Michele nasce in una calda mattina dell’agosto 1991. A sette anni riceve una telecamera MiniDV, girando così il suo primo kolossal con i parenti durante la festa di Natale.
Si laurea in Lettere e Filosofia e poi viene preso nella classe di regia della Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti di Milano.
Michele ha imparato che il pubblico non perdona le false emozioni quindi per le sue storie cerca sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso nel quotidiano.
Nel 2015 il sito Flickr mette mi vendita alcune delle sue fotografie. “34 metri” è stato pubblicato sulle maggiori testate giornalistiche web e ora il suo spot “Tutto il resto non è noia” è in proiezione nei cinema.
Il suo primo documentario “Y” è in fase di distribuzione.

Born in 1992, he graduated in 2016 in Film Directing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. He made his debut in 2015 with the feature film “Il Nostro Ultimo”, participating in festivals all over the world. In 2017 his short film “Pipinara” was a finalist in the five of the Nastri d’Argento, before being presented at the 75th Venice International Film Festival. In 2019 he writes and directs the third season of Skam Italia (now on Netflix), adaptation of the successful Norwegian series of the same name. On November 27, his second feature film “La belva”, an action film with Fabrizio Gifuni, was released on Netflix. In recent years he has collaborated with various brands including Peugeot, Mercedes, Alitalia and many others.

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Award-winning actress, she has been among the protagonists of many successful films including Rain Man where she starred with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman, Quentin Tarantino’s Four Rooms, Chaos Calmo, Giulia non esce la sera, Il capitale umano, Il ragazzo invisibile, Storia d’amore and Per amor vostro with which she won two Coppa Volpi as best actress.
During her career she has collected 3 David di Donatello, 4 Nastri d’argento, 3 Italian Golden Globes and 3 Gold Ciak. In 2013 she made her debut as a director with the film Miele, presented at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. In 2018 she directed Euforia. The film, competing for Queer Palm at the Cannes Film Festival, earned several David di Donatello nominations including Best Director, Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.

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Studio Antimateria develop ideas and innovative products through digital arts and new technology aesthetics, applying them to a minimal look and feel always looking at the contemporaneity, and working with a multidisciplinary team who can work on every expressive possibilities.

Founded in 2010, Interactive Lab got its start building interactive multi-touch installations.
A few years later the company began to work with all types of experiential and interactive projects to achieve more engaging experiences for the customers.
Interactive Lab services include custom-made VR experiences, interactive installations and presentations, immersive content and 360° video production, and whatever else comes to mind that is connected to using cutting-edge technologies in launching, promoting, and presenting your product.

Javier is a very complete and versatile argentine director member of Rebolucion since 2013 and formed under the mentorship of Armando Bo.
He studied film director at CIEVYC (Escuela de Cine de Buenos Aires) and at the NFA in New York. During his career he has achieved a personal style of narration, close to fiction documentary, that has given him an increasing recognition, based on his emotional and honest approach but also the ability of creating atmospheres of irreverent humor and comedy.
He is now one of the most required directors for Argentinian and Latinamerican agencies, due to his personal treatment of the projects and the particular vision he imprints in everything he shoots.
Javier has already been awarded with two Film Bronzes in the 2015 Cannes Lions, apart from El Ojo de Iberomérica, El Sol and El Lapiz de Oro, Clio and LIA Awards.

As an advertising creative Rodrigo Saavedra travelled the world working for agencies like Mother London, WK Amsterdam, Santo Buenos Aires and Africa São Paulo – before deciding to focus on directing in 2013.A natural storyteller, Rodrigo has directed films for global brands such as Corona, Uber, Nissan, Ford Mustang, VW, Chivas Regal, Mizuno and Budweiser. His spot for Scrabble scored a bronze this year too, after it quickly went viral, with Time magazine describing it as “the perfect love story for word nerds”.This year Rodrigo premiered his branded short film ‘The Red Stain’ at Sundance. The film was a comedy written and directed by him for the Francis Ford Coppola Winery.

Alessandro De Leo is a director born and raised in Milan, Italy. In 2014 he cofounded the directing duo To Guys, whose clients included such advertising agencies as: DLVBBDO, Leo Burnett, McCann, Dude, along with other recognized companies and brands. In 2018 Alessandro branched out as a solo director to expand his own artistic and professional portfolio. His stylistic approach focuses on storytelling that combines comedy with a dream-like quality. His sensual imagery creates a powerful link between reality and fantasy. A relatable yet altered universe in which beauty is painted by stunning contrasts which provoke visceral responses. It is in exploring these contrasts that gives Alessandro the inspiration to create iconic imagery with indelible impact. In the last years he has worked with several brands like Yoox, Fiat, Decathlon, MSGM, Tiscali, KFC, Fonzies and many others.

