Gianmarco D’Agostino was born in Arezzo in 1977 and graduated in Cinema History and Critical Analysis at the University of Florence.
After several years as editor and assistant director for cinema and tv productions, in 2002 he started writing, directing and producing short films, documentaries and promotional campaigns, commissioned by public institutions and bank foundations.
For the Fondazione CR Firenze he curated seven exhibitions, telling the provinces of Florence and Arezzo with interviews, documentaries, aerial cinematography and short movies, including La Fuga (The Escape), written with the novelist Marco Vichi.
GIANMARCO D'AGOSTINO
DIRECTOR
ADVAITA FILM FOUNDER
For the Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Cambiano he directed four art documentaries hosted by Antonio Paolucci, former director of the Vatican Museums, among which is Il Tempo di Michelangelo (Michelangelo’s Times) about the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican and the Medici family chapels in the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence.
Very interested in social issues, he has worked in projects about several topics: safety at work, HIV prevention, dyslexia, energy saving, development aid, detention. With prisoners in the jails of Florence and Ferrara he curated a storytelling project for a year, some of whom became the main characters of the documentary Oggi voglio parlare (Today I want to Talk), produced by Regione Toscana.
In 2015 he founded his production company Advaita Film , and produced a multimedia package displayed at the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore Museum, Florence, curated by Mons. Timothy Verdon, among which is La Volta del Cielo (The Vault of Heaven), a documentary about Brunelleschi and the Cupola of Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral.
The documentary Camminando sull’acqua (Walking on Water), about the tragic events of November 4th, 1966 when a flood devastated Florence, with outstanding and unreleased color footage, is his first independent film.
The film has been selected to more than 40 international film festivals, winning several awards, including Best Director, Best Documentary and Audience Choice Award.
GIANMARCO D'AGOSTINO
FILMOGRAPHY
2016-2003
2016 Foà legge Dante – Advaita Film (doc, 12′)
2015 Il Grande Museo del Duomo – Opera del Duomo di Firenze (12 doc, 83′)
2015 Frames from the WWI – Università degli Studi di Firenze (doc, 40′)
2015 Il Museo delle Storie di Pieve – Comune di Pieve di Cento (doc, 7′)
2014 La Chiesa di Santa Reparata – Opera del Duomo di Firenze (doc, 6’)
2014 Il Grande Museo del Duomo – Opera del Duomo di Firenze (3D virtual tour, 5’)
2013 Don Giovanni in Jerusalem – Jerusalem Opera (video art for Don Giovanni in Jerusalem, 30’)
2013 Viaggio in Valdelsa – Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Cambiano (doc with Antonio Paolucci, 51’)
2012 Oggi voglio parlare – Today I Want to Talk– Regione Toscana, GD Film (doc, 51’)
2012 Un pomeriggio con Cirano – An afternoon with Cirano– GD Film (doc with italian singer Francesco Guccini, 8’)
2012 I segreti del Casentino – Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze (exhibition with 7 documentaries, 30’)
2011 La fabbrica del nulla – GD Film (documentary with Italian composer Massimo Buffetti, 12’)
2011 Una mattina con Jovanotti – A morning with Jovanotti– GD Film (doc with italian singer Jovanotti, 14’)
2011 Vivo in Val di Chiana – Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze (exhibition with 7 documentaries, 26’)
2010 Il tempo di Michelangelo – The times of Michelangelo– Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Cambiano (2 docs with Antonio Paolucci, 58’)
2010 La fuga – The escape– Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, GD Film (short fiction, 15’)
2010 Viaggio a Nord-Ovest – Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze (exhibition with 6 documentaries, 33’)
2009 Nessuna pietà – No mercy – Emergency, GD Film (doc, 12’)
2009 Per me la Sicurezza è… – INAIL (10 tv commercials, 30’’)
2009 Settembre in Mugello e Val di Sieve – SEPTEMBER IN MUGELLO AND VAL DI SIEVE – Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze (docu-fiction, 29’)
2009 In volo da Mugello alla Val di Sieve – Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze (exhibition with 3 documentaries, 16’)
2008 Vita Augustini di Benozzo Gozzoli – Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Cambiano (documentary hosted by Antonio Paolucci, 26’)
2008 Viaggio in Valdarno – Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze (exhibition and a docu-fiction, 35’)
2008 Illuminare il futuro – Consiglio Regionale della Toscana (doc, 26’)
2007 La nostra Africa – Consiglio Regionale della Toscana (doc, 26’)
2006 Come una macchia di cioccolato – Associazione Italiana Dislessia (doc, 15’)
2005 Chianti e Dintorni – Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze (exhibition with 3 documentaries, 27′)
2003 Un Viaggio che dura da un Millennio – Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze (exhibition with 3 documentaries, 35′)
