Alessandro Gentile

Alessandro Gentile is an award winning cinematographer working in Los Angeles. In 2000, Gentile received his Bachelors Degree in Film Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Gentile then choose to polish his cinematography skills at the University of California at Los Angeles where he spent two years concentrating on lighting, composition, camera movement, and digital video capture. Post graduation, Gentile has shot numerous Independent and commercial productions in the States and abroad. Gentile has provided services to commercial clients ranging from 'Madison Square Garden Co.' 'Microsoft', 'Hewlett Packard', 'Goodwill', 'Acura', 'Fender' to 'Kaiser Permanente' and 'LowRider Magazine'. He also provides his skills in the narrative cinematic form. In 2012 Gentile shot the television pilot for the Emmy Winning "Schitt's Creek," created by Eugene & Daniel Levy (featuring Catherine O'Hara and Chris Elliott), the short film, "Botes al Amanecer," screened at The Canne Film Festival and winner of 3 best short film awards, "Marisol" a multi-award winning short film and an Academy Award qualifier. The "Marisol" script has been inducted into the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library. Gentile's work has garnered two Telly Award's for innovation in youth education. Recently, Gentile has completed photography on the award winning feature film, "Trade" available on Amazon Prime and iTunes. Past projects that have hit Netflix in 2018 are "2307: Winter's Dream", "Eat Your Words", "The Doll Life-Season 2" and "The Lost City of Cecil B. Demille" on Amazon Prime. Gentile has filmed musical artists such as Alicia Keys, Rachel Platten, Paramore, Akon, Zander Hawley, Don Was, Joe Bonamasa, and Michael Franti and Spearhead. On his off time Gentile enjoys spending time with his family in Burbank, California, hiking in the local mountains, playing tennis, surfing, skating and participating in an occasional game of soccer.