Gianmarco Donaggio (b.1991), is active as a cinematographer, director, and artist.
He was born and raised in Italy, although he spent most of his adult life abroad, primarily in the UK and Norway. He has got an Italian diploma in fine arts and a Bachelor degree from Aub (UK) in film-production, where he specialised in fiction-cinematography and documentary/experimental filmmaking. Currently, he is studying and researching in the field of philosophy, particularly aesthetics and phenomenology, where the essence of the cinematic-photographic image is the core theme.
Gianmarco has worked on film productions for about ten years. He has started by assisting and collaborating in the camera/electrician department on international feature films, tv-series, commercials, documentaries, and art films. His filmography includes titles such as Suburra, The Snowman, Gunda, Okkupert, and several other films.
This journey into a variety of high-end film productions has given Gianmarco the skill set to be versatile and be able to work within any budget range. Coming from a Gaffer background, to light is Gianmarco's strength as a cinematographer, in his camera career he has often worked in the Vfx Units for features and tv-series, as well as product cinematography, fashion, and visually driven short films.
As a director he has mainly worked on experimental films, music videos or performances, and short documentaries.
He often shoot his own films and his focus is on the experimental and the unseen. The works often classify as artistic researches, the goal is not to produce but to explore. In these works Gianmarco bridges his technical skills with his studies in philosophy, exploring alternative ways to exploit camera technologies and developing narrative.
For what concern Gianmarco still-photography and artist practice, his works have been commission from brands as well as been prepared for exhibitions worldwide, the interest is usually to explore and challenge the essence of image and technology. In his practice, analog photography is a large part of his researches and interests. Particularly the relation between the analog-trace and history, authenticity and repetition, and the tangible and the not-tangible image. Also, the possibility to manipulate and alterate images through chemical and performative process.
Gianmarco art practice involves experimentation, production, theory, and teaching.
Education:
Diploma, Fine Art, Liceo Artistico, 2010 - Italy
Bachelor Degree, A.u.b., Film-production 2014 - UK - (specialisation in fiction-cinematography and documentary filmmaking)
+Courses - masterclass - certificates
Davinci Resolve 16: Color correction certified end user - 2020
Free Space, Aesthetics and Scultpure, Stacion - Center for contemporary art, 2019 - Kosovo
Questions of Perception in Art and Science, Berlin Summer University of the Arts, 2019 - Germany
Philosophies of the Visual, UIO, Oslo, 2019 - Norway
Terre di Cinema, International cinematographer days, 2018 -Italy
Story Development, The Blank Space, with Kelly Davis, 2018 - Norway
Films:
"Chasing Munch" (hybrid-documentary, artfilm), currently in production stage, Norway/Switzerland, 4k DCP 17:9.
"Q di Q" (short-experimental), Film commissioned by Austin Arthouse Film Festival during Covid-19 world crisis, premiered April 2020 Online, 4k DCP 17:9.
“Ice cream for you” (short-fiction), Drama/Arthouse, 7:30 mins, not yet released, Norway, 4k DCP 2:1, produced by Expect Film, supported by Kulturrådet fund (No) - Norway
“Nå” (short-experimental), Arthouse/Site-Specific, 13 mins, premiered October 2018, Norway, 4k DCP 2.39 anamorphic, produced by ProjektorPøblene - Norway
Selected screenings:
Mindfield Film Festival Albuquerque 2020 - USA
Sttp 2020 - Online
Tmff 2020 - UK
Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards 2020 - Italy
48-hour film contest 2020 - Texas USA
Fuenfterloeffel 2020 - Germany
Fuenfterloeffel 2019 - Turkey
Sttp 2019 - Romania
Bogotá Music Video Festival 2019 - Colombia
Oslo Open House 2019 - Norway
Scandinavian International Film Festival 2018 - Finland
Austin Arthouse film festival 2018 - Texas USA
Exhibitions:
+Solo
MultiMadeira ,Funchal (Portugal) - The aura in the photographic form
Online exhibition - 650gr of potatoes
Galleri Neuf, Oslo (Norway) - Spazio
+Collective
Verona Fotografia, Verona (Italy) - Le Quarantenne
Online exhibition - Insieme
Oslo Open House, Oslo (Norway) - Nå
Galleri Neuf, Oslo (Norway) - Destination
Giudecca 795 Art Gallery , Venezia (Italy) - Teatro
Awards and nominations:
Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards 2020 - nomination - best experimental film
Short to the Point International Film Festival 2019 -nomination- best music video
Scandinavian International Film Festival 2018 - nomination - best experimental film
Austin Arthouse film festival 2018 - nomination - best director
Austin Arthouse film festival 2018 - nomination - best cinematographer
Giudecca 795 Art Gallery 2018 - winner - photo of the Month and special price of the year.
