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Luciano Silighini Garagnani
Luciano Silighini Garagnani at the Venice Film Festival in 2019
Born	(1976-02-23) 23 February 1976 (age 48) Genova, Italy
Occupation(s)	Filmmaker, Producer, Entrepreneur
Years active	1994–present

Biography

Enrolled in the faculty of theology, he worked between Milan and Los Angeles where he began collaborating first as a casting assistant and then as production manager and director.

In Italy he began working as an organizer and television manager since 1993, collaborating with Mediaset, Rai, MTV and Sky to then move on to become solely a film director and producer.

In 2000 he founded the company LSG with the task of providing management services and artistic consultancy both to companies and to TV productions as well as to the artists of the Italian television and cinema scene.

He made his feature film directorial debut with the short film Seline, producing it for RRE Italia. The film is presented at the EFM of the Berlin Film Festival and at the Venice Bridge of the Venice Film Festival in 2016, winning many international festivals. The German critics association awards him as best director for the short movie Seline. ^[1] He was also a television author and director as well as artistic director for some broadcasts of Raidue. He took the world spotlight in September 2018 after the protest in favor of Harvey Weinstein on Suspiria's red carpet at the Venice Film Festival wearing a t-shirt with the words "Weinstein is innocent".   ^[2]

Private life

He is married to actress Francesca La Gala, with whom he had a daughter, Alice.

Awards

·        Vdkuf award 2016 - German critics special award for Seline Hollywood independent short film festival 2016

·        Award for best short film Seline International film festival pc

·        Tamil Nadu 2016 - Nomination best film for Seline

·        Norway Tamil film festival - Best film award for Seline Filmography

Filmography

·        I tre attimi (1994)

·        21 giugno (2006)

·        It's Life (2013)

·        Seline (2015)

·        Italian disinterest (2015)

·        Friends forever (2016)

·        7 days, 7 girls (2017)

·        The Christ of Gamala (2017)

·        Match girl in LA (2018)

·        Seline: Return to the Kingdom (2018)

·        Le petite chaperon rouge (2018)

·        The Silence of the sea (2018)

·        Dance of the hearts (2018)

·        Uno di noi (2018)

·        Libera (2018)

·        Momo (2019)

Television

·        Proposal (2007)

·        Troppo Frigo (2007)

·        Ti tiro la sdraio (2008)

·        Beauty and the beach (2008)

·        The Ring (2008)

·        Leone Auz (2011)

Honours

•   Holy See: Knight Cross of the Benemerenti medal (15 January 2021)

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