Biography

Giacomo's love for cinema started after watching Disney's "Jungle Book", and even writing his version of E.T. at the age of six.

He graduated with an MA in filmmaking at the London Film School writing, directing and producing the short film La Città nel Cielo (City in the Sky) that premiered at the 66th Venice Film Festival. In 2014 he wrote, produced and directed the award winning short film The Nostalgist based on a short story by Daniel H. Wilson.

The short received its worldwide festival premiere at the Palm Springs Short Fest in June 2014, where it was awarded the runner-up prize for live-action short above 15 minutes.

It was subsequently awarded the first prize as Best Short in the Generator 18+ (Fiction) Section at the 2014 Giffoni Film Festival, Audience Award at Utopiales 2014, Audience Award (Méliè d'Argent) at Trieste Science + Fiction, Audience Award at the Sapporo Short Fest, best short film over 15 minutes at RAW Science Film Festival, best sci-fi Short Film at Leeds Int Film Festival and it was screened at Fantastic Fest, BFI London Film Festival, Lucca Comics and Games, the Asiana Short Film Festival, Arcipelago, Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón, Ajyal Youth Film Festival and it has been selected for the Festival International du Court Métrage à Clermont-Ferrand.

The short also had a limited theatrical release in the United States and Russia. It is now distributed online on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Verizon Indieflix and We Are Colony.

The Nostalgist was also selected for the Short Takes section of the December 2014 issue of the American Cinematographer.

Giacomo, along with his partner Sonia Goncalves, is the co-founder of Lirius Games, a vibrant and passionate micro-company, woven into existence by their shared dreams and creative aspirations. Lirius is the publisher of Age of Comics: The Golden Years, a board game where players run a publishing company during the golden age of comics (1938-54). The IP is being shopped for film/TV development.
- IMDb mini biography by: GM / AE