I am a filmmaker and musician with an extensive portfolio across cultural, artistic and corporate contexts. I specialize in documentaries, music videos, short films and video-sound installations, and I actively drive the entire creative process from concept to delivery. I have hands-on experience across direction, cinematography, camera operation, editing, post-production, color grading, sound design, and music composition, and I also teach audiovisual practices to students and professionals. Based in Palermo, Sicily, I collaborate with institutions, galleries, and corporate partners to create immersive audiovisual experiences.

Pietro Leone

I am a filmmaker and musician with an extensive portfolio across cultural, artistic and corporate contexts. I specialize in documentaries, music videos, short films and video-sound installations, and I actively drive the entire creative process from concept to delivery. I have hands-on experience across direction, cinematography, camera operation, editing, post-production, color grading, sound design, and music composition, and I also teach audiovisual practices to students and professionals. Based in Palermo, Sicily, I collaborate with institutions, galleries, and corporate partners to create immersive audiovisual experiences.

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I am a filmmaker and musician with an extensive portfolio across cultural, artistic and corporate contexts. I specialize in documentaries, music videos, short films and video-sound installations, and I actively drive the entire creative process from concept to delivery.

I have hands-on experience across direction, cinematography, camera operation, editing, post-production, color grading, sound design, and music composition, and I also teach audiovisual practices to students and professionals. Based in Palermo, Sicily, I collaborate with institutions, galleries, and corporate partners to create immersive audiovisual experiences.

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Experience Level

Language

Italian
Fluent
English
Intermediate

Work Experience

Director / Cinematographer / Editor / Post-production at AMBROTOS — Silver Landscapes in Sicily (International Historical Photography Workshop, Castelbuono)
January 1, 2025 - Present
Directed and photographed a landscape-focused project with post-production and editing.
Director / Cinematographer / Editor at TEC(L)A — Interview with architects studio Lemonot
January 1, 2025 - Present
Directed, shot and edited an interview for the architects studio Lemonot; involved in camera operation, editing and post-production.
Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Post-production at AMBROTOS — Silver Landscapes in Sicily
January 1, 2025 - Present
Directed, photographed, edited, and oversaw post-production for the project presented at International Historical Photography Workshop, Castelbuono.
Director, Cinematographer, Editor at TEC(L)A — Interview with architects studio Lemonot
January 1, 2025 - Present
Directed, shot, and edited an interview with architects studio Lemonot for Museo Civico Mina Palumbo, Castelbuono (Public Institution).
Director / Director of Photography / Editor / Screenwriter / Co-composer at PASSI — Castello Maniace (with Alfredo Pirri)
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
Project on Castello Maniace; Sicilian Region, Fine Arts Superintendency of Syracuse; published on Sky Arte.
Director / Director of Photography / Editor / Screenwriter / Co-composer at ARRIVEDERCI. L'Ora, memories of a daily newspaper
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
Two-episode audiovisual memory project based on a daily newspaper; production for Central Library of the Sicilian Region, Cultural Heritage Department.
Director / Director of Photography / Editor / Screenwriter / Co-composer at AMOENUS (AXA IM Alts · ARTRIBUNE · Renzo Piano Building Workshop)
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
Development and production of AMOENUS; includes direction, D.O.P., editing, screenplay and co-composition; selected for Milano Design Film Festival 2024; screened at MAXXI Rome.
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenwriter, Co-composer at PASSI — Castello Maniace (with Alfredo Pirri)
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Collaborative project for Sicilian Region; roles across direction, camera, editing, screenplay, and music.
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenwriter, Co-composer at ARRIVEDERCI. L'Ora, memories of a daily newspaper
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
Two episodes, 40 minutes each; directed, lit, edited, wrote screenplay, and contributed to music for a memory piece on a daily newspaper.
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenwriter, Co-composer at AMOENUS (AXA IM Alts · ARTRIBUNE · Renzo Piano Building Workshop)
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
Collaborative project with Renzo Piano Building Workshop; responsibilities across direction, camera, editing, screenplay, and co-composition.
Director / Director of Photography / Editor / Co-composer at VICE VERSA (with Alfredo Pirri)
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Video installation production for AXA IM Alts / ARTRIBUNE.
Director / Director of Photography / Editor / Screenwriter / Co-composer at VETRA X (with Helga Marsala)
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Video production for AXA IM Alts / ARTRIBUNE; collaboration with Helga Marsala.
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Co-composer at VICE VERSA (with Alfredo Pirri)
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Video installation project for BUZZI UNICEM s.p.a.; roles in directing, cinematography, editing, and music collaboration.
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenwriter, Co-composer at VETRA X (with Helga Marsala)
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Video work for AXA IM Alts · ARTRIBUNE; responsibilities across directing, cinematography, editing, screenplay, and co-composition.
Director / Director of Photography / Editor / Screenwriter at VETRA PASSAGE #1 — CABARET TYPOGRAPHIE
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Video-sound installation with AXA IM Alts · ARTRIBUNE · NABA Milano.
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenwriter at VETRA PASSAGE #1 — CABARET TYPOGRAPHIE
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Video-sound installation; directed, photographed, edited, and wrote screenplay.
Cinematography / Editing at 4 Lessons with Pietro Giordano
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Cinematography and editing workshop project; LAB 80.
Cinematographer, Editor at 4 Lessons with Pietro Giordano — LAB 80
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Cinematography and editing for a production course project.
Director / Camera / Editing at VETRO
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Music video for Massimo Martelotta; cinematography, direction and editing.
Director, Camera, Editor at VETRO (Music Video) — Indigo Music
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Directed, photographed, and edited a music video.
Director / Camera / Editing / Original Score at Video Storytelling, Conte Tasca D'Almerita
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2018
Video storytelling for Conte Tasca D'Almerita; direction, camera, editing and original score.
Director / Screenwriter / Cinematography at SOMETIMES (with Da Black Jezus)
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Music video; director, screenwriter, cinematography; final selection at Biennale Martelive – Music Video Section.
Director, Camera, Editing, Original Score at Video Storytelling, Conte Tasca D'Almerita
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2018
Directed, filmed, edited, and composed for the Tasca D'Almerita project.
Director, Screenplay, Cinematography at SOMETIMES (Music Video) — 800A Records
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Directed, co-wrote screenplay, and shot the music video.
Filmmaker at Freelance
January 1, 2005 - Present
Ho realizzato vari documentari e progetti audiovisivi, creando contenuti multimediali per diverse produzioni.

Education

Corso di MIDI e Fonia at Università della Musica
January 1, 2003 - January 1, 2005
Diploma in Audiovisual Multimedia Fine Arts at Istituto Superiore Majorana, Palermo
January 1, 2024 - July 3, 2026
Diploma in Tourism Management at Istituto Papa Giovanni XXIII, Canicatti
January 1, 2003 - July 3, 2026
Diploma in Audiovisual Multimedia Fine Arts at Istituto Superiore Majorana, Palermo
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2024
Diploma in Tourism Management at Istituto Papa Giovanni XXIII, Canicatti
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2003

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Government