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Fabrizio Maltese

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Fabrizio Maltese is an Italian-Luxembourger producer and documentary filmmaker, with a background in award-winning photography. Over the past decade, he has established a distinctive voice in creative documentary, working as a director, cinematographer, and producer on his own films. Since 2015, he has directed and produced five feature-length documentaries, which premiered at major international, Oscar-qualifying festivals such as Thessaloniki, Morelia, Transilvania, and Tallinn Black Nights. His cinematic work is marked by a strong visual identity and a deep engagement with intimate, author-driven narratives. Alongside his directing career, Fabrizio has increasingly focused on creative producing. In 2018, he founded the Luxembourg-based production company Joli Rideau Media, which embraces a boutique approach and an affinity for bold, cross-genre storytelling. The company supports both emerging and established filmmakers across creative documentary and select arthouse fiction. Joli Rideau Media is involved in several international co-productions, including Afonso’s Smile by João Pedro Rodrigues, The Moon is a Father of Mine by George Ovashvili, Re-Creation by Jim Sheridan and David Merriman, as well as other upcoming projects.
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His solo exhibition Faces of French Cinema, which showcased portraits of French actors and directors such as Isabelle Huppert, Nathalie Baye and Mathieu Amalric, traveled to Edinburgh, Sao Paulo and Lisbon in 2009.
His solo exhibition Role/Play, featuring portraits of actors such as Jeff Bridges, Jessica Chastain, Willem Dafoe and Gary Oldman, was inaugurated at the Discovery Zone Luxembourg City Film Festival in March 2012 and was also on show at the inaugural festival hub of the Sydney Film Festival in June 2012.
Shot the cover of the Hollywood Reporter issue of Aug. 15, 2012 that featured Jessica Chastain, Shia LeBeouf, Tom Hardy and Mia Wasikowska, the stars of Lawless (2012).
His solo exhibition V.I.P. Area was part of the 2013 Galway Film Fleadh in Ireland and included portraits of Robin Wright, James Franco, Bérénice Bejo, Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Kristin Scott Thomas and Tilda Swinton, all shot during the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
Shot the cover of the Hollywood Reporter issue of Sept. 20, 2013 that featured Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of Toronto festival hits The Fifth Estate (2013), 12 Years a Slave (2013), and August: Osage County (2013). The portrait was shot in Toronto during the festival.

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