Name Antonino Valvo
Country Italy
Biography
Antonino Valvo was born in Milan in 1986.
After graduating in Communication Sciences, he graduated from the Luchino Visconti Civic School of Cinema. In 2011 he began working as assistant director, collaborating over the years with more than fifty directors.
In 2012 he founded the See Mars studio, specializing in the production of mixed media content, mixing live action and 2d animation and stop motion. In 2014 he joined the Almòst Videolab collective. Since 2018 he has been a freelance director, alternating his profession in the commercial sector (advertising and TV) and in the narrative sector, directing and producing short films and documentaries awarded at national and international festivals.
He continued his training with particular interest in the direction of the actors: in 2015 at the London Film School with the British director Tim Fywell, in 2018 with the casting director Valentina Materiale, and in 2019 with an intensive masterclass directed by John Strasberg.
Since 2016 he has been a member of AIR3, the Italian Directors Guild and in 2018 he was appointed as vice president. He has held in-depth speeches on the profession, workshops and tutoring at the University of Milan, the Catholic University, the Luchino Visconti Civic School of Cinema and the Sae Institute. Since 2020 he has been teaching at NABA.