ADELFIANO OBERTO cinema CV

CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Information
Name
ADELFIANO OBERTO
Address
110b Bravington Road, W9 3AL, Maida Vale, London, United Kingdom
Mobile phone
+44 (0) 757 09 33 584
E-mail
[email protected]
Website
www.cargocollective.com/adeloberto
Nationality
Italian
Date of birth
11/08/1984
Gender
Male
Work Experience
Director short film The Fisherman
July 2013 - Ongoing
Screenplay; casting direction; actors’ direction; £ 3.000 fund-raising through private investors; budget distribution plan;
production organisation; post-production coordination
Montallegro Productions
2nd Assistant Director corporate videos E-motion
May – July 2013
Assistant for the direction of worldwide-corporate-videos for Costa Ferries: casting directing; actors directing; extras
directing; production organisation; coordination private collaborators; post-production assistant coordination
E-motion
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3rd Assistant Director (not credited) feature film Il Sole a Catinelle
May – June 2013
I have been helping daily with the shooting of the feature directed by Gennaro Nunziante and played by Checco Zalone,
when the production was based in Santa Margherita Ligure (GE): assistant in casting directing; extras directing;
production organisation
Taodue
Editor documentary film Bollezzumme
March - September 2013
Audio and video files synch; editing of the two-hundred-hour footage under the direction of Michele Capozzi; basic
sound-design
CISA srl
Assistant Script Editor TV-series Bertolaso: An Italian Hero
October - November 2012
Assistant for the script of the fictional Tv-series about the head of the civil protection Guido Bertolaso, Head of the Italian
Civil Protection until 2009. He was famous and respected between the Italian until he got arrested for a corruptionscandal following the terrible earthquake in L’Aquila in 2009. A typical Italian story.
E-motion
Translator art catalogue ABC-ARTE Gallery
September 2012 – October 2012
Translator from Italian to English of the exhibition-catalogue ‘A supposedly fun thing I’ll never do again’ by the
international artist Matteo Negri for ABC-ARTE Gallery, Genoa
ABC-ARTE Gallery
Editor short film The Color Of Chance
September 2012
Audio and video files synch; editing of the 5-hour-footage under the direction of Filippo Torello Rovereto; basic sounddesign
SpecchioFilm
Assistant Editor TV pilot Born With It
August 2012
Audio and video files synch; editing of the pilot TV episode under the direction of Chyna Desveaux; basic sound-design
BWI Production
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Assistant Editor promo La petite Congolaise
August 2012
Audio and video files synch; editing of the promotional video under the direction of Janet Marret ; basic sound-design
Mediathirsty Productions
Director and Producer viral video Rossini’s Toothbrush
July 2012
Screenplay; casting direction; actors’ direction; production organisation; post-production coordination; video distribution
on Youtube and internet channels
Montallegro Productions
Editor short film Leftovers
June – July 2012
Audio and video files synch; editing of the short-film story under the direction of Varun Kanish; basic sound-design
Leftovers Production
Editor web-tv channel Gidiculture
April – May 2012
Audio and video files synch; editing of the interviews with rappers Ice Prince and Olu Maintain under the direction of
Bella Adepeju; video distribution on Youtube and internet channels
Gidiculture TV
Director short film Il Conte
"Golden Lenzing Award - Festival of Nations", 2013, Austria
"Audience Award - 11th Beijing Film Academy Festival", 2012, China
July 2011 – March 2012
Story and screenplay; casting direction; actors’ direction; £ 10.000 fund-raising through the NFTS; budget distribution
plan; production organisation; post-production coordination
NFTS (National Film and Television School)
Film distribution: "Bari International Film Festival", 2013, Italy - "KAN Film Festival", 2013, Wroclaw, Poland "International Student Short Film Festival of Cergy-Pontoise", 2013, France - "Ca' Foscari International Short Film
Festival", 2013, Venice, Italy - "International Festival, a film for Peace", 2013, Udine, Italy - "Genova Film Festival",
2013, Italy - "FAMU Fresh Film Festival", 2012, Prague, Czech Republic
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Director and Producer short film Chasing Bobby
"Golden Lenzing Award - Festival of Nations", 2013, Austria
"Critics' Prize - 15th Genova Film Festival", 2012, Italy
“Special Mention for the Editing - Maremetraggio International Short Film Festival", 2013, Trieste, Italy
January – June 2011
Story and screenplay; casting direction; actors’ direction; £ 2.000 fund-raising through the NFTS; budget distribution
plan; production organisation; post-production coordination
NFTS (National Film and Television School)
Film distribution: "KAN Film Festival", 2013, Wroclaw, Poland - "Festival of Nations", 2013, Lenzing, Austria "EfeboCorto Film Festival", 2013, Castelvetrano, Italy - "Lago Film Fest", 2013, Revine Lago, Italy - "International
Student Short Film Festival of Cergy-Pontoise", 2013, France - "International Short Film Festival of India", 2013,
Chennai, India - "Portobello Film Festival", 2012, London, United Kingdom
Director and Producer short film A Woman
"Best Mini Film - Kraktaforma International Short film Festival", 2013, Serbia
"Best Film of Social Orientation - Kazan International Festival of Cinema", 2013, Republic of Tatarstan – Russia
