Francesco Gabriele

Francesco Gabriele Sep 15th 1987 is an awardwinning Italian director and producer based in London He holds an MA in Filmmaking from the London Film School and is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles His short film Italian Miracle played at over 40 festivals worldwide It was nominated for Best Comedy and Best International Short at the Oscar BAFTA Qualifying LAShorts Fest and won among other awards the Jury AwardBest Short at the Stony Brook Film Festival in New York and achieved international distribution In 2017 he directed his first featurelength film Blue Hollywood Entirely filmed between London and Los Angeles it had its UK Premiere at the BT Tower in London as the closing night film of the British Urban Film Festival and it was also screened in numerous festivals in Canada Italy Sweden Bulgaria Germany China Russia and the USA receiving mentions and awards Francesco is a member of Directors UK a Lecturer in Digital Film Production at SAE Institute in Oxford and a Lecturer in Screen Acting at St Marys University in London