Claudio Noce

Born in Rome in 1975. Italian director and writer. His work starts in the late 90's, when he begins filming his first short movies and documentaries and engages collaborations with various Italian artists and advertising companies. Noce's breakthrough in the Italian cinematography arrives in 2005, when he wins the prestigious Italian award "David di Donatello" and the "Silver Ribbon" of the Italian National Syndacate of Film Journalists with his short film "Aria". Presented at the Venice Film Festival, "Aria" also wins the European Film Award. This successful debut is followed by the award winning short movie "Adil e Yussuf" (2007), selected at the Venice Film Festival and also nominated for the "David di Donatello". The documentary "Aman e gli altri" (2006), presented at the Torino Film Festival, reveals to be the first step toward the production of Claudio Noce's critically acclaimed first feature film, starring Valerio Mastrandrea, "Good Morning Aman" (2009), official selection at the 2009 Venice International Film Festival, where it was screened as a part of the Critics Week program. With "Good Morning Aman" Claudio Noce receives also nominations for the "David di Donatello", the "Silver Ribbon", and wins the FICE award (Italian Federation of Cinema d'Essai) for "Breakthrough Directing". "The Ice Forest", starring Emir Kusturica, Ksenia Rappoport, Andriano Giannini and Domenico Diele, is Noce's second feature film.