Carolina Giammetta
- Director
- Producer
- Actress
CAROLINA GIAMMETTA is an award-winning writer/director known for her in-depth work and connection with actors, her creative visual storytelling and unique energy and collaboration she brings on set.
Later this year she will direct all 8x parts of Season 2 of SUSPECT with Anne Marie Duff for CHANNEL 4. Last year she directed the whole of Season 2 of BEFORE WE DIE for CHANNEL 4, with Lesley Sharp, Vincent Regan, Steve Trossaint & Patrick Gibson. The first series was the 3rd highest rated show on C4 last year.
In 2021 she directed a 4 x part drama HOLLINGTON DRIVE for ITV/ West Rd written by Sophie Petzel (Winner of The Writers Guild award) starring Anna -Maxwell Martin, Rachel Stirling, Rhashan Stone, Jim Howick and Jonas Armstrong, which received high ratings and great reviews (Drama / Pick of the week across all the broadsheets).
Prior to this in 2020, she directed her first authored piece a 4x part THE DROWNING for CHANNEL 5 (Unstoppable Film &TV, Element Pictures, ALL3Media) Starring Jill Halfpenny, Rupert Penry-Jones, Jonas Armstrong. It was Channel 5's biggest ever drama to date.
Other previous credits include two feature length episodes of VERA ( Cold River & The Escape Turn) for ITV starring Brenda Blethyn (DRAMA OF THE WEEK & CHOICE - Radio Times/Broadsheets), a feature length opening of the new season of AGATHA RAISIN starring Ashley Jensen, Mathew Horne & Jamie Glover for SKY ONE and also co-lead on the first series of SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY BBC 1 starring Mark Benton and Jo Joyner (NOMINATED FOR A BROADCAST AWARD BEST DRAMA). She started her television career directing DOCTORS & CASUALTY for BBC DRAMA.
Her feature film PIZZA FACE (nominated for the IMDB 'Script to Screen' award) with producer Alexandra Blue ( BLUEBIRD PRODUCTIONS) is in development with the BFI. Her award winning, BAFTA LONGLIST - HOLY CANNELLONI a short/pilot for PIZZA FACE was funded by BFI NETWORK/CREATIVE ENGLAND.
She has written and directed several acclaimed short films that have been selected for International Film Festivals and won several BEST SHORT FILM awards across the world (Inc: SXSW, LSFF, EIFF, ASFF, BFI LOCO, AUSTIN and many more) PAPA, ORNAMENTAL, highly acclaimed I DON'T CARE (FILM LONDON) starring Billie-Jo Bailey, Andrea Lowe & Jo Hartley (VIMEO STAFF PICK, SHORT OF THE WEEK, DAILY PICKS on FILMSHORTAGE) Multi-award winning NIGHT ARMOUR starring Elizabeth Berrington & Dan Fredenburgh premiered at BFI LOCO, selected for over 30 Film Festivals worldwide and won Best Short Film at Broad Humor in LA (voted by MovieMaker as the Best Female Comedy Film Festival in the world). MAN UP starring Nick Moran was a REED FILM COMPETITION and VIRGIN MEDIA SHORTS WINNING FINALIST over 1000 films and screened at cinemas across UK and numerous movie channels.
Along side this, she created and set up SHORTFLIX with CREATIVE ENGLAND, SKY ARTS, BFI-SCREEN SKILLS, a brand new initiative that seeks, trains and nurtures raw and new filmmaking talent from socially diverse and under-represented backgrounds, to make 5x short films, showcased on SKY ONE, bringing new voices to the screen. Ambassadors include: RIZ AHMED, ZAWE ASHTON, ELLIE KENDRICK, JOE COLE. She also co-ran PLAYING UP for The National Youth Theatre for 3yrs training young actors from under- represented backgrounds.
Selected for Talent Labs & Schemes: Carolina is an alumni of : EIFF-Edinburgh International Film Festival TALENT LAB, SCREEN YORKSHIRE'S TRIANGLE programme, BFI/ LFF Think- Shoot- Distribute Development Scheme. THE BUREAU SOS script development scheme with her feature PIZZA FACE.
In 2021 she directed a 4 x part drama HOLLINGTON DRIVE for ITV/ West Rd written by Sophie Petzel (Winner of The Writers Guild award) starring Anna -Maxwell Martin, Rachel Stirling, Rhashan Stone, Jim Howick and Jonas Armstrong, which received high ratings and great reviews (Drama / Pick of the week across all the broadsheets).
Prior to this in 2020, she directed her first authored piece a 4x part THE DROWNING for CHANNEL 5 (Unstoppable Film &TV, Element Pictures, ALL3Media) Starring Jill Halfpenny, Rupert Penry-Jones, Jonas Armstrong. It was Channel 5's biggest ever drama to date.
Other previous credits include two feature length episodes of VERA ( Cold River & The Escape Turn) for ITV starring Brenda Blethyn (DRAMA OF THE WEEK & CHOICE - Radio Times/Broadsheets), a feature length opening of the new season of AGATHA RAISIN starring Ashley Jensen, Mathew Horne & Jamie Glover for SKY ONE and also co-lead on the first series of SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY BBC 1 starring Mark Benton and Jo Joyner (NOMINATED FOR A BROADCAST AWARD BEST DRAMA). She started her television career directing DOCTORS & CASUALTY for BBC DRAMA.
Her feature film PIZZA FACE (nominated for the IMDB 'Script to Screen' award) with producer Alexandra Blue ( BLUEBIRD PRODUCTIONS) is in development with the BFI. Her award winning, BAFTA LONGLIST - HOLY CANNELLONI a short/pilot for PIZZA FACE was funded by BFI NETWORK/CREATIVE ENGLAND.
She has written and directed several acclaimed short films that have been selected for International Film Festivals and won several BEST SHORT FILM awards across the world (Inc: SXSW, LSFF, EIFF, ASFF, BFI LOCO, AUSTIN and many more) PAPA, ORNAMENTAL, highly acclaimed I DON'T CARE (FILM LONDON) starring Billie-Jo Bailey, Andrea Lowe & Jo Hartley (VIMEO STAFF PICK, SHORT OF THE WEEK, DAILY PICKS on FILMSHORTAGE) Multi-award winning NIGHT ARMOUR starring Elizabeth Berrington & Dan Fredenburgh premiered at BFI LOCO, selected for over 30 Film Festivals worldwide and won Best Short Film at Broad Humor in LA (voted by MovieMaker as the Best Female Comedy Film Festival in the world). MAN UP starring Nick Moran was a REED FILM COMPETITION and VIRGIN MEDIA SHORTS WINNING FINALIST over 1000 films and screened at cinemas across UK and numerous movie channels.
Along side this, she created and set up SHORTFLIX with CREATIVE ENGLAND, SKY ARTS, BFI-SCREEN SKILLS, a brand new initiative that seeks, trains and nurtures raw and new filmmaking talent from socially diverse and under-represented backgrounds, to make 5x short films, showcased on SKY ONE, bringing new voices to the screen. Ambassadors include: RIZ AHMED, ZAWE ASHTON, ELLIE KENDRICK, JOE COLE. She also co-ran PLAYING UP for The National Youth Theatre for 3yrs training young actors from under- represented backgrounds.
Selected for Talent Labs & Schemes: Carolina is an alumni of : EIFF-Edinburgh International Film Festival TALENT LAB, SCREEN YORKSHIRE'S TRIANGLE programme, BFI/ LFF Think- Shoot- Distribute Development Scheme. THE BUREAU SOS script development scheme with her feature PIZZA FACE.
