Francesco Gabriele

Francesco Gabriele (Sep. 15th, 1987) is an award-winning Italian director and producer based in London. He holds an MA in Filmmaking from the London Film School and is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles.

His short film, "Italian Miracle," played at over 40 festivals worldwide. It was nominated for Best Comedy and Best International Short at the Oscar & BAFTA Qualifying LA-Shorts Fest and won, among other awards, the Jury Award-Best Short at the Stony Brook Film Festival in New York and achieved international distribution.

In 2017, he directed his first feature-length film, "Blue Hollywood." Entirely filmed between London and Los Angeles, it had its UK Premiere at the BT Tower in London as the closing night film of the British Urban Film Festival and it was also screened in numerous festivals in Canada, Italy, Sweden, Bulgaria, Germany, China, Russia and the USA receiving mentions and awards.

Francesco is a member of Directors UK, a Lecturer in Digital Film Production at SAE Institute in Oxford, and a Lecturer in Screen Acting at St Mary's University in London.