Francesco Gabriele

Francesco Gabriele is an award-winning British-Italian film director and producer based in London. He studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles before completing an MA in Filmmaking from the London Film School.

In 2014, he founded Thespian Films Ltd, a London-based production company established to highlight the creative role of actors on set. Over the past decade, his films have screened at Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying festivals worldwide and secured international distribution.

Among them, his short film 'Italian Miracle' was nominated for Best Comedy and Best International Short at the Oscar and BAFTA Qualifying LA Shorts Fest, and was awarded the Jury Award for Best Short at the Stony Brook Film Festival in New York.