of film music composers who have worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. The award has been given every year since 1975, with the exception of the 1979 and 1980 editions.
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