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FLUUUID is a collective of creative coders based across England and France.
They acquired several years in the business at top level working on the development and creativity of interactive digital experience.
They invest a lot of time in R&D with new web technology as WebGL pushing further the boundaries of what is doable in terms of digital experiences.

Marino is a designer who enjoys exploring human emotions in order to find the true meaning of things.
He love storytelling through video creation, graphic design, visual installations and live performances, always searching for undiscovered insights, a deeper awareness and an innovative way to alter the gradients of language, thus allowing me to express an idea in a unique manner.
During his career he explore from coding to tailoring, always thrilled by new discoveries. He has experience in concepting, directing and executing a wide range of advertising, video and interactive projects.
He currently based between Milan and Amsterdam.

D. Eceolaza is a young Spanish director based in Berlin. He crafts powerful stories and visual portraits using gripping, emotional narratives. He is driven by a life-long passion for the visual arts, literature and film. His body of work is characterised by a uniquely poetic aesthetic that pays tribute to the beauty and details that can be found in everyday life. Daniel also has a great taste for the choice of non-trivial faces and highly skilled actors. As a writer and director, Daniel has worked with a handful of internationally acclaimed artists as well as a series of established brands, such as BMW, Coca Cola, Playstation, Sony and Deutsche Grammophon.

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MONOGRID is a Digital Studio, specialized in the creation and the strategic consulting for the digital products. MONOGRID put technology at full service of the creativity in order to realize interactive digital experiences from web to VR. The goal is to have quality and innovation as the keywords of our works and our approach allows us to develop what hasn’t been done yet.

Wolfberg is a Prague-based directorial duo formed by Jan Kalvoda and Premysl Ponahly. Ponahly was previously Art Director while Kalvoda directed award-winning work as a Copywriter. In 2008 they came together as a director’s duo, establishing themselves globally in the advertising industry and winning numerous awards. Jan and Premysl are great at directing live action, VFX, and using alternative film techniques with a hand-crafted visual approach. Their films are characterized by a unique visual style, dry humour and fresh and spontaneous storytelling Wolfberg’s films come to life from a wide range of unconventional ideas, that always add a personal and unique touch to every story. Their film has an international dimension and, thanks to their ability to direct the actors, they always manage to give an innovative touch to their projects without losing even an ounce of truthfulness

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When Elena Trapé is not directing she is bored to death. She loves teamwork and challenges. Despite having a feature-length film, a series of short films and a substantial number of commercials in her curriculum, if you try to ask her what she thinks her best work is, she will respond that the best is undoubtedly the next. Distinctive characteristics: a strong desire to always participate in new projects, and to continue to learn and tell stories that no one has ever told before. Elena has had a degree in Cinema and Direction from the University of Barcelona, a Diploma at the School of Cinema and Audiovisuals at Catalunya- ESCAC (2000-2004), a Postgraduate Diploma in Cultural Management from the University of Barcelona (1999-2000) and a degree in Art History from the autonomous University of Barcelona (1994-1999).

Marco Missano was born on February 21 1984 in Agropoli (SA), Italy. Since he was a child he has cultivated his passion for cinema. He remembers with pleasure his first electronic equipment,a VCR.
 In 2003 at the age of nineteen he decide to move to Rome to start the career as a film director. He enrolled in the course of “Direction and Audiovisual Production at IED, European Institute of Design. Marco makes his first videoclip completely made in stop motion, winning numerous awards. He is writing his first feature film, developing, producing and directing music videos for italian and international artists.

The Studio Les Vandales creates 2D and 3D animation films. They are based in Paris where they design and produce creative content, digital films and brand experiences for corporate events. They are skilled in the whole production chain, from design, to art direction and production of animation films. Their clients include Blizzard, Dior, Lancome, Nike, BNP Parisbas, Dassault and Etam.

