
Giulio Donato
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Giulio Donato
Biography
Giulio Donato was born in Rome in 1993 and started working in 2013 as an assistant director and then as first assistant director, casting and producer on more than 60 film sets (features, documentaries, commercials, video clips and fashion) in Italy, Norway, Brazil, Germany and Mexico, with directors such as Abel Ferrara, Asia Argento, Giada Colagrande, Mimmo Calopresti, Gennaro Nunziante, Roberta Torre, Gianni Zanasi and Claudio Caligari. He wrote and directed four short fiction films that were selected in various Italian and international film festivals.
In 2022, he started working on his debut feature entitled ‘LABIRINTI’, produced by Life Cinema and winner of the last session of the Mic (Italian Ministery of Culture) Selective Grants, Young Authors section.
The film was presented in 2024 at the 81st Venice Film Festival as a special Venice Days screening in the Confrontations section.
Crew
(2025)
Erion
Executive Producer
(2024)
Labirinti
Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer
(2024)
Turn in the Wound
Associate Producer
(2023)
Padre Pio
Casting, First Assistant Director
(2023)
Corpo unico
First Assistant Director
(2023)
Gianni Versace – Emperor of Dreams
First Assistant Director
(2022)
Romanzo radicale
First Assistant Director
(2022)
The Anniversary
Casting, First Assistant Director
(2022)
Senza fine
First Assistant Director
(2022)
Natural Lefty
First Assistant Director
(2022)
The Italian Recipe
Second Assistant Director
(2022)
The Nightingales
Executive Producer
(2021)
Zeros and Ones
Casting, Assistant Director
(2020)
It's Just in My Head
First Assistant Director, Casting, Editor
(2020)
Tommaso
Casting, First Assistant Director
(2020)
Siberia
Casting, Second Assistant Director
(2020)
Sportin' Life
Assistant Director
(2018)
Il vegetale
Second Assistant Director, Casting Assistant
(2017)
Bloody Richard
Second Assistant Director
(2016)
Where Am I Going?
Second Assistant Director
(2016)
Tiramisu
Second Assistant Director
(2016)
All Roads Lead to Rome
Second Assistant Director
(2016)
L'universale
Additional Production Assistant
(2016)
Father
Second Assistant Director
(2016)
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
Second Assistant Director
(2015)
Don't Be Bad
Production Assistant
(2015)
The Complexity of Happiness
Production Assistant
(2014)
Pasolini
Assistant Director
(2014)
Misunderstood
Assistant Director