Michele Pennetta

Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Production Designer, Location Sound Mixer, Cinematographer

Born 1984 in Varese, Italy. 2008 BA in Visual Communication from SUPSI (University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland), Lugano. 2010 MA in cinema from ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne). His short documentaries THE BET (2013) and THE DOGS BARK (2010) were selected for numerous festivals. His first feature-length documentary FISHING BODIES (2016) premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, Cineasti del presente. IL MIO CORPO’s international premiere was in the ACID section of Cannes 2020.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2025
The White Club by Michele Pennetta
2023
Lonely by Michele Pennetta
2022
Fièvre by Géraldine Rod, Michele Pennetta
2020
Il mio corpo by Michele Pennetta
2016
Pescatori di corpi by Michele Pennetta
2013
'A iucata by Michele Pennetta
2010
I cani abbaiano by Michele Pennetta
2009
Sisto by Michele Pennetta
2009
Être Vincent Perret by Michele Pennetta
2009
Le sans patron by Michele Pennetta
2008
Profondo amore by Michele Pennetta

Screenwriter

2025
The White Club by Michele Pennetta
2023
Lonely by Michele Pennetta
2020
Il mio corpo by Michele Pennetta
2016
Pescatori di corpi by Michele Pennetta
2013
'A iucata by Michele Pennetta
2010
I cani abbaiano by Michele Pennetta

Cinematographer

2010
I cani abbaiano by Michele Pennetta

Producer

2022
Fièvre by Géraldine Rod, Michele Pennetta
2015
L'évasion by Sami Arpa

Location Sound Mixer

2010
I cani abbaiano by Michele Pennetta

Production Designer

2015
L'évasion by Sami Arpa
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