Directing

Marco Vinz Pinnavaia

Biography

Marco Vinz Pinnavaia is an Italian writer and filmmaker born in 1993. In 2018, he published his first novel, the spaghetti western Puerto de Luna. He has lived in Milan, Lyon, Paris, and Rome, where he founded the Chuormo Collective, which promotes cinema through productions, screenings, events, and festivals from its headquarters in Testaccio. After attending a screenwriting course at the Accademia del Cinema Renoir, he began writing movies and series. Through his documentaries — Dreamland, Volare Volare!, Aleph, The Tales of Muzungu — he loves telling incredible stories on the margin of society. Il Mondo è Nostro, produced by Dianto Film, is his first fiction short film. In 2024, he took part in the Cinemabruzzo Campus artistic residency, where he co-directed a short-doc about the mountains entitled Davide, Where Are You? He is also the artistic director of the Felice Film Festival. His second novel, "Paris is a party", will be published soon. Between a movie and book he keep on his quest in the Universe…