Biography
Gabriele Mainetti is an italian actor, director, producer and composer. His short film Tiger Boy (2012) was selected in the 86th Academy Awards short list for che "Live action short" section. His first feature film, Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot (2016), won eight David di Donatello, including best director and best actor.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Forbidden City
2025
Director, Screenplay, Story
In the suburbs of Rome two very different souls intersect. One is the son of a restaurant owner who disappeared with his lover. The other is a young m...
Elf Me
2023
Story, Screenplay, Creative Producer
A bumbling Christmas elf whose Santa's helper job is jeopardized by a complete inability in building toys teams up with a kid harassed by bullies.
The Best Century of My Life
2023
Producer
An absurd law prevents John, an unrecognized child at birth, from knowing the identity of his biological parents before his 100th birthday. To succeed...
My Summer with the Shark
2023
Producer
School's out and 13-year-old Walter has lost his father. In his seemingly aimless wanderings around the Roman coast, a fascinating and mysterious plac...
Freaks Out
2021
Director, Producer, Original Music Composer
Four super-powered circus freaks find themselves trapped in war-torn Rome after their foster father is captured by the Nazis.
The Millionairs
2017
Producer
Over the course of one long night, mountain roads crisscrossing wooded slopes become the scene of a series of gruesome murders, all committed by an ar...
Ningyo
2016
Director, Original Music Composer
A man in a Japanese restaurant thinks back to his encounter with a mysterious creature.
They Call Me Jeeg
2016
Director, Producer, Original Music Composer
Exposed to radioactive waste, small-time crook Enzo gains super-strength. A misanthropic, introverted brute, he uses his powers for personal gain unti...
Christian
2015
as Christian
In one of the roughest suburbs of Rome, an outsider discovers he possesses a great source of power that he will be unable to control.
Tiger Boy
2012
Producer, Director, Original Music Composer
Matteo, a nine years old kid, builds a mask identical to the one of his hero: a wrestler of a roman suburb called The Tiger. Once the mask is on, Matt...
Love in Central Park
2010
Director
Basette
2008
Producer, Director, Original Music Composer
Antonio's first day as a thief is marked by tears. During an incursion at the mall, his mother is arrested. Some 20 years later, Antonio along with hi...
In the Fridge for Love
2005
Director
The Producer
2004
Director, Producer, Original Music Composer
Two young film authors, Angelo and Lillo, the former a screenwriter, the latter a director, try in every way to present their works to Mr Piras, a suc...
Adored
2003
as Pietro
South of France: Riki Kandinski and his elder brother Fredrico, come back to their family castle for their father's funeral. Fredrico knows nothing ab...
Ultimo stadio
2002
as Claudio
The Champions League Final, on 31st May 2001, in Rome. A football match unites men that have nothing in common with each other. The stadium becomes a ...
Un altr'anno e poi cresco
2001
as Sandro
Winds of Passion
2000
Life on the island of Pantelleria is becoming more difficult by the day. The ferries to the Sicilian mainland have problems running on time because of...
Tutti gli uomini del deficiente
1999
as Guy at the Auditorium (uncredited)
Nearing death, videogame genius Leone Stella holds a contest to find an heir: several people named like him will compete in a live-streamed reenactmen...
Il cielo in una stanza
1999
as Marco
Clashing with his father Paolo after coming home late, 17-year-old Marco accuses him of being old and stifling. They time travel to the 1960s, where P...
Life Doesn't Scare Me
1999
We follow how four ordinary little girls learn about life, love and all that sort of things.