Marino Colmano

Marino Colmano - Biography Producer - Writer - Director - Director of Photography - Photographer - Editor Marino Colmano was born in Bologna, Italy. He was awarded a Full Scholarship by the San Francisco Art Institute and graduated in 1972 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Photography and Film. He then established a successful still photography studio focusing on magazine editorial and advertising assignments. In the late seventies he produced and directed STRAIGHT TIME: HE WROTE IT FOR CRIMINALS, an award-winning documentary about the making of a Dustin Hoffman feature; and directed THE RATING GAME, an award-winning documentary about the structure of the television industry. These accomplishments prompted a move to Hollywood. Marino's company LUCID MEDIA has been operating as an entertainment packaging and production company under various banners since 1980 in Los Angeles. The company currently has a number of projects in various states of development including screenplays that Marino has written. Marino produced and co-directed the photography of a bitter-sweet musical drama END OF THE RAINBOW, starring celebrated jazz musician RAY PIZZI and distributed theatrically by 20TH CENTURY FOX. The winner of six first-place International Film Festival Awards including from MANNHEIM, GERMANY, CHICAGO and CRACOW, POLAND, it opened to rave reviews and has been cable-cast by all the major cable networks including the ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK and broadcast in ten foreign countries. Marino directed, photographed and edited a feature documentary entitled RESERVOIRS OF STRENGTH, celebrating the strength of the human spirit and the effect of love on the recovery of people who have been severely burned. It has been broadcast in four countries internationally and has garnered ten awards including a GOLD APPLE, a GOLD CINDY and a SILVER AWARD from the Houston International Film Festival and Finalist in The Media Access Awards. Marino is the recipient of 43 International Film Festival Awards, and received a Telly Award for direction and cinematography on his PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE commercial campaign for METROMEDIA and another Telly for SAN DIEGO TRANSIT, NO FUSS BUS. He then produced and photographed a major promotional campaign for the re-release of 20TH CENTURY FOX'S original BATMAN television series. His SMALL WONDER promo received a Telly Award and a BPME Certificate of Merit. Marino's clients, Universal Pictures, MCA-TV, Castle Rock, and Twentieth Century Fox, have contracted live action promotional spots and national commercials promoting SNATCH, RETURN TO ME, OCTOBER SKY, WATER WORLD, JUNIOR, CARLITO'S WAY, SCENT OF A WOMAN, LORENZO'S OIL, DANCES WITH WOLVES, MR. BASEBALL and BACKDRAFT, to name but a few. Promo packages have been completed for LAST CALL (Brandon Tartikoff's talk show for MCA-TV), THE GORDON ELLIOTT SHOW, THE CHEVY CHASE SHOW, M*A*S*H, THE SIMPSONS, STUDS, THE BERTICE BERRY SHOW (Fox), MR. BASEBALL.(Univ.), and PERSONAL JUSTICE (New Line Cinema). Marino line produced for FOX, and D.P.ed the inspirational promotional film HEAR NO EVIL for the National Conference of Christians & Jews featuring Angela Lansbury as the spokeswoman. Other noteworthy credits include director of photography on THE FANTASY WORLDS OF IRWIN ALLEN for the SCI-FI Channel; various A&E BIOGRAPHY episodes; the Aegis Award winning DANGER ZONE, a 68 minute self-defense & self-awareness cardiovascular video course for women directed and produced by Marino; and the 1999 release of COLD FUSION: Fire From Water about a revolutionary energy source, for which Marino served as Director of Photography. During 2000-01 Marino provided interstitial programming for 34 episodes of Oxygen Network's AS SHE SEES IT. In 2005-6 he was producer on a groundbreaking, 13 episode marital wellness series for eHarmony.com using multiple Varicam HD cameras. Marino's technical expertise, creative vision, and talent are all essential elements in effective filmmaking. He is a veteran of hundreds of productions: dramatic films, commercials, studio promotionals, documentaries, and educational projects. Marino prides himself on being part of a team, in which individuals working together, create a comfortable, and productive atmosphere for everyone involved. He can bring a loyal and dedicated crew ready to deliver the highest quality and performance available. His relationships are built on trust and handled with professional care. He is capable, creative, diplomatic, assertive, and tenacious. Between 2015 and 2017 Marino Directed and Produced an Episodic Documentary series called PIPELINE. Twenty-Eight Episodes have been released online all in Hi-def. It was An Official Selection of the Global Independent Film Awards 2017. The Triple Award Winning feature length movie PIPELINE FIGHTERS is in distribution with IndieRights. MONROE SPEAKS! a 47 min. short doc also won four awards, including Best Documentary ta West Virginia FILMmaker Festival 2017. Marino since 2018 lives in Arkoudi, Greece where Lucid Media is still producing movies, art photography, portfolios, and various client media productions. Polixeni's Dream is another Award Winner he made from his home.