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Dolce & Kowski embrace todays demand of hybrid production. As a film directing and still photography duo, they operate in the borderland of shooting film and stills simultaneously. Their individual backgrounds in filmmaking and photography bring the best of the two worlds to the screen.
The duo consists of Christophe Dolcerocca and Sune Czajkowski.
Christophe’s background lies in classical cinema and storytelling, though his sense of beauty and elegance has led him to direct commercial work in the genres of beauty, fashion, lifestyle and emotional storytelling. Additionally Christophe is a unique strong film editor, which is a force adding to the duo.
Sune grew up between Denmark and West-Africa, before installing himself as a fashion photographer in Paris, since Copenhagen. His multi-cultural background serves as the foundation for his visual style, combining his Scandinavian outlook with the Parisian elegance, embodying his timeless and worldly sense of beauty.

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Santiago was born in Madrid in 1977, his passion for cinema has begun in his earlier years. He moved to Barcelona and studied at the Centre d’Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya. He has shot three feature films, the firts one (“El truco”) was awarded with three Goya Prices. His latest film “Scorpion in love” features Javier Bardem. Santiago has won a Silver Lion with his “Lottery” campaign. For Think Cattleya he worked with internationally renowned brand such as McDonald’s and Infinity. Santiago’s films has always been linked to social issues; he uses cinema as an attempt to brak the walls of both collective and individual consciousness telling and shaping stories from real life..

Yvonne Sciò’s development is rich and diversified; she lived for many years in the United States and then Italy, France and Spain. The Premium Italian Theatre scene is the foundation of her capability as a dramatic actor as much as comedian. The workshops in LA, at the Strasberg Institute and with Michele Danner, and the stages all around Italy under Mario Monicelli ‘s direction (in “Le Relazioni Pericolose” with Laura Morante and Dominique Sanda) have been essential. She came back for a short period on the American stage and then she moved to Italy where she is working in Independent productions. Yvonne is also producing for Web and Television, notably a beautiful interactive fairy tale “The Velveteen Rabbit” , which can be downloaded for free for IPad on ITunes platform and the documentary “ Roxanne Lowit magic Moments” about successful career of Roxanne Lowit, fashion and celebrities photographer.  www.yvonnescio.com

Montreal-based duo Julien Vallée and Eve Duhamel, or as they’re more widely known, Vallée Duhamel, continually surprise and delight by directing complex narratives that combine art direction, design, and hand-rigged objects with high-end production techniques.
Their pieces for Google and Hermés and their last independent short film Strangers showcase their synthesis of techniques: sometimes stop-motion, sometimes very basic visual effects (in the style of George Méliès), sometimes CGI.
The secret of their style lies in freeing themselves from the limit of some techniques and rather using them as a toolbox to employ depending on each idea.

Nicola Sorcinelli is a young and brilliant italian director. Starting his artistic career since he was a young boy, Nicola has been straight away selected by the most important international Film Festivals and earned more than 90 international rewards. In 2016 he has been awarded as Best Director Revelation at European Film Festival and the italian newspaper “Il Resto del Carlino” rates him in the top 100 new young italian prides. In 2017 he earned the “Nastro D’Argento” award for the short “Moby Dick”.

Leone Balduzzi is an all around creative talent. Born in the year when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer, he moved to Milan to complete his studies, majoring in Communication Sciences. While finishing university, he began working as an editor and photographer with major music magazines. Music allowed him to approach the world of videoclips and to attain his dream of becoming a director. At age 22 he directed his first videoclips and soon established himself as an emerging talent, winning several awards and recognitions. From videoclips his interest shifted to advertising, and he began directing commercials for the Italian, French, German and Portuguese market. Over the years he never abandoned his hobby of photography, and later began shooting for fashion campaigns, publishing his first illustrated book, Friendly. His style is elegant but at the same time avant-garde; he loves to research and experiment with new communication languages. With Think | Cattleya Leone directed a Christmas campaign for Ogilvy Calvé Roma.

Cric are two directors who came out of nowhere, emerging from the dusty volumes of Heidegger or leaping out from the intertwined letters of some medieval miniature. Totally unaware of the rules and mechanisms of the system, like the naive characters of Russell, Cric made their company, unaware that it was impossible. Without having any clients, they wrote and directed the self produced commercial “Perché tu mi piaci.” Poste Italiane fell in love, and in a few weeks Cric had earned themselves two and a half million views, an agreement for a second commercial, a Cannes Lion, an ADCI, and a spot on various shortlists. They love to tell true and genuine stories and their style is flat and blunt. They cannot stand the advertising style that disconnects from reality. If you wish to recognize them on set, know that Davide is the tall and handsome one, and Clem is the other.

