Directing

Giovanni Tortorici

Born January 7, 1996 · Palermo, Italy (age 30)

Giovanni Tortorici born in Palermo, Italy. He worked as assistant director trainee on the set of Luca Guadagnino’s series “We Are Who We Are”. He then continued his collaboration with Guadagnino as camera operator and assistant director on short films and videoclips. He made his feature debut as a director with Diciannove.

Known For

Nineteen

Nineteen · 2025

Leonardo, a 19-year-old student, leaves his hometown of Palermo to study economics in London. He soon grows restless and enrolls at the University of Siena to study literature before dropping out of school to study classics on his own. The following year, he travels to Turin where he meets a man who will help him on his journey of self-discovery.

Ketticè

Ketticè · 2026

Palermo, 2012. Giulio, a listless and dissatisfied 16-year-old, drifts through his days with no enthusiasm for school and no prospects for the future. His encounter with Ketty, a more self-assured peer, offers him an escape from the monotony.

Secret Journey

Secret Journey · 2006

After witnessing the murder of their mother thirty years ago, a man and his sister struggle with challenges of their adult lives.

We Are Who We Are

We Are Who We Are · 2020

We Are Who We Are

Two American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy explore friendship, first love, identity, and all the messy exhilaration and anguish of being a teenager.

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Nineteen

Nineteen · 2025

Leonardo, a 19-year-old student, leaves his hometown of Palermo to study economics in London. He soon grows restless and enrolls at the University of Siena to study literature before dropping out of school to study classics on his own. The following year, he travels to Turin where he meets a man who will help him on his journey of self-discovery.

Director

Ketticè

Ketticè · 2026

Palermo, 2012. Giulio, a listless and dissatisfied 16-year-old, drifts through his days with no enthusiasm for school and no prospects for the future. His encounter with Ketty, a more self-assured peer, offers him an escape from the monotony.

Director

Secret Journey

Secret Journey · 2006

After witnessing the murder of their mother thirty years ago, a man and his sister struggle with challenges of their adult lives.

Figlio paziente

We Are Who We Are

We Are Who We Are · 2020

We Are Who We Are

Two American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy explore friendship, first love, identity, and all the messy exhilaration and anguish of being a teenager.

Assistant Director Trainee