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Pietro Russolo (1999, Oderzo) is an Italian director of photography based in Vancouver, Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia's competitive Film Production Program. Working in both

Pietro Russolo

Pietro Russolo (1999, Oderzo) is an Italian director of photography based in Vancouver, Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia's competitive Film Production Program. Working in both the narrative and documentary field, he has been interested in bringing to the forefront the tensions and beauty surrounding Vancouver's communities, youth subculture, the punk scene, coming-to-age genre and Indigenous life with dramatical elements. Russolo's cinematography has

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Pietro Russolo (1999, Oderzo) is an Italian director of photography based in Vancouver, Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia’s competitive Film Production Program. Working in both the narrative and documentary field, he has been interested in bringing to the forefront the tensions and beauty surrounding Vancouver’s communities, youth subculture, the punk scene, coming-to-age genre and Indigenous life with dramatical elements. Russolo’s cinematography has an organic and natural feel, drawing inspiration from social realism.

His works have been screened at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema du Montreal, the Chicago CineYouth International Film Festival, the Seattle National Film Festival for Talented Youth, the Concordia Film Festival, the Los Angeles Skins Film Festival and the Chilliwack Indepedent Film Festival. Pietro has lived in Italy, the United States, Japan and the Netherlands. He has worked on advertising productions in Italy, engaged as a cinematographer in documentary work in Greece and Independent productions and other documentaries in Canada.

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Experience Level

Music Video
Expert
Promo Video
Expert
Video Advert
Expert
Adobe Premiere Pro
Intermediate
Adobe Photoshop
Intermediate
Adobe Lightroom
Intermediate

Language

Italian
Fluent
English
Fluent

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Production at University of British Columbia
September 3, 2019 - April 28, 2023
Graduated with Honors, awarded the H. Norman Lidster Prize in Filmmaking and obtained a 3.85 GPA.

Qualifications

PADI Divemaster
June 1, 2022 - September 29, 2025
Obtained my PADI Divemaster certification while working as a Scuba Diving Instructor Assistant.

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
    uniE608 Director of Photography Reel
    Works shown (in order): "The Lame Shall Sing" (2024) "Man is Sick, Man is Fine" (2023) "Emotional Hoarder" (2023) "Lighthead" (2022) "House After" (2022) "Takeover Skateboarding" (2024) "Lantic" (2022) "Three Seas, Brooding" (2021)