Jean-Luc Servino[1] (born November 21, 1989) is an Italian director, writer, screenwriter and cinematographer, best known in the independent circuits for his shorts,[2] winning several awards, including the Culver City Film Festival,[3] the Eurasia International Film Festival for Best Director[4] and Los Angeles Film Awards for Best Cinematographer.[5]
Born and raised in Naples, Servino developed an interest in filmmaking from a young age. He start shoot shorts in 2014 winning the Web Award at OnAir Festival Sorrento[6] in his first participation in a film festival.
He focusing his attention on social issues winning a Humanitarian Award in 2016.[7] In the same year he publish his first book, La Visione di Ben.[8] [9] [10] In 2017 he won a Regional Award for Best Musical for an innovative production who merging cinema and live theater.[11]
He start the road for International Film Festivals with Zackary (2017) (dedicated to the father Ferdinando Servino), Whiskey For Robinson (2018) and Dear Gaia (2019), receiving several accolades.[12] [13]
He is considered the dreamers filmmaker to given the opportunity in 2018 to about 50 indie artists to show up their potential in a web-series called "Edge - For the dreamers".[14] Edge won as best web-series in Sezze.[15]
In 2020 he was awarded "Eccellenza della Città Metropolitana di Napoli" for his artistic achievements.[16]
The 2021 was the year of "Letter from Professor V",[17] a comedy-drama short film who won several awards around the world but it is with the experimental project "How About" that he conquers the front page of the MI Mag.[18] "Letter from Professor V" was screened in Rome for a memorial day of the great artist Pier Paolo Pasolini.[19]
In the same way, the 2022 was the year of the thriller short "Goodnight Mister Johnson" but the most considerable award arrived with "I fell in love with a Balloon" who won the Best International MicroShort Film in Hollywood.[20]
In 2023 with the silent short film "We Will Laugh Again", he won as Best Director and Best European Short Film in New York.[21]
He studied filmmaking at London Film Academy and American Film Institute. His own style is like a mix of French Nouvelle Vague, Italian neorealism and Russian existentialism, a very unique kind of cinema vision, style and technique.[22]