"Best Micro Film - Festival Art Deco de Cinema", 2013, Sao Paulo, Brazil
"Best 5 minute fiction film prize' - Beginning Film Festival", 2012, Saint Petersburg, Russia
“Mention Arte e Arti - Valsusa Film Fest", 2013, Italy
December 2010 – March 2011
Screenplay; casting direction; actors’ direction; £ 1.500 fund-raising through the Genova Liguria Film Commission;
budget distribution plan; production organisation; post-production coordination
Montallegro Productions and Genova Liguria Film Commission
Film distribution: "Human Rights Film Festival of Barcelona/New York City/Paris", 2013, Spain/USA/France - "Sopot Film
Festival", 2013, Poland - "In the Palace, International Short Film Festival", 2013, Bulgaria - "Grenzland Filmtage", 2013,
Selb, Germany - "International Short Film Festival of India", 2013, Chennai, India - "International Motion Festival", 2013,
Nicosia, Cyprus - "Filofest Film Festival", 2012, Ljubljana, Slovenia - "Sorbonne University Lesson”, Prof. Kristian Feigelson
Director 16mm short film Sacrosanct
September – December 2010
Story and screenplay; casting direction; actors’ direction; £ 4.000 fund-raising through the NFTS; budget distribution
plan; production organisation; post-production coordination
NFTS (National Film and Television School)
Film distribution: "I See God Film Festival", 2012, Moscow, Russia - "Motion Festival", 2013, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Theatre Director theatre piéce Ferris Wheel
May - June 2010
Casting direction; actors’ direction under the supervision of Walter Meierjohann
SOHO Theatre
Director 16mm short film Cogito ergo Shoot!
January - April 2010
Story and screenplay; casting direction; actors’ direction; £ 800 fund-raising through the NFTS
NFTS (National Film and Television School)
Film distribution: "Next International Film Festival - Next Comedy Night", 2013, Bucharest, Romania - "Genova Film
Festival", 2011, Italy
2nd Assistant Director promos Genoa Boat Show
September - November 2009
Assistant for Fiera di Genova in the direction of promotional videos for the ‘Genoa Boat Show’; production organisation;
coordination private collaborators; post-production assistant coordination
Fiera di Genova - Genoa Boat Show
Producer short film Funeral
June – August 2009
£ 4.000 fund-raising through private investors; production organisation; hiring private collaborators; budget distribution
plan; post-production coordination under the direction of Livio Basoli
Montallegro Productions
2nd Assistant Director promos UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency)
March – May 2009
Assistant in the direction of promos for the UNHCR; production organisation; coordination private collaborators; postproduction assistant coordination
Producer music videoclip Blooming Trees
December 2008 – February 2009
£ 1.200 fund-raising through the Suburban Base band; production organisation; hiring private collaborators; budget
distribution plan; post-production coordination under the direction of Michele Cadei
Montallegro Productions
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2nd Assistant Director Tv format Trust Your friend!
September – December 2008
Assistant in the direction of the Italian television format ‘Trust your friend!’ for the University of Pisa; production
organisation; budget distribution; post-production coordination under the direction of Federico Zatti
University of Pisa
Director short film White Story
“Best Film Obiettivo Liguria Prize - Genova Film Festival”
March 2008 – January 2009
Story and screenplay; casting direction; actors’ direction; £ 8.000 fund-raising through privates and the So.ge.Gross.
company; budget distribution plan; production organisation; post-production coordination for One Drop Studio
Director documentary film Mobility
January – March 2008
Story and screenplay; casting direction; actors’ direction; £ 3.000 fund-raising through the Town Council of Pisa; budget
distribution plan; production organisation; post-production coordination
Town Council of Pisa and University of Pisa
Director art interview OM Interviews OM About OM
November – December 2007
Casting direction; actors’ direction; production organisation; post-production coordination
Montallegro Productions
Film distribution: ‘16th Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean – Bjcem’, 2013, Ancona, Italy ‘Experimental Italian Cinema, 2008, Rome, Italy - Distributed through Italy and Europe by ‘Tracce art magazine’, 2008
Director and Producer short film Damned Stanley Milgram
June - September 2007
Story and screenplay; casting direction; actors’ direction; £ 5.000 fund-raising through privates; budget distribution plan;
production organisation; post-production coordination
One Drop Studio
Journalist editorials Venice Film Festival
August – September 2006
Reportages from the 63rd Venice Film Festival for the Italo – American magazine ’U.S. Italia Weekly’
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2nd Assistant Director feature film Marco Bellocchio’s Sorelle Mai
June – July 2006
2nd assistant for Marco Bellocchio during the ‘Farecinema’ film-laboratory trough which the Italian Maestro shot his
movie: assistant for casting direction; actors’ direction; production organisation; coordination private collaborators
Rai Cinema and Kavac Film
3rd Assistant Director feature film Days and Clouds
May – June 2006
Assistant in casting directing; extras directing; production organisation
Lumiere & Co.
