Igor’s love and passion for filmmaking goes back to when he was a teenager.
His love for storytelling and film and cinema then, is still the basis of his professional career now which have made him the most awarded advertising director in Italy.
After a stint at the Italian National Film School in Rome, Igor started working on feature films, going up the ranks quickly to become a coveted First Assistant Director for some of the best feature film directors in the country.
In the meantime, he started producing and directing his own work, short films screened in many festival around the world and art videos in which he collaborated with different artists.
In 2010 Igor started directing commercials. His talent was immediately recognized by the business in and out of the country, by reaching, in his first year in as a commercial director, the Young Director Award in Cannes.
His career has grown in these years, with national productions mixed with international ones, creatively interesting and directorially relevant projects.
Igor’s work, characterized by a strong storytelling with cinematic touch, is regularly featured in key industry pubblications likes Shots, LBB, Adforum, Adweek and David Reviews.
Audi, Ford, Renault, Doritos, Amstel, Sky and Amazon are just a few of the clients that he has director commercial for in the past few years. His love for a storytelling and a good creative challenge has also brought him to collaborate on Branded work both as a director and a co-author.
MAIN AWARDS
Best Director – New York International Film Awards, 2023
Best Short Film – New York International Film Awards, 2023
Silver ADCI Awards 2023- Film Craft, Direction
Gold ADCI Awards 2023- Film Craft, Photography
Bronze ADCI Awards 2023- Film
Award of Excellence – One Reeler Film Festival of Los Angeles, 2023
Best Editing – One Reeler Film Festival of Los Angeles – Film Craft, 2023
Silver – Kiyv International Advertising Festival – Film Category, 2023
Award of Excellence – Global Short Festival of Los Angeles, 2023
Best Film – San Bernardino Award 2021
Silver ADCI Awards 2021- Film Craft, Direction
Silver ADCI Awards 2021 – Film Category
Silver – ADCI Awards 2021 – Health Film
Gold NC Award 2021 – International Campaign
Gold – Effie award 2021
Bronze – Effie award 2021
Silver – New York Festival 2021 – Film Craft
Bronze – New York Festival 2021 – Film Craft
Gold – Best Awards 2020 – Film Category
Silver – Epica Award 2019 – Film Category
Bronze – ADCI Awards 2019 – Film category
Third Prize Award – New York Festival 2019 – Film Craft, Direction
Second Prize Award – New York Festival 2019- Film Craft, Production
Gold – NC Awards 2019–International film with Italian Creativity
Gold – NC Awards 2019 – Best Viral film
Gold – PubliFest 2019 – Best Execution
YouTube Ads Leaderboard 2017 – Tim Spiderman
Silver – Epica Award 2017 – Film Category
Bronze Craft Direction – ADCI Awards 2016
Bronze – ADCI Awards 2016 – Branded Content
Gold – Best Film Key Award 2016
Silver – Epica Awards 2015 – Film category
Bronze Craft Direction – ADCI Award 2015
Shortlist Cannes Lions 2015 – Film category
Shortlist Cannes Health Lions 2015 – Film category
Bronze – New York Festival World’s Best Adverstising 2015
Gold – Best Film – 46 Key Award 2014
Bronze – Epica Award – Film category 2014
Silver – ADCI Awards 2014 – Film category
Silver – ADCI Awards 2014 – Other Screens category
Shortlist Cannes Lions 2014 – Film category
Winner Gran Prix Advertising Strategies 2013
Gold – Best Direction – Mediastars Award 2013
Shorlist – ADCI Awards 2012 – Film category
Young Director Awards “Branded Short Film” – Cannes Lions 2010
Best short LAIFA Los Angeles Film Festival, 2008