Matteo Russo

Biography

Born in Crotone in 1992. In 2011 he met cinema at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. Founding a collective to shoot the first video clips. In 2014 on the set of the film "Confusi e felici" by M. Bruno, he plays the role of assistant director. After this first experience he produced and directed the first two personal film projects, namely "Voglia di fragola" written by E. Maria Costa and "Storia di una donna che amava suo figlio" receiving many nominations in national and international festivals. Over the years he directed several video clips and commissioned advertisements such as the spot for "Barilla" and the documentary about the singer Clementino. In 2018 he produces and directs: "Amal" and "Amare affondo" purchased by Rai Cinema in 2019. Just this year, he perfects his studies at NYFA in Los Angeles where the short film "Tell Me Your Name" is being shot in Hollywood. In 2020 he founded the Calabria Movie International short film festival.. Currently he continues to collaborate with several Italian productions, and in the last two years he is working on his first feature-length documentary entitled "Lux Santa" produced by Naffintusi with Rai Cinema selected at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in the Cannes Docs - Marchè du Film section and at the 41st Torino Film Festival.