Leica "I shot it" - honorary mention - photo of the month
Selected cinematography works:
Flukten over grensen - VFX Plate - Norway
Seizure - VFX Plate Unit -, Miso Film - Italy
Kjør meg to Ol, Tv show Intro sequence, Concorde - Norway
Bingen Min Music video, Gatas Parlament - Norway
2018 Inshallah Short, 35mm, 2k scan - Italy
Nå Short, 4k Dcp 2.39 anamorphic - Norway
Aurorua Arthouse, HD Dcp - UK
The rest of Us just live here Trailer, 2K prores - Norway
Fun days last forever Short, HD Dcp -UK
A simple night blues Short, 16mm print - UK
Cucumber Short, 16mm print - UK
Selected works in the camera/light department:
+Gaffer
Gunda (feature film), Sant og Usant - Norway
Planten (short), Animaskin - Norway
Kirkenes/ Murmansk (feature film), Kunt Asdam Studio - Norway/Russia
Daddy’s girl (short), Barbosa As - Norway
Wisting, second unit, (tv-series), Cinenord - Norway/Denmark
Bille Van (music video), - Norway
Shotgun, Tix (music video), Expect film - Norway
Bama (commercial), Expect film - Norway
Madcom (music video), Expect film - Norway
Vulnerable (short) - Norway
Kjør meg to Ol (Tv show Intro), Concorde - Norway
+Light technician/Best boy
The Snowman (feature film), Working title - Norway
Wisting (tv-series), Cinenord - Norway/Denmark
En Natt (tv-series), Via Film - Norway
Unge lovende (tv series) - Norway
Okkupert 2 (tv-series), Yellow Bird - Norway/France
Twin (tv-series), Nordisk Film - Norway
As I Fall (feature film), Nfi - Norway
Manifest (short) , Barbosa As - Norway
Ylvis - Stories from Norway (tv-series), Concorde - Norway
Grand Hotel , 4 1/2 - Norway
Neste Sommer (tv-series), Feelgood - Norway
+Camera department
Suburra (feature film), Cattleya - Italy
Il Grande Presidente (short) , Tdc - Italy
Landet (music video) - Norway
Grants:
Norwegian Film Institute, Scholarship for cinematography workshop
Kulturrådet (Norwegian Culture Fund), Lyd og Bilde
Artist residency:
MultiMadeira, 2020 - Portugal
Teaching:
"Tracce", analog photography workshop and research, MultiMadeira, 2020 - Portugal
"Tracce", analog photography workshop, Escola Básica do 1º Ciclo com Pré-Escolar Visconde Cacongo, 2020 - Portugal
Bibliography:
Pisati Diego, “Io uomo di neve e di cinema”, La Prealpina, October 16, 2019. pg. 1, 42 - Italy
Lilleaas Cecilie, “Space for Thought”, Samfunnsviter’n, December 1, 2018 pg. 54 - Norway
Fallberg Liv, “Interview: Gianmarco Donaggio”, Galleri Neuf, 2018 - Norway
Munoz Giselle Marie, “Interview: Now”, Austin Arthouse Film Festival, 2018 - USA
