Frankie is a Film Director and Interdisciplinary Artivist, he splits his life between London and Milan, and his interests expand to feature films, commercials, branded films, A.I films, experiential design, and new immersive forms of storytelling.
Deeply inspired by nature, wildlife and the ocean, he brings organic thinking into digital worlds. After ego-dissolving training with an Ecuadorian shaman, collaboration isn’t just a value, it’s a practice. He believe the strongest work is built collectively, across disciplines.
After stints in New York City and Kingston, Jamaica, Italian-born Frankie Caradonna moved to London in 2008, where he worked on feature documentaries ‘Girlfriend In A Coma’ and ‘Europe At Sea’, written by Bill Emmott, former Director of The Economist. He also worked on theatrically released ‘Tempest’ and the BFI funded short film ‘Truck’ among many other projects.
In 2015, Frankie started directing commercials with Great Guns UK.
His films and art installations ended up soon on the pages of The Guardian, Shots, Campaign, Little Black Book, The Drum, CreativePool, David Reviews, AD, Artribune, Elle Decor, Forbes among others; they have collected awards and shortlists from Nowness, Kinsale Shark, One Point Four London, Indie Short Cannes, The Telly Awards, Webby, D&AD, Creativepool, Epic Games Build Munich 2019, the Milan Film Festival and The Video Consortium among others. His photographic work has been exhibited in Italy and UK and published by Hoxton Mini Press/Magnum/BJP.
A selection of brands frankie worked for includes: Google, Breast Cancer Now, Nike, Chrysler, Aston Martin and Lamborghini.
Frankie released, through Nowness Picks, his short documentary on British post-war photographer, Colin Jones, and is currently developing a thriller feature film and a coming of age TV series. He is currently in the post production process of ALBA AD OVEST, a 40 minute music film for the iconic Italian band Casino Royale.
Frankie is represented by Great Guns (UK/EMEA); he co-founded COMASTUDIO UK and in 2020 he started the REWILD project, through the art movement he co-founded THECURATORSMILAN, a collective of artists and scientists producing series of art installations that mix design, fine arts and new technologies.
At the moment he works as Film Writer-Director & AI VFX Supervisor on Hybrid Productions, Architect of Live-Action x AI VFX Storytelling
He is a rare breed of Director: grounded in classic filmmaking, fluent in Generative AI, and obsessed with building smarter, more cost-efficient hybrid productions without ever compromising craft or emotion.
This role, Film Director & AI Supervisor, is the ultimate fusion of his two core passions: powerful storytelling and cutting-edge technology. I operate at the intersection of live-action, VFX, CG and AI, designing future-proof production workflows that unlock ambitious creative visions while keeping budgets lean and processes agile.
