Gabriele Mainetti

Gabriele Mainetti (Rome, 1976) is a director, actor, composer, and cinema producer. After his two shorts, BASETTE, selected the Locarno Festival, and TIGER BOY, shortlisted for an Oscar nomination he directed LO CHIAMAVANO JEEG ROBOT (THEY CALLED ME JEEG – 2015), produced by his own company, Goon Films. The film won several awards including seven David di Donatello (Italian Academy Awards), two Silver Ribbons (Nastri d’argento – Italian Film Journalists Awards), four Ciak d’Oro and the Golden Globe from the foreign press in Italy. FREAKS OUT is his second feature film.