Nicola Barile

Nicola Barile (born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, February 5, 1962) is an Italian screenwriter, writer and director.

Considered one of the pioneers of animation in Campania, after having worked for several years at the screenplays of the soap-opera Un Posto al Sole, in 2003 he began to devote himself to writing for boys and, the following year, he published his first novel: "The skeletons in wardrobe" published by Tilapia / Colonnese. From this publication the character "Edo, the little prince of Sansereno" came to life, whom will become, a few years later, the protagonist of an animated movie made in co-production with Rai and broadcast on Rai Due. Parallel to his work as an author, he founded Tilapia, a leading production company for cartoons and educational products for children. In the decade 2003–2005 he collaborated at full speed with RAI, signing as a producer or as director the special "The mystery of Vergil's Egg" and "The song of the shepherds". In 2008 Barile wrote and directed an animated short film "Dalla cella alla brace", made together with the prisoners of the Secondigliano Prison, in the context of a cooking course entrusted to Gesco, a consortium of social cooperatives. In 2014 he produced for Peppino Di Capri the cartoon "Champagne" in honor of the 40th anniversary of the famous hit song. In 2015 he followed the direction of the docufilm "Arts and Crafts, Men at Work in Pompeii" presented at the XXVI International exhibition of archaeological cinema in Rovereto, in 2016 he leads the artistic direction of the successful series of commercials of coffee brand Caffè Borbone, signed by Giovanni Calvino, produced by TILE Storytellers, and then, in 2017, he comes back to the direction of the cartoon music video "Ninna nanna di sua Maestà", one of the songs by "Zecchino D'Oro" sung by the Antoniano choir of Bologna. Since 2019 Barile is the CCO of the production company TILE Storytellers.