Director short film Canon In D
April – June 2006
Story and screenplay; casting direction; actors’ direction; £ 1.000 fund-raising through the Genova Liguria Film Commission
Film distribution: National Film Centre, 2006, Rome, Italy - ‘Biennial of Cinema for Peace’, 2006, Pisa, Italy ‘Premio Dams Film Festival’, 2006, Bologna,Italy
Public Relations Assistant press office administration Venice Film Festival
August– September 2005
Assistant for the press release of the 62nd Venice Film Festival; phone and email communications; Festival meetings
organisation; communication with Festival customers and guests
Venice Film Festival
Assistant administration Teatro Della Tosse
April - July 2005
Assistant for the administration and the press release of the Teatro della Tosse in Genoa; phone and email
communications; company meetings organisation; communication with customers and guests; translation from Italian to
English of documents and press-office communications
Teatro della Tosse
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Education and Training
National Film and Television School (NFTS)
January 2010 - March 2012
Master of Fine Arts Degree ‘in ‘Directing Fiction’
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Director of 4 short films produced by the NFTS under the supervision of producers Nik Powell and Lynda Myles
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Masterclasses with directors Terry Glliam, Alan Parker, Darren Aronofsky, Sergey Dvortzevoy, Roger Michell
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‘Digital Fiction project’ with director Stephen Frears
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‘Visual Narrative courses’ with director Ian Sellar;
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‘Directing actors and perfomances courses’ with directors Brian Gilbert and Udayan Prasad
University of Pisa, Literature and Philosophy Faculty
September 2003 – July 2008
Bachelor and Master Degree with Honors in ‘Cinema, Theatre and Multimedia production’
‘Cinema theories’ by Prof. Lorenzo Cuccu - ‘Audio-visual theories’ by Prof. Alessandra Lischi - ‘Documentary films about art’
by Doct. Gianluca Paoletti - ‘Directing film’ by Prof. Daniele Segre - ‘Directing television’ by Doct. Federico Zatti - ‘Modern
art history’ by Prof. Cinzia M. Sicca - ‘Literature theories’ by Prof. Francesco Orlando - ‘Film screenplay’ by Doct. Roan
Johnson - ‘Film and painting’ by Prof. Lucia Cardone - ‘Film and music’ by Prof. Pier Marco De Santi - ‘History of
contemporary art’ by Prof. Fabrizio D’Amico - ‘History of theatre perfomance’ by Prof. Anna Barsotti.
Liceo Ginnasio Andrea D’Oria in Genoa
September 1998 – July 2003
High School Diploma with Honors in Classical Studies
Italian literature, Latin literature and language, ancient Greek literature and language, English literature and language,
history, art history, philosophy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, natural sciences
Conservatory of Music Niccolò Paganini in Genoa
September 1994 – July 2004
8th Year Diploma in Piano Perfomance
‘Main piano’ 8-year-course with Prof. Giuseppe Bisio and Prof. Maurizio Guidi; ‘Theory and solfeggio’ 3-year-course;
‘History of music’ 2-year-course with Prof. Roberto Iovino; ‘Music harmony’ 2-year-course with Prof. Giacomo Cavo
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Personal Skills and Competence
Native Language
Italian
Other languages
Understanding
Listening
Speaking
Writing
Reading
English
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
French
Elementary
Elementary
Elementary
Elementary
Russian
Elementary
Elementary
Elementary
Elementary
Social skills and competence
Great team spirit, developed at school, playing team sports (football and waterpolo) and attending several English
courses in Canterbury and Guildford, England, in the years 1997 and 1998. I lived the same kind of experience in 1999,
at the Columbia University in New York, NY, and in 2001, hosted by an American family in San Francisco, CA.
I showed an excellent ability to adapt to any kind of situation since my childhood, living in United States from 1984 to
1991, and later in Italy and the United Kingdom.
Organisational skills and competence
Great sense of organisation, leadership and management in a team project. I developed this ability directing films and
being responsable for a team made by ten or more professionals.
Technical skills and competence
Proficient user of Final Cut Pro X, 7 and Adobe Premiere. Great knowledge and experience with film cameras: 35mm,
16mm, Arri Alexa, Panasonic HVX 200, Canon DSLRs. Beginner user of Avid Media Composer and After Effects.
Artistic skills and competence
I play the piano and guitar. I compose instrumental music and rock songs by myself. I play football very well, I love tennis
and swimming.
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