About Paolo Benetazzo
Born 1976. Paolo Benetazzo is an Italian film director, actor, screenwriter, film producer and editor.
Paolo Benetazzo (born 16 July 1976) is an Italian film director, actor, screenwriter, producer, editor and visual artist. He made his feature film directorial debut with Study (2012), Distinguished by a profound cinematic individualism, the film was entirely shot by Benetazzo without any film crew.
Career In 2007 after travelling around Europe and living in Dublin for a few years, Benetazzo started working on his feature film directorial debut. Discouraged by the Italian film industry, he moved to London and founded ARTtouchesART Films in 2012. Since its premiere in London in 2012, the film has quickly developed a cult following among fans and audience. In 2013 he directed and edited the music video "Salamander" for rock band Mount Fabric and "Like to Party" for electronic producer Cal Strange. In 2015 Benetazzo directed the music video "Love me Hurt me" for French artist Oriana Curls.
Filmography
Feature films Year Title Role Film Festivals and awards 2012 Study Actor (The student)DirectorWriterProducer Portobello Film Festival 2012: Nomination for Audience Award California Film Awards 2012: Winner Gold Award Accolade Competition 2013: Winner Award of Merit for Feature Film Accolade Competition 2013: Winner Award of Merit for Leading Actor SoCal Film Festival 2013: Official Selection Columbia Gorge International Film Festival 2014: Official Selection Cyprus International Film Festival 2014: Official Selection
Short films + Year Title Role Film Festivals and awards 2013 Sense DirectorWriterProducerEditor Bad Film Fest 2014: Award Winner Seattle Erotic Art Festival 2014: Official Selection Nachtschatten Film Festival 2015: Official Selection Rural FilmFest 2015: Official Selection
Music videos Year Title Artist Role Film Festivals 2012 "Bitter Ditty" Danny Sherwood DirectorWriterEditor Art All Night Film Festival 2014: Official Selection Rendezvous Film Festival 2015: Official Selection 2013 "Like to Party" Cal Strange DirectorWriterEditor BBC Music Video Festival 2013: Official Selection SouthEastern Film Festival 2015: Official Selection Art All Night Film Festival 2015: Official Selection 2013 "Salamander" Mount Fabric DirectorWriterEditor Reel 13: Official Selection Three Cities Film Festival: Official Selection 2015 SouthEastern Film Festival 2015: Official Selection
Discography
Albums Year Title Role 2012 Study Original Soundtrack Producer Music composer
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Who is Paolo Benetazzo?
Italian film director
When was Paolo Benetazzo born?
Paolo Benetazzo was born on 16 July 1976 in Vicenza.
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Paolo Benetazzo is a film director, actor, screenwriter, film producer and editor.
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Paolo Benetazzo is Italian.
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