Paolo Taddei

In 1984 and 1985 school of cinema held by Paolo Benvenuti. 1990 - degree in English Literature and in 2006 master in “Writing and Editing for movie and television” held by VRMMP, Turin. From 1987 up to working as television cameraman, director of photography and photographer for RAI, Mediaset, TMC, Eurosport and many other company. From 1997 managing a photographic studio in Pisa. In the years writing scripts for short-movies, directing some of them. 1995 - L’Occhio della Moto - script “I Girasoli 95”, the short on Festival di Bellaria 96 and “Castelli dell’Alta Marca Anconetana”,1997. 1999 - Macaulay scotch whisky - “A Corto di Cinema”, Lucca. 2002 - Untitled - 53° FilmVideo2002 Montecatini Terme, Biennale del Cinema per la Pace Pisa 04, Frontiere Film Festival 06 Luzzara. 2005 - Agenzia Ippica - script, winner of ”Premio del pubblico” V Edizione Mitreo Film Festival. 2006 - Segni del Destino - script VI Edizione Mitreo Film Festival. 2006 - Luly, The Italian Dream - doc project, Docineurope Match Making Bardonecchia, Giornate Europee per il Cinema Torino, shooting started, waiting to edit. 2006 - Story editor by Verdecchi film, Roma. 2008 -“The colours of abandonment”, doc 52’, written and directed for SEBANDNIC, Pisa, Special Gran Prix of the Jury at the II Film festival of Calabria, November 2008; Premio Energia Calabria, OffcinemAPERTO, Locri, Agoust 2009; Special Mention, Pentedattilo Film Festival, Settembre 2009; XX Festival Archeologico, Rovereto October 2009; Sila Film Fest, June 2009. 2008 Selected as Story Editor at Script and Pitch, Torino Film Lab. 2009- Workshop as story editor at Binger Film Lab, Amsterdam. 2011- “Il Cantiere e la Magnolia”, short-doc., 6’30”, released in May, so far selected at Cinemavvenire short film festival, Best Directing Prize, July 2011, Rome; L’altro corto, short film festival, Rome July 2011; Cuneo Film Festival, December 2011. 2012- script reader, Eclectic Pictures, Los Angeles, USA. 2013- script reader, judge, Endas Screenwriting Competition, Italy. 2015- script reader, YOUGOFAR, Uk. -“Obscurity” feature film script selected at TAREULA II workshop and pitched at San Sebastian co-production forum in September; quarterfinalist 4th Storypros International, Usa; 2nd round International Screenwriting Awards, Usa; second round Cinequest Screenwriting Competition, 2013, USA; 2nd round The Writer Room Competition, 2013; 3rd round Reel Writer Competition, USA, 2013; quarterfinalist 7th Storypros Awards, Usa, 2013; semi-finalist WriteMovies 32, 2013, USA; semi-finalist Cash Pot Screenplay Competition, 2013; semi-finalist Storypros International 7th, 2014, USA; semi-finalist Screenplay Festival, 2013, USA; Top 10 Open Curtain Screenwriting Competition, 2013, USA; TOP 100 Emerging Screenwriter Competition, 2013, USA; honourable mention London Film Awards, 2013, UK; finalist Back in the Box Competition, 2013, USA; finalist Las Vegas Film Festival, Usa, 2013; finalist Peachtree Film Festival, Usa, 2013; finalist Winter Film Awards, 2013 USA; semi-finalist Circus Road Screenplay Contest, 2014, USA; quarterfinalist Courier Awards Competition, USA, 2014; finalist Extreme Screenwriting Competition, USA, 2014; finalist Oaxaca Film Festival, 2014, Mexico; Winner Oregon Independent Film Festival, 2013, USA. -“No Church, No God Around" (The Tide’s Star) feature film script selected at Sources 2 workshop, November session, 2010; selected at MAIA workshop, 2010; semi-finalist at Free Screenwriting Contest, USA, December 2011; quarterfinalist Shore Script Competition, UK, 2014; semi-finalist WriteMovies 34, 2013, USA. -"The Heart Beyond the Obstacle" feature film script, second round The Writer Room Competition, 2013. -"She's my mother, unfortunately" feature film script, 2014. -"Cavallo del Re" feature film script, 2016 with the previous title "A Fork in the Road", quarterfinalist 6th Storypros, Usa; Script Circle workshop held by Franz Rodenkirchen, Berlin, 2016; selected at MFI screenwriting workshop, Greece, 2016; semi-finalist at Shore script competition, UK.