irenemaffei

I R E N E M A F F E I

F I L M & T V D I R E C T O R

Irene Maffei is an award winning director based in London, with a wide portfolio of internationally acclaimed music videos and short films. She has also recently completed her debut feature. She was born in Italy and works in London, LA & Bologna.

Enquiries irenemaffei@yahoo.it

- SHORT FILMS -

'TRE' - Award winning short film.

Click here to watch 'TRE' (23 mins)

Awards for TRE:

“Best International Women Interest” at the New York Independent Film and Video Festival 2007; “Best Thriller-noir” at the festival “Il corto.. in genere” 2006, Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna, Italy.

Nominations:

Finalist at the TV competition “La 25a ora” 2006, broadcasted by the Italian TV channel La7, and at the “Mitreo International Film Festival” (Italy 2006).

Official selections;

Los Angeles International Shortfilm Festival 2006, USA, “Akab Short Movie Festival”, “Murgia Film Festival”, Euganeamoviemovement”, ”DAMS Film Festival Cuneo”, “Cinemadamare” (Italy 2006).

2009	Director – feature film RU486 – Xylomancy Films, London
2008	Director - music video The Show for Second Chance, XRG Films, London (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JDO5tGsJxE);
	Director –trailer Dolseur, XRG Films, London (http://www.vimeo.com/2432535);
	Director - short film Tomorrow kills, produced by Nadine Salem, London;
	Director - short film Good Morning, XRG Films, London; Director - music video America B for Jazzsteppa, XRG Films, London. Director - live gig and EPK for band Rosa Alchemica - XRG Films, London.
2007	Second Unit Director - Notte Mediterranea TV show - Frame S.p.A. - RAIDUE (top Italian channel), Rome; Second Unit Director - Coriandoli TV Show - S.T. Produzioni - RAIDUE, Rome
2006	Director/ Writer – short film Tre, http://irenemaffei.googlepages.com . Awards:
	“Best International Women Interest”, New York Independent Film and Video Festival 2007; “Best Thriller-noir”, Il corto.. in genere 2006, Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna, Italy. Nominations: Finalist, TV competition La 25a ora 2006, broadcasted by the Italian TV channel La7; Finalist, “Mitreo International Film Festival” 2006, Italy. Official selections: Los Angeles International Short Film Festival 2006, USA; Italy 2006: Akab Short Movie Festival, Rome; Murgia Film Festival; Euganeamoviemovement; DAMS Film Festival Cuneo; Cinemadamare.
2005	Director/ Writer - music video Save me, music band Eldritch, edit by Limb Music, broadcasted by MTV, All Music and Rock Tv. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK9ettIDmXA Awards: “Best Music Video”, Orvieto Corto Fest 2006, Italy.
	Director/ writer - short film “La seconde peau”, Paris.
	Director - music video Sospeso, music band Koinè, Bologna, Italy.
2003	Director/ Writer/ Producer - short film Behind, Bologna. Official selections: Quargnento Festival 2004, Cortovisione Festival 2004, Italy .

2009	PRODUCTION/AD 1^st Assistant Director - feature film Solito, Holy Moshe& Pictures, London; 2^nd Assistant Director - feature film I Against I, Stray Dogs Films, London; 1^st Assistant Director - short film Distance, National Film School, London, Producer: Paul Ashby; 1^st Assistant Director - short film Ginger's Revenge, The Stealing Screen, London.
2008	1^st Assistant Director/Production Manager - feature film Bad Moon Rising, Mad Mile Projects, by R Dani, London;
	2^nd Assistant Director - feature film K by Don Allen, All Enquiries Productions Ltd., London;
	1^st Assistant Director - short film The Hunt for Gollum, by Chris Bouchard, London, www.hunt4gollum.blogspot.com;
	1^st Assistant Director - short film Y Sci-Fi, by Martin Doyle, London;
	1^st Assistant Director - short film Natalia, by Phillip Ilic, London;
	Trainee/ Production Assistant - Chrome Productions, London;
	1^st Assistant Director - 16 mm short film The Curse of the Gravewalker, by Alex Boultwood, London;
	1^st Assistant Director - short film Glue, Ten Seconds Productions, London.
2007	Production Assistant, commercial Nintendo DS - Chrome Productions, London;
	Logistic Manager and Shooting AP - Notte Mediterranea TV show - Frame S.p.A. - RAIDUE (top Italian channel), Rome;
	Production Coordinator and Shooting AP - Coriandoli TV Show - S.T. Produzioni - RAIDUE, Rome;
	Production Assistant and Italian–French Interpreter, international documentary production Un Autre Monde - European Film Communication, Rome, for Channel France 2.
	1^st Assistant Director - TV commercial Fresh up, European Film Communication, Rome;
	2^nd Assistant Director - TV Commercials Ponti by Ricky Tognazzi, Llittle Bull, Rome;
2006	Production Assistant - feature film The Portal, Windchill Productions, Hollywood LA;
	Film Production Tutor - MA Film and Television Production Management, Istituto “Giovanni Paolo II”, Somigliano D’Arco, Naples, Italy;
	Production Coordinator for student short films, Film School NUCT, Cinecittà, Rome;
	2^nd Assistant Director – 35 mm short film Ballerina by Rosario Errico, with Giancarlo Giannini and Murray Abrahm, Società l’Immagine, Rome;
	1^st Assistant Director - short film Negli occhi, by Stefano Piccichè, Bologna, Itlay.
	Stage Director - Prove d'Autore TV show, presented by Antonio Lubrano, Viviarte, Rome National Dance Academy;
2005	Production Assistant - short film Le banc, Izard & Compagnie, Paris;
2004	Production Assistant - short film Perché ascoltare gli urlatori di strada, by Andrea Fazzini for Sky TV;
	Production Assistant - music videos Dimenticarsi and Da sola con te, Castelnuovo Panpictures for Vasco Rossi (top Italian artist), Bologna, Italy.
CONTINUITY/ SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
2007	Script Supervisor - 35 mm short film Made by Maggie, by Jenny Kong, London;
	Script Supervisor - short film Tealeaf by John-Paul Frazer, OTT Films, London;
	Continuity - internet mini-series Christie, Kayak/ Motion Picture House, London;
2006	Script Supervisor – feature film Acts of Violence, Il Films, starring Leelee Sobieski, Hollywood, LA;
	Script Supervisor - short film Kidnap, by Dan McKlellan, Hollywood, LA
2005	Script Supervisor - short film Postmortuum, by John Noseda, International Film School EICAR, Paris;
2004	Script Supervisor – feature film Chatline- Inganni in rete, MG Cinevideo, Bologna.

FILM STUDIES:
2007	Winner of highly competitive scholarship for the European international graduate project Leonardo, for a five months training at the British Production Company Chrome Productions, London.
2005	Winner of highly competitive scholarship for the European international university students project Erasmus, for six months film studies at Paris-8 University, St. Dénis, Paris.
2005/04	Video production and direction course Laboratori Sperimentali Audiovisivi del Comune di Bologna, Italy.
2003	Diploma in film direction at Accademia Nazionale del Cinema, Bologna. Italy.

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