Gustavo Alex Giannini

Gustavo Alex Giannini

Director · Producer · Writer

Buenos Aires, Argentina
July 21, 1968

Biography

Born in Buenos Aires, Gustavo Alejandro Giannini started making short films in S-8 at late 80's. He studied film and screen writing at CIEVYC. After graduation, he wrote and directed "InEx, the shadow of truth" a CiFi movie TV. In 2005 he carried out the first CGI 3D animation feature film made with open source software, "Plumíferos" (2010)/"Birds of Paradise" (Lionsgate, 2014) he was Executive Producer, Co-Director, and Editor. In 2010, he created the label "The Hombre Orquesta" to carry out his own fiction and low budget projects with commercial scope. He write, direct, produces and post-produces "5-5-5" an apocalyptic thriller inspired by the premonitions of the plastic artist Benjamín Solari Parravicini, winning as Best Foreign Film 2012 at the Orlando International Film Festival-Florida-USA, and won 5 categories in the Mar Del Plata International Fantastic Film Festival 2016 including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Art by the Jury and the Press.

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Representative Works

Birds of Paradise
Birds of Paradise
5.4
/ Spanish
Phone Book
Phone Book
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/ English
5-5-5
5-5-5
6.2
/ Spanish
Ruta Cero
Ruta Cero
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/ Spanish
Inex, la sombra de la verdad
Inex, la sombra de la verdad
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/ Spanish
De Italia a España por Olivos
De Italia a España por Olivos
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/ Spanish

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Birds of Paradise
2010Nominee

Best Director

Birds of Paradise

Phone Book
2023Nominee

Best Director

Phone Book

5-5-5
2012Nominee

Best Director

5-5-5

Career Highlights

Ruta Cero
1989Highlight

Best Director

Ruta Cero

Inex, la sombra de la verdad
1997Highlight

Best Director

Inex, la sombra de la verdad