
About
Giulio Donato
Overview
Giulio Donato was born in Rome in 1993 and started working in 2013 as an assistant director and then as first assistant director, casting and producer on more than 60 film sets (features, documentaries, commercials, video clips and fashion) in Italy, Norway, Brazil, Germany and Mexico, with directors such as Abel Ferrara, Asia Argento, Giada Colagrande, Mimmo Calopresti, Gennaro Nunziante, Roberta Torre, Gianni Zanasi and Claudio Caligari. He wrote and directed four short fiction films that were selected in various Italian and international film festivals.
In 2022, he started working on his debut feature entitled ‘LABIRINTI’, produced by Life Cinema and winner of the last session of the Mic (Italian Ministery of Culture) Selective Grants, Young Authors section.
The film was presented in 2024 at the 81st Venice Film Festival as a special Venice Days screening in the Confrontations section.
Known for
Directing |
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2024 | Labirinti | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2023 | Gianni Versace – Emperor of Dreams | Directing | First Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
2023 | Corpo unico | Directing | First Assistant Director | 58 Average |
2023 | Padre Pio | Directing | First Assistant Director | 58 Average |
2022 | The Anniversary | Directing | First Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | Romanzo radicale | Directing | First Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | The Italian Recipe | Directing | Second Assistant Director | 58 Average |
2022 | Natural Lefty | Directing | First Assistant Director | 58 Average |
2022 | Senza fine | Directing | First Assistant Director | 58 Average |
2021 | Zeros and Ones | Directing | Assistant Director | 55 Average |
2020 | It's Just in My Head | Directing | First Assistant Director | 58 Average |
2020 | Sportin' Life | Directing | Assistant Director | 58 Average |
2020 | Siberia | Directing | Second Assistant Director | 57 Average |
2020 | Tommaso | Directing | First Assistant Director | 58 Average |
2018 | Il vegetale | Directing | Second Assistant Director | 58 Average |
2017 | Bloody Richard | Directing | Second Assistant Director | 59 Average |
2016 | How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents | Directing | Second Assistant Director | 61 Fair |
2016 | Father | Directing | Second Assistant Director | 58 Average |
2016 | Tiramisu | Directing | Second Assistant Director | 56 Average |
2016 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Directing | Second Assistant Director | 55 Average |
2016 | Where Am I Going? | Directing | Second Assistant Director | 66 Fair |
2014 | Pasolini | Directing | Assistant Director | 58 Average |
2014 | Misunderstood | Directing | Assistant Director | 59 Average |
Writing |
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2024 | Labirinti | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
Production |
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2025 | Erion | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
2024 | Labirinti | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
2024 | Turn in the Wound | Production | Associate Producer | N/A N/A |
2023 | Padre Pio | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
2022 | The Anniversary | Production | Casting | N/A N/A |
2022 | The Nightingales | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
2021 | Zeros and Ones | Production | Casting | 55 Average |
2020 | It's Just in My Head | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
2020 | Siberia | Production | Casting | 57 Average |
2020 | Tommaso | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
2018 | Il vegetale | Production | Casting Assistant | 58 Average |
2016 | L'universale | Production | Additional Production Assistant | 58 Average |
2015 | The Complexity of Happiness | Production | Production Assistant | 58 Average |
2015 | Don't Be Bad | Production | Production Assistant | 71 Good |
Editing |
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2020 | It's Just in My Head | Editing | Editor | 58 Average |