Mattia de Gennaro is an Italian director and screenwriter.
In October 2021, he decided to attend the course of "Cinema, photography and audiovisual" at the Academy of Fine Arts of Foggia (Italy), graduating with full marks. 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 and two awards from the CORTOCIRCUITI Short Film Festival of Bari (People’s Choice/ Students' Choice Apulian Student Short Film).

His latest 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.