Luciano Silighini Garagnani

Luciano Francesco Silighini Garagnani Lambertini born in Genoa. Graduated in philosophy and theology , he worked between Milan and Los Angeles where he began collaborating first as a casting assistant and then as production manager and director. In Italy he began working as an organizer and television manager since 1993, collaborating with Mediaset, Rai, MTV and Sky to then move on to become solely a film director and producer. In 2000 he founded the company LSG with the task of providing management services and artistic consultancy both to companies and to TV productions as well as to the artists of the Italian television and cinema scene. He made his film directorial debut with the short film I tre attimi, producing in 1994. His greatest success came with the short movie Seline. The movie is presented at the EFM of the Berlin Film Festival and at the Venice Bridge of the Venice Film Festival in 2016, winning many international festivals. The German critics association awards him as best director for the short movie Seline. He was also a television author and director as well as artistic director for some broadcasts of Rai. He became a membership of the "Italian Casting Union" and manages the selection of actors. In 2005 he began to work in the United States as casting assistant for many Hollywood productions and in 2014 moved his main activity to movies production management. Director of more than 90 TV shows and 19 feature movies. The Pope Francis grants him the Knight Cross of the Benemerenti medal (Holy See, 15 January 2021).