Augusto de Fraga was born in October, 1978, in the Azores Islands. He studied Audiovisual Communication in Portugal and then moved to Barcelona to extend his studies at the Universidad Autónoma. In 2001 he went to the United States where he attended the New York Film Academy. He won a Silver Shell at the San Sebastian Advertising Festival with his first commercial as director for the Sitges Cinema Festival. Since that time, he has made several commercials, both domestically as well as internationally. During his career Augusto has worked with many international stars in the world of sport such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Iniesta, Puyol, Guardiola, José  Mourinho, Cesc Fabregas, Rafa Nadal, David Villa and Luis Figo.

Dos Ex Maquina is the duo of Sebastian Leda and Francisco D’Amorim Lima. Both from Argentina, the two filmmakers currently live in Los Angeles. In 2010, they won a Golden Lion at Cannes with their commercials for the Argentina New Cinema Film Festival shot for Conill Advertising. With these films, and the subsequent campaigns, they were shortlisted at Cannes in 2011, they won two FIAP in 2010, three FIAP in 2011, a Gold  at the Ojo de Ibero-america, and arrived as finalists at The Cup and the Festival del Sol. Thanks to this series of success they become the most acclaimed directors in the context of the Hispanic market in the United States for 2010 and 2011.

After graduating in architecture and acquiring experience as a theatre directer, Pietro Follini went into advertising as an art director in 1980. At the successful completion of his brilliant career for advertising agencies such as BBDO, TBWA, DDB, Leo Burnett and DMB & B, he made his directorial debut with a commercial in 1990. With his comic verve and stylistic attention, Follini creates increasingly important campaigns, earning himself numerous awards including the special mentions from the Art Director’s Club and a Lion at Cannes. His works range from comedy to action, from acting to stop-motion, creating memorable commercials for brands such as Renault Twingo, Aperol, Pioneer, VWPolo, ENI, Stream, RAI, Algida and Molinari. His most recent commercials have been created for Italian and international customers such as Toyota, McDonalds, Regione Calabria, Replay and Bertolli. With Think | Cattleya he directed two episodes of the association between Q8 and Blady&Roversi.

After having directed multiple feature films, among which the blockbuster “La banda dei Babbi Natale” (2010) with Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo, “Immaturi” (2011), “Immaturi – Il Viaggio” (2012), and “Una Famiglia Perfetta” released in November 2012, Paolo Genovese returned to advertising. The director has in fact signed a priority agreement, becoming part of the Think | Cattleya team. Before transitioning to directing feature films, Paolo Genovese directed hundreds of commercials and worked as a publicist for McCann Erickson.

Corrie is an award-winning director with a particular flair for storytelling. His work manages to emotionally involve the audience through the use of poetic images and the strength of the impeccable performance of the actors chosen. These indisputable qualities, along with an acute attention to detail, are what distinguish his work. Corrie is known for being the director of “Enjoy The Ride,” a campaign developed for road safety. “Enjoy The Ride” attained great recognition from critics, including the selection by Ad News as “Ad of the Year,” a Grand Effie, an AWARD at the Awards, placement as finalist on the One Show, and a presentation by Mumbrella as one of the best Cinema and TV commercials of 2011. Corrie received likewise approval with “Water,” his latest short, which collected an impressive number of international awards, including the Award for Best Short Film at the Milan International Film Festival, an AFI Award, and an Australian Directors Guild Award for best director.

Diana Kunst, born in 1990, already possesses important goals in her career. Her enthusiasm and passion for the world of fashion led her, during her work as a photographer for well-known magazines in the industry, to create fashion films that have attracted the attention of many, leading her to be today an affirmed director in the world of advertising.
After having won the Jury Prize and the Best Cinematography Award at the Madrid Fashion Film Festival, she has joined the roster of Think Cattleya exclusive directors and directed the Spring-Summer Collection 2015 Lady Web for Gucci, produced by us.

