When did you decide you wanted to be a director? How did your family react?

It was natural for me to become a director for many reasons: first of all, I have been a producer of several Italian and foreign musical artists, from popular music to jazz, from ancient music to avantgarde. Videos have always been a tool to take music even outside the usual contexts. 

A second reason is linked to my activity as an experimental composer that also pushed me towards the “shores” of mixed music and experimental electronica. At the beginning my family was not enthusiastic about my artistic career. 

Yet I was very determined and I graduated in electronic music, composition and sound engineering. 

Today my works – film, music, poetry- are shown all over the world.

Do you have a Muse?

I do not have a Muse, but since my childhood I have had lots of models. In the artistic field it is normal to have them.

As for cinema I have always appreciated S. Kubrick, Bertolucci, Zeffirelli and I have always been captivated by W. Ruttmann, Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling and Oskar Fischinger that set up or completed a series of abstract films made with different animation techniques, denouncing the attempt to translate sound into sign, to visualize the rhythm through a free play of articulated shapes in the space of the screen.

I’m also influenced by art: my muse here are the masters from Italian Informal artist scenes and authors such as S. Dalì, M. Ernst, G. De Chirico. All these authors have influenced my recent works such as Endless Alphabet, Hidden Sun, Vana Imago, Á Nazaire.

Who's your biggest fan? 

There are several people who support me: composers, musicians, actors, music managers. The list is long and I would not like to mention one forgetting  the others.

What brings you inspiration the most?


I am keen on experimental films. I'm interested in mixing various art forms: from poetry to music to painting. Cinema is an important form of synthesis. I define myself as an intermedial artist.

Which actor or director would you like to work with?


I would accept to work as a composer and sound designer for various known directors.

Have you ever seen a film that was better than the book?


“Up in the Air” by Jason Reitman; “Apocalypse Now” by F.F. Coppola; “Red Alert” by Peter George; “Dr. Strangelove” by S. Kubrick; “Mr. Holmes” by B. Condon; “Metropolis” by F. Lang; Sideways by Alexander Payne…just to mention some.

What's the movie that taught you the most?
“Dead Poets Society”, a film directed by Peter Weir.“Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary!” It is a real lesson of life.

About your artistic career, have you ever had the desire to quit everything? 

No, never give up. Art is a difficult work, but it can pay you better than other jobs or careers.

And what scares you the most?

Ignorance, baseness and the desire to appear at all costs.

What's your next project?


I’m producing 4 different experimental films and I am engaged in the production of an all-Italian animated cartoon produced with the support of some producers and important Italian voice actors. In these projects I’m working as a director and composer.

You can steal the career of an artist you really admire, who do you choose? 


There  are a lot of people that I deeply admire: R. Scott, S. Kubrick, Spielberg, Tim Burton, J.J. Abrams, Christopher Nolan.W. Ruttmann, Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling and Oskar Fischinger on the experimental side.

For you Cinema is....


One of the greatest art forms because it involves several senses.

Do you think Black and white movies have a powerful impact?


Yes, I do. In B & W movies, tonal variations are caused by the combined action of light, scenography and costumes. Light has the determining functions of forming the grey scale and of separating objects from each other and from the background. On the aesthetic level, however, it gives volume and plasticity to objects, it divides space, marks time (day and night). The lack of color is balanced by chiaroscuro, soft focus, halos, silhouettes, shadows, oblique rays, reflections, bright backgrounds. The absence of color does not mean the absence of meaning; on the contrary, it helps to create narrative spaces by differentiating them in the same location or to articulate the psychology of the characters. Are you suggesting me to make a B & W film?

Have you ever dreamed of winning an Oscar?


No, but I could think about it….Dreams are meant to be fulfilled and to come true. I must admit that I'm more into experimental videos but I would like to work as a composer and sound designer for several known directors.

Do you think you're gonna win it? 

I am not used to discuss topics about the future especially my future. My work is silent, I love silence. Silence itself must be filled to become a form of art.