Francesco Filippi
Regista, Sceneggiatore, Animatore, Studio Mistral
Director, screenwriter and stop-motion animator. He graduated in Science of Education and studied film direction and screenwriting at School of Visual Arts (NY). His main short films are Red Hands, Memorial, Loser Leg and Home, with whom he got hundreds awards in festivals world-wide.
Among his many collaboration, he signed the direction of three animated videoclips of I Cartoni dello Zecchino series.
Since 1999 he teaches and writes about animation. He published tow books about animation and movie-making: Fare Animazione: guida per aspiranti professionisti (Dino Audino, 2020) and Fatti un film: manuale per giovani video-maker (Giunti, 2016).
His website is www.studiomistral.com