Mona el Mansouri was born in Cairo, studied in Paris, Monaco, Amsterdam and Berlin, and works across Europe. In a personal fusion of his experiences, first as stylist and then as copywriter, Mona has affirmed himself as a director of important campaigns for Migros, Renault, Ferrero, Becks, Deutsche Bahn, Toyota and other top brands in Germany and throughout Europe, becoming one of the most appraised directors for his signature aesthetic and sensibility. Directed by Mona, Think | Cattleya produced the commercial for Ferrero Kinder Gran Sorpresa, ”La Magia della Pasqua.“

Prodigy of British theatre—at only 24 he directed Judi Dench in “Cherry Orchard”—Sam Mendes won five Oscars with his first film “American Beauty.” By eclectic vocation, he simultaneously won a Golden Globe for the intimate virtuosity of “Revolutionary Road,” finished filming for “Away We Go” (American Life), produced the musical version of “Shrek” on Broadway and bought the rights to the novel “Netherland” by Joseph O ‘Neill. Acclaimed for the visual grace of his films, he manages to combine the elegance of the figure of the gangster Paul Newman in “Road to Perdition” with the sharp look on the troops in war for “Jarhead.” The last film he directed was the 23rd James Bond “Skyfall.” He says of himself, “I do not want to be known for one thing” – and so from the hat of this charismatic magician appeared, with the production of Think | Cattleya, the institutional video clip Telecom Italy “A beautiful story.”

Enthusiasm for the little things is what gives the work of Pucho Mentasti a touch of unique sensibility. In love with the magic of realism, Pucho tinges his work with very particular colors and patterns.

He has worked for large advertising productions from all around the world, always with the objective to create mini-movies. Professionalism, thoroughness and attention have become hallmarks of his work.

Since 1998 Pucho has received many awards, including a Gold Lion and Golden Sun for “Parents” (2013), a Coca-Cola commercial that has had an extraordinary echo on the web, and numerous other awards (six Lions, five Clio Golds and recognition at the London International Award).

Frank Miller is one of the most prominent creative talents today. Graphic artist in various media, among Miller’s cornerstone works you have the “adult” reinvention of “Batman,” the unique “300” and “Sin City,” directed together with Robert Rodriguez; all works that made film history with undisputed success, and that represent today, in the creative coming of age of Miller, an anticipation of his greatness. For his debut in advertising, Miller directed two commercials produced by Think | Cattleya for the new fragrances of Gucci: Gucci Guilty and Gucci Guilty Black.

Nicolas Monette, bilingual native of Montreal, spent most of his formative years in Ottawa. His love for all that is Canadian is what brought Nicolas to focus on more than just one creative style and market. Nicolas has won awards at Cannes, Marketing Awards, Clios and Les Prix Gémeaux. In 2009 he won the award for director of the year in Quebec for the dark and sinister campaign “MSSS” that paved the way for the creation of a series of commercials raising awareness about gambling addiction. His campaign “Cutting Corners” for Rona recently put him in the spotlight at the Marketing Awards. Among his clients are Toyota, Bell, Pepsi, Desjardins, and Hydro Quebec, to name a few.

In his art studies at Central Saint Martins, Mark Nunneley acquired the foundations for his unique and curious style, his realism with mild comedy, his sense of the newly surreal, and his talent in capturing the details of beauty in the everyday moment. His filmography includes short films such as the award-winning “Sad?,” “Yoorinal – AN Insider Guide to the Gents’ Toilet,” “! 15 Storeys High,” and music videos for bands such as the Stereophonics, Feeder, Super Furry Animals and Orbital. He earned the BAFTA nomination for directing the highly acclaimed BBC comedy series “! 15 Storeys High!” with Sean Lock and Bennie Wong, and a series of advertising awards for his commercials. As soon as he finished filming one of the “Talkback” comedies for BBC4, Mark started pre-production on his first feature film “Things I Like” between London and Japan. Mark directed the campaign MyliconAcid “Dimenticarsi” for JWT Roma, produced by Think | Cattleya.

João Nuno Pinto is a Portuguese director. Born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, he then moved to Lisbon at the age of five years old. In 2012 he moved to São Paulo, Brazil, where he currently lives. Having started his career in advertising as an Art Director, at age 28 he moved to New York where he graduated as a director at the New York Film Academy. Between 2002 and 2007 he participated in numerous seminars and workshops in the field and has since directed several television commercials, music videos and wrote and directed the short film “Skype Me.” In 2010 he debuted his first feature-length film, “America,” an ironic reflection on contemporary Portugal through the eyes of illegal immigration. Manufactured by Ukbar Films, “America” is an international co-production between Portugal, Spain, Brazil and Russia and made its first appearance on the screens of the International Festival of Rio de Janeiro. In 2014 he will be shooting his second film, “Mozungo,” the gripping story of the lonely journey of a young soldier through mystical Africa during the First World War.

