Massimo Spano

The running of water and the running of film, where everything remains imprinted. Our stories, our DNA and our lives are impressed in water, our emotions, our stories and our feelings are impressed in film.  

Massimo Spano

Massimo Spano was born in Rome on 2/5/58, and after studies in architecture and art, he serves an apprenticeship in an architects studio. He starts out in cinema after meeting Tinto Brass, who takes him on as assistant director in the film Action shot entirely in England. After this first experience, he meets the director Ivens (the father of the modern documentary) with whom he collaborates in the quality of assistant director on a film about Florence. After this experience, he decides to make use of his studies and he starts collaborating with various set designers in the quality of assistant set designer/set decorator.

He begins to work as a set designer and collaborates with numerous directors including Risi, Mazzacurati, Lucchetti, Archibugi, Guglielmi, Taviani and Corbucci. After all these experiences, he makes his debut as a director with the film Agosto.