AN INDEPENDENT CREATIVE.
CAPTURING YOUR STORY UNIQUELY.
FEATURED
THE BLUE ROOM
Directing actors at Italy's National Theatre Conservatoire: Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica, Silvio d'Amico, Rome.
REWRITTEN - A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Have you ever wanted to rewrite your life..? If we could rewrite it, should we? If we had to could we..? New job, new town, new house, new school, new baby, the ticking clock of a terminal disease, a death, a divorce, a war, a prison sentence...Some events change your life. Others rewrite it.
Like a smack in the mouth, when it all goes south, when the iceberg hits, we sink. Navigating unknown depths. No compass. No map. And no parents, no friends, no writer, no artist, no education plan, no 12 step program, no shrink, no church, no booze, no drugs, can ever rewrite our lives FOR us. So how do we do it? When we're lost, alone, and facing an uncertain future?
Rewritten will be a 90 minute feature documentary exploring the universal human experience of overcoming adversity and facing difficult change. Stories of determination and the power of human connection, illustrating humanity's extraordinary capacity start again, because after loss and defeat, our dreams need to be bigger and braver. Knowing we can loose makes making the game of living so more more important.
Like a smack in the mouth, when it all goes south, when the iceberg hits, we sink. Navigating unknown depths. No compass. No map. And no parents, no friends, no writer, no artist, no education plan, no 12 step program, no shrink, no church, no booze, no drugs, can ever rewrite our lives FOR us. So how do we do it? When we're lost, alone, and facing an uncertain future?
Rewritten will be a 90 minute feature documentary exploring the universal human experience of overcoming adversity and facing difficult change. Stories of determination and the power of human connection, illustrating humanity's extraordinary capacity start again, because after loss and defeat, our dreams need to be bigger and braver. Knowing we can loose makes making the game of living so more more important.
CHAOS!
Directing and photographing the work of final year actors at Italy's national cinema conservatoire, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, located at the historic Cinecittà, Rome.
ANEME A_MARE (01)
An early take on a song inspired by and dedicated to the migrants and refugees who took to boats to come to Europe. Recorded and filmed in Naples.
PAESART. "GALATTICA." Monterotondo.
Transforming & Reclaiming Urban Spaces.
Turning a carpark into an inviting, welcoming space for residents on the peripheries of Rome. High School students gave a week of their time to put the plan into action.
MIGRANTS & REFUGEES.
Documenting the lives of migrants and refugees who took the boats to Europe. Video in collaboration with CivicoZero, Rome. Working with unaccompanied migrant children. A heartbreaking but necessary project. Very proud I was able to be a part of this.
Photographs taken in Naples and Palermo.
ANEME A_MARE (02)
Video: Concept to delivery: Gilessmithdirector.com. Lit, shot & Cut by: Giles Smith. Actors: Gaia Cappa, Dario Pensabene. Filmed in Rome and Naples. Thanks to: Cantine Teatrali, Andrea De Vincenzo. Technical assistant: Andrea Grasso.
ANEME A-MARE.
Produced by: Luca Fiore. Lyrics: Luca Fiore. Music: Luca Fiore & Claudio Cardito. Arrangements: Claudio Cardito. Trumpet & Flueghelhorn arrrangement: Antonello Paliotti. Artistic Producer: Piero De Asmundis. Vocals: Brunella Selo. Guitar: Antonello Paliotti. Trumpet & Flueghelhorn: Gianfranco Campagnoli. Vibraphone & percussion: Raffaele Di Fenza. Piano: Lello Petrarca. Tenor sax: Claudio Cardito. Bass guitar: Mario Mazzaro. Drums: Enrico Del Gaudio.
Recorded at: Musicisti associati, Napoli, Massimiliano Pone. RR Sound, Napoli, Piero De Asmundis. Editing, Mix & Mastering: Piero De Asmundis.
all images (c) 2024 Giles Smith