Gabriele Mainetti

Gabriele Mainetti
Gabriele Mainetti in September 2017
Born (1976-11-07) 7 November 1976 (age 48)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Film director, actor, screenwriter, composer, producer
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)

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

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 28 October 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.