Just after finishing studying Film Studies at New York University, with a single (though winning) documentary, John O’Hagan had the opportunity to lead a campaign of three commercials for Dial-a-Mattress, which gave a surge to his career, receiving awards in all major advertising occasions. Signing with Hungry Man, he soon became a specialist in writing the most epically idiotic scripts for clients like Outpost.com (in which a pack of wolves attacked fans at the stadium) and EDS, for the now classic commercial, nominated at the Emmys, about Cat Herders; people devoted to bringing back thousands of wild cats of the West to the corral. His sharp and highly visual humour, enhanced by his ability to obtain performances from particularly hilarious actors, has merited him numerous Lions at Cannes over the years. With Think | Cattleya John has directed three commercials for Lottomatica.

Marco Prestini, born in 1990, is a young Italian director. After spending a year in Vancouver, he finished high school and moved to Milan where he graduated in management. During his studies he approached the world of videoclips, drawn by a strong attraction to music, fashion and art. During these years, he decided to create, together with two friends, Flash Factory, an art collective with which he began to produce videos strongly influenced by electronic music, clubbing and fashion. In 2013, after finishing his bachelor degree, he moved to Los Angeles to begin a BFA in Film at the Art Center College of Design. Currently, in his second year at Art Center, Mark continues to experiment—ranging from music videos to fashion film—distinguishing himself through his unique and unmistakable style.

Well-known and acclaimed for his creative contribution in the editorial and advertising field, Eugenio Recuenco is one of the most eclectic and controversial contemporary Spanish photographers. His style, always vivid and gloomy, ironic in its own way, makes use of a high dose of photographic technique, a tight-knit team as in “The Eye of Frosker,” and a passion for out of the ordinary work. Uses fish-eye, black and white, photo-manipulation, sunburn, Polaroid film, still-life and video in a bold and provocative manner, a tense gaze is a constant in his work, intended to bring out the shadows of the soul through eccentric and provocative details, looks, and mise-en-scene. After presenting in September 2008 the short film Quizás at the San Sebastian Film Festival, Eugenio undertooken directing as a full time career, carrying out several experimental shorts and major advertising campaigns for clients such as Loewe, Chivas Regal, Ferrero and Nina Ricci. With Think | Cattleya, Eugenio created a high-profile cultural campaign conceived by JWT for Regione Campania, executing both the direction of the commercial as well as the shots of the award-winning print campaign.

Sollima success arrived in 2008 with Romanzo Criminale – The Series: the Italian series revolution began. Sold in more than 50 countries around the world the series gain an enormous success from both critics and audiences, the rights have been sold for a remake in the USA. In 2012 he debut on the big screen with the film ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards, drawn from the book by Carlo Bonini. In 2012 he started to direct Gomorrah – The series, from the novel by Roberto Saviano, produced by Cattleya and Sky and sold in over 130 countries. The first season broadcasted in the USA on Sundance has been ranked among the best series of all time. In 2015 he continued to direct the second season of Gomorrah, which confirms the success of the first and has been compared to The Wire, Sopranos and House of Cards. Distributed in more than 150 countries, Gomorrah is among the best TV series of 2016 according to the New York Times. In 2015 he directed his second feature film, Suburra, based on the book by Giancarlo De Cataldo and Carlo Bonini. In 2017 he was called by the Hollywood major to direct Soldado, a sequel to the Sicario movie, written by Taylor Sheridan, an Oscar candidate for Hell or High Water, with Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin.

He began his directing career at Mod Films as an assistant of Fredrik Bond, then moved behind the camera in first person, directing for Atmosfar Stockholm. In his work he manages to blend cinematic moods with remarkably accurate casting, leaving the overly professed comedy behind in search of a more subtle vein of the absurd, while always maintaining a perfectly authentic look. He accumulated various awards at Cannes and in the USA for his Lotto, A & E, and Holiday Inn campaigns. Between 2006 and 2007 he devoted himself to directing two highly successful Swedish TV series, “Poliser” and “Labyrint.” He explains his approach to directing as follows: “I love to create suspense, to pull in the audience from the very first shots, igniting their curiosity, and then finish off with a twist. Each time I try to tell credible, authentic stories using strong, well-defined characters and well-reasoned scripts in order not to lose the public’s attention for even a second. I’m always looking for a convincing idea, and I try to make it credible, with the eye of an observer, understated. The most interesting stories are those on the edge of the absurd, because combined with a way of filming that maintains the authentic, a very communicative contrast is created.”Johan has directed two commercials for a Y&R Roma campaign, produced by Think | Cattleya for Lottomatica.