Gabriele Mainetti

Gabriele Mainetti is an Italian actor, director, composer, and film producer. He began his career in theatre in 1998. In that period, Gabriele played important roles in different movies and TV shows. Then, he focused on short films' direction achieving important results: his last release, entitled Tiger Boy (2012), won Best International Short Film at the “Flickerfest International Film Festival” 2013 (in Australia). His debut feature film, They Call Me Jeeg (2015), was praised by the audience and critics, gaining several major Italian prizes. Mainetti won the awards for Best New Director and Best Producer at the 2016 David di Donatello. His second feature Freaks Out received 16 nominations for the David di Donatello 2022 and won six, including Best Producer.