Mattia de Gennaro is a director and screenwriter. After graduating in “Cinema, Photography and Audiovisual” from the Academy of Fine Arts of Foggia, he continued his studies in Rome, being among the 12 candidates chosen to join the School of Screenwriting “Leo Benvenuti”, founded in 2019 by Francesco Ranieri Martinotti, Umberto Marino, Nicola Guaglianone and Gabriele Mainetti. He is currently enrolled in “Audiovisual Theories and Tecniques” at the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome.

In 2022 he debut with the short film "janelas verdes' dream", winning the second place at the "Rotary Art Award Medusa - XXII edition". In the same year he writes and directs first "on brothers and other evils", a short film produced in collaboration with the "Piccolo Teatro" of Foggia and then "AKKA", realized within "Fossi Art Village" during "Residenze AKKA", which has won nominations and prestigious awards, such as the "Honorable Mention" of the Student World Impact Film Festival and the "Young Director Award" at the Cefalù Film Festival, during which he was also awarded the "Honorable Mention" of the Jury, two months before winning the University Award section of the Student Film Festival of Foggia. In 2024, his short film "what remains of nothing" won the Best Short Film Award at the Intermunicipal Festival of Amateur Cinema in Brescia, two awards from the CORTOCIRCUITI Short Film Festival of Bari (People’s Choice/ Students' Choice Apulian Student Short Film) and the “Best Director Award” of the Student Film Festival of Foggia. In August 2024, his short film "I dreamed there was sea in Milan" won the "Memory Ciak" section of the Bookciak, Azione! Award, pre-opening event of the Giornate degli Autori at the 81st International Venice Film Festival.

His latest short film, "A Useless Heart," is his diploma thesis.