Francesco Merini
Director, he graduated at DAMS (Theatre and performing Art Disciplines) at University of Bologna. With the independent production company Studio Aspide he realised the feature films Paglione (1999) and Cavedagne (2003). In 2006 he directed, with Helmut Failoni, the documentary The other voice of music - Travelling with Claudio Abbado between Caracas and Havana (published by Il Saggiatore). He collaborates with Ermitage Cinema, directing the DVD version of live performances of important italian singers or musicians, among them Lucio Dalla, Eugenio Finardi and Stefano Bollani. With Chiaroscuro he collaborates to many musical videos of Mango and Stadio. For the society Movie Movie he directed documentary films and short movies for Rai and Tele+. With the short movie Un giorno ideale per i pescibanana (1996), he won the Iceberg award. Invited by Franco La Polla, he led documentary film's laboratories at DAMS in Bologna. He is one of the founders of the ska band I Quattrocento colpi, in wich he played the drums for ten years. At the present he plays with the Lou del Bello's. Since 2007 he steadily collaborates with the Bologna's edition of the national newspaper Corriere della Sera. He is charter member of the association Circolo Parigi 11, which manage the video library L'occhioprivato.
