Jean-Luc Servino[1] (born November 21, 1989) is an Italian director, writer, screenwriter and cinematographer, best known in the independent circuits for his shorts,[2] winning several awards, including the Culver City Film Festival,[3] the Eurasia International Film Festival for Best Director[4] and Los Angeles Film Awards for Best Cinematographer.[5]

Jean-Luc Servino

Born and raised in Naples, Servino developed an interest in filmmaking from a young age. He start shoot shorts in 2014 winning the Web Award at OnAir Festival Sorrento[6] in his first participation in a film festival.

He focusing his attention on social issues winning a Humanitarian Award in 2016.[7] In the same year he publish his first book, La Visione di Ben.[8][9][10] In 2017 he won a Regional Award for Best Musical for an innovative production who merging cinema and live theater.[11]

He start the road for International Film Festivals with Zackary (2017) (dedicated to the father Ferdinando Servino), Whiskey For Robinson (2018) and Dear Gaia (2019), receiving several accolades.[12][13]

He is considered the dreamers filmmaker to given the opportunity in 2018 to about 50 indie artists to show up their potential in a web-series called "Edge - For the dreamers".[14] Edge won as best web-series in Sezze.[15]

In 2020 he was awarded "Eccellenza della Città Metropolitana di Napoli" for his artistic achievements.[16]

The 2021 was the year of "Letter from Professor V",[17] a comedy-drama short film who won several awards around the world but it is with the experimental project "How About" that he conquers the front page of the MI Mag.[18] "Letter from Professor V" was screened in Rome for a memorial day of the great artist Pier Paolo Pasolini.[19]

In the same way, the 2022 was the year of the thriller short "Goodnight Mister Johnson" but the most considerable award arrived with "I fell in love with a Balloon" who won the Best International MicroShort Film in Hollywood.[20]

In 2023 with the silent short film "We Will Laugh Again", he won as Best Director and Best European Short Film in New York.[21]

He studied filmmaking at London Film Academy and American Film Institute. His own style is like a mix of French Nouvelle Vague, Italian neorealism and Russian existentialism, a very unique kind of cinema vision, style and technique.[22]

Filmography

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  • Zackary (2017)
  • Whiskey For Robinson (2018)
  • I fell in love with a Balloon (2018)
  • Dear Gaia (2019)
  • Lettera dal professor V (2021)
  • Goodnight Mister Johnson (2022)
  • ...E ci ridiamo un po' su! (2023)

Books

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  • La visione di Ben (2016)

References

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  1. ^ "Jean-Luc Servino - Cerca con Google". www.google.com.
  2. ^ "Jean-Luc Servino… tre anni dopo". May 14, 2018.
  3. ^ "Jean-Luc Servino, regista vesuviano, trionfa a Los Angeles con il cortometraggio "Zackary"". www.ilmattino.it. 13 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Winners list" (PDF). eurasiafilmfest.ru. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  5. ^ "il regista partenopeo Jean-Luc Servino vince ai Los Angeles film awards con il film "Dear Gaia"". NapoliToday.
  6. ^ "I vincitori dell'On-Air Festival, il vento che porta al Sorrento 2014 - CinemaItaliano.info". www.cinemaitaliano.info.
  7. ^ "Premio Medical Care 2016: il terzignese Gianluca Servino tra i vincitori". February 10, 2016.
  8. ^ Servino, Gianluca (October 18, 2016). La visione di Ben. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781365468551 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Redazione, Autore (March 22, 2017). ""La Visione di Ben", romanzo di Gianluca Servino, presentato a Benevento".
  10. ^ Servino, Gianluca. La visione di Ben. ASIN 1365468550.
  11. ^ "Jean Luc Servino, il regista di San Giuseppe Vesuviano che vuole conquistare Hollywood". May 18, 2017.
  12. ^ "L'INTERVISTA. Dear Gaia di Jean-Luc Servino. La sacralita' del dolore e il volo". ilcentrotirreno.it.
  13. ^ "Awards - Jean-Luc Servino (JLS Films)".
  14. ^ ""Edge", la webserie dei talenti vesuviani". June 6, 2018.
  15. ^ https://www.latinaquotidiano.it/sezze-film-festival-2022/
  16. ^ "Francesco Iovino on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.[user-generated source]
  17. ^ https://www.hlc-cultcritic.com/letter-from-professor-v/
  18. ^ https://monthlyindieshorts.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Issue