Jacopo Spano'

Directing·Lavagna - Genoa - Liguria - Italy

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Jacopo Spanó, born in 2006 in Liguria, began making his first animated short films at a very young age using stop-motion techniques. At the age of 13, he started working as an assistant director for local productions. Between 2020 and 2023, he created several stylistic exercises through which he approached narrative filmmaking and directing. In 2024, at the age of 17, driven by his dream of cinema, he moved alone to Rome, where he completed high school. Between 2023 and 2025, collaborating with various collectives and productions, he directed four short films: L’UOMO CHE FOTOGRAFÓ LA DONNA PIÚ BELLA DEL MONDO, MERDA D’ARTISTA, L’UOMO PIÚ ODIATO DEL MONDO, and I PROBLEMATICI, ovvero: un amico e un’amica. His short films have been screened at the RIFF, Cinema Troisi, GOGA Film Fest, and Voci Fuoricampo, as well as at several film showcases throughout Italy and abroad. In 2025, he began working with various production companies and organizations, including Amazon Prime Video, Avventurosa, and Fosforo. During the same period, in Rome and elsewhere, he attended workshops, artistic residencies, and filmmaking labs. In November 2025, he won both the “Best Director” award and the “Best Short Film” award in the 42HRS category at the AS Film Festival. In February 2026, he won the “Pigneto Film Festival Award” at the Pianeta Mare Film Festival. The cinema of Jacopo Spanó is austere and deeply connected to the territory where he grew up, resulting in a dry, provincial perspective. His filmmaking draws heavily from Soviet and cinéma vérité traditions — from Sergei Eisenstein to Dziga Vertov — as well as from the French New Wave, particularly filmmakers such as François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard. His work seeks to take simple situations and overturn them, attempting to deconstruct the canonical grammar of cinema.

Film	Credit
Le linee dell'est2026 · Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Writer	Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Writer
I Problematici, ovvero: un amico e un'amica2026 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
M.T. - Mar Terreno2026 · Him, Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Him, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
SIGARETTE CRUDE: Le conseguenze dell'odio2025 · The guy, Director of Photography, Director	The guy, Director of Photography, Director
SIGARETTE CRUDE: Le conseguenze del caldo2025 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Razza già finita senza neanche cominciare (Dopo la rivoluzione)2025 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The most hated man in the world2025 · Narratore, Director, Writer, Producer	Narratore, Director, Writer, Producer
La voce del padrone2024 · Writer, Director of Photography	Writer, Director of Photography
Ci vuole del tempo2024 · Elio	Elio
Merda D'artista2024 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
18½2024 · Carlo, Producer	Carlo, Producer
S O N O G L I A L T R I2024 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The man who photographed the most beautiful woman in the world2024 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
Il grande volo2024 · The man, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	The man, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Una giornata conflittuale2023 · The agency boss, Producer, Director, Director of Photography	The agency boss, Producer, Director, Director of Photography
A suicide2023 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Nowhere Man2022 · Writer, Director of Photography, Director	Writer, Director of Photography, Director
White Wolf2022 · Bullo	Bullo
Long Time no seeStefano da giovane	Stefano da giovane
Anatomia di un pentimentoNarrator, Director, Writer, Producer	Narrator, Director, Writer, Producer
Shoot on the sicarioWriter, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Un polpo, ovvero: breve manuale per districarsi dalla malasorte nelle situazioni meno idoneeProducer	Producer
LA MAISON D'AUTRES, c'est-a'-dire: un coupable et un coupableDirector, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
EuridiceDirector, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography