Massimo Garlatti-Costa

Massimo Garlatti-Costa

film director & producer

I am an accreditated PIXEL LAB, EAVE, Ties That Bind and EURODOC producer.

I am an MA graduate in Television and Film Directing and Screenwriting at the Northern Media School at Sheffield Hallam University.

I graduate in Political Science / Sociology at the University of Triest in Italy. I worked for more than 15 years as film director and producer both in commercials, fiction, documentary and crossmedia both in Italy and in the UK where I lived for more then 10 years.

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Latest Works

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Skill
Achievement

92%

Directing
82%

Screenwriter
75%

Producer
66%

Art Direction
57%

Editing

Work
Experience

Film Director

Period: 1996 – present

film director

I worked for more than 15 years as film director both in commercials, fiction, documentary and crossmedia projects. I lived in Austria for two years and in the UK for almost 10 years studying and then working as a freelance screenwrite/director for independent production companies and for the BBC.
Producer

Period: 2007 – present

producer

I have been producing multi-media projects for international broadcast, arts and education for almost decades. I am a graduate of the prestigious EAVE (European Audio Visual Entrepreneurs) Ties That Bind, Power to the Pixel cross-media Lab and the Regional Eurodoc Programme, I have produced work for all media; audio, visual, print and web.
Screenwriter

Period: 1995 – 2015

Screenwriter

I started my career working as a freelance screenwriter, writing fiction films for several independent production company. I've written more then a dozen of short films for the BBC, films that I also directed. I still write my own scripts both for commercials and fiction.
University Lecturer

Period: 2004 – 2009

University Lecturer

I worked from 2004 to 2009 as a Lecturer in Creative Writing & Media at the University of Udine (Italy) and as a Lecturer in Film and New Media at the University Consortium of Friuli (University of Udine) in 2004 and again in 2011.
Editor

Period: 2004 – 2008

Editor

I've started editing at the Northern Media School at the Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield. I find editing compelling and fascinating. I was really lucky to work with talented editors both in the UK and in Italy. I have edited myself a three documentary series for Italian broadcaster RAI, series that I also directed.
College Lecturer

Period: 2004 – 2016

College Lecturer

From 2004 to 2016 I worked as a Lecturer teaching Filmmaking & New Media at several Colleges in Udine, Italy.