Simone Gandolfo

SIMONE GANDOLFO
Born in Imperia on 5/3/1980


Trained in production and directing at the New York Film Academy (New York) between 2008 and 2009.

Languages spoken: English (good) French (school-level) Spanish (school-level)


In 2010 he founded Macaia Film together with Manuel Stefanolo.

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In January 2012 he was executive producer and director of "Cose Cattive” ("Evil Things”) produced by Luca Argentero’s Inside Productions and Macaia Film. The production was screened in December 2012 at the Noir Courmayeur Film Festival.
In 2013 he was executive producer of the documentary series "Pericolo Verticale” presented by Luca Argentero
In 2017 he was executive producer of the documentary series "Angeli del Mare” ("Angels of the Sea”), produced by Samarcanda Film
Since 2015 he has been President of the Valle D’Aosta Film Commission.
In 2018, he produced and handled the executive production of "Vera de Verdad”, which won a call for production incentives launched by the regional government of Liguria, the prestigious international co-production competition Ibermedia, and was optioned by Sky Italia. The film was made in 2019 and premiered at the 2020 Turin Film Festival. In 2019 he began work as producer and executive producer of the cinema production "616”, winning the call for development launched by the regional government of Liguria, and signing a co-production agreement with the production company Propaganda Italia. 2019 also saw him join the board of directors of AGICI (a producers’ association linked to Confcommercio), and start developing, as producer and executive producer, the film "Aspettando i Naufraghi” ("Waiting for the Castaways”, based on Orso Tosco’s novel published by Minimum Fax), which won the call for development launched by the regional government of Liguria. In summer 2019 he handled the executive production, on behalf of Palomar, of the shooting in Puglia of the Netflix film "La vita davanti a sé” ("The Life Ahead”), directed by Edoardo Ponti and starring Sophia Loren. In 2020 he started the development as producer and executive producer of the film "Il professore di Religione” ("The RE Teacher”) In 2020, on behalf of Viola Film, he was the line producer for the "Calabria Terra Mia” advertising campaign directed by Gabriele Muccino and starring Raul Bova. In 2020, on behalf of Viola Film, he was Production Manager of the international TV series "Funeral For a Dog”, produced by Flare Entertainment and Sky Germany. Between 2020 and 2021, he was executive producer and line producer of the Maze Entertainment film "Zeros and Ones”, directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Ethan Hawke. In 2021, on behalf of Viola Film, he was Line Producer for the TV series "Malinconico, Avvocato” directed by Alessandro Angelini and produced by Viola Film and Rai Fiction. In 2021 he was executive producer and line producer on the Netflix film "Stromboli”, produced by the Dutch company Levitate Film.