Riccardo Mastropietro

Born in Rome (Italy). After finishing his studies, he started his career in the TV and film industry as film editor in 1991. Afterwards he became film-maker, developing and producing his own documentaries and reports, studying the artistic and technical aspects of the tale behind the camera. In time, he starts to develop his own way to create new visual language for documentaries, TV programs and corporate video productions. He's the founder, co-owner and CEO of the Italian independent TV production company named Pesci Combattenti, established in 2005 in Rome (Italy). He has been the film editor for International feature documentaries through Pesci Combattenti postproduction facilities as "Born to Fly" (NatGeo - 2007) and "Explosive War - La montagna che esplode" (History Channel - 2007). In 2008 he became director, writer and producer for his own company, inventing new original TV formats and developing documentaries and corporate videos. Among his projects we have: Director 1995 Short Film "Capienza Massima" -1 x 10' 1999 TV Documentary "Street Children -- RAI1 (TG1 Frontiere) 1 x 30' 2000 TV Documentary "La Cappadocia di Kaili" - Omnibus - La7 - 1 x 10' 2003 TV Documentary "Istanbul Stories" - Rai2 (Mixer) - 1 x 30' 2006 Video Installation "La Mente di Leonardo" - Galleria degli Uffizi 5 x 5' 2007 Corporate video production "Soldato del futuro" - Selex Galileo 1 x 5' 2010 Corporate video production "Frecce Tricolori - 50° anniversary" - Finmeccanica 1 x 5' 2010-11 TV program "Telenovella" with Candida Morvillo and Fabio Canino - Lei TV (RCS) 24 x 60' 2011 TV program "A casa di..." with Fabio Canino - Lei TV (RCS) 4 x 30' 2011 Corporate video production - "Istituzionale Finmeccanica" 1 x 5' 2011 Adv "Bizzaro" - (Mediaset) 1 x 30" 2011 App Corporate - "Fucino Space Center" - Telespazio 2013-15 TV series "Unti e Bisunti" - with Chef Rubio - DMAX (Discovery) 1st season 12 x 30' - 2nd season 12 x 60' - 3rd season 12 x 60' 2013 TV Series "Il cacciatore di tifosi" with Chef Rubio - DMAX (Discovery) 6 x 30' 2014 TV program "Il Pranzo di Mosè" with Simonetta Agnello Hornby - RealTime (Discovery) 6 x 30' 2014 Video Installation Exhibition "ESA 50° anniversary" - Palazzo delle Esposizioni 2014 Video Installation "Telespazio - Climate Change" - United Nations HQ 2015 TV One-off "Natale with Benedetta" - RealTime (Discovery) 1 x 30' 2015 Docuseries "Io & George" with Simonetta Agnello Hornby e George Hornby - Rai3 6 x 60' 2016 TV movie "Unto e Bisunto" with Chef Rubio - DMAX (Discovery) 1 x 70' 2017 TV program "Un Libro per Due" - laF (Feltrinelli) 30 x 30' 2017 Docu-film "Nessuno Può Volare" with Simonetta Agnello Hornby and George Hornby - laF (Feltrinelli) 1 x 103' Art Director 2008-10 TV program "Quattroruote" - NTV 2012 TV program "Mix Italia" - Rai1 2012 App Corporate for variuos brands (Killah - Miss Sixty - Refrigiwear - Energie) 2013 TV program "I Mestieri del Cinema" - Iris (Mediaset) 2015 TV One-off "Lady Ferro" - DMAX (Discovery) 2016-17 TV program ( Fascino PGT) "Selfie - Le Cose Cambiano" with Simona Ventura - Canale 5 - 1st season 6 x 180'-2nd season 6 x 180' 2016 TV Docu-series "Le Ragazze del '46" - Rai3 - 6 x 30' 2016 TV program "S.O.S. Family Business" - Italia2 - 4 x 30' 2017 TV program "Il primo amore non si scorda mai" - SkyUno - 1 x 50' 2017 TV program "Make Your Wish" - Italia 1 - 10 x 3' 2017-18 TV Docu-series " le Ragazze del '68" - Rai3 - 1st season 6 x 60' - 2nd season 6 x 60' 2018 TV program "My Sweet Love" - Italia 1 - 10 x 3' Film Editor 1991-01 TV Documentaries for Geo & Geo - Rai3 (various) 2001-07 Short documentaries for scientific TV magazine "SuperQuark" - Rai3 2002 TV Documentary "Tra Genova e Fez" - Tele+ Canal+ 2003 TV Documentary "Extreme Detectives" - National Geographic Channel 2007 TV Documentary " Explosive War - La montagna che esplode" - History Channel 2007 Docu-film "Nati per volare" - National Geographic Channel