Born in 1978, Neapolitan, Mauro PIACENTINI since childhood he is passionate about the arts and in particular about audiovisual communications. Over the years he developed a growing interest in cinema and Eastern cultures and in 2004 he graduated with honors in Oriental Languages and Cultures at the University of Naples, "L'Orientale" with an experimental thesis on Ang Lee's cinema. In 2008, he completed his diploma in Cinematography and Film Production at the Beijing Film Academy, after winning a full scholarship granted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The same year he directed "Goodbye, Beijing, Goodbye", a medium-length film written in Chinese language and filmed on the streets of Beijing, during the Olympics. In 2016 he founded the Mauzedao production, company dedicated to video and photographic production. He has written and directed several products, including "Deep white", short film presented in 2006 at the Venice Film Festival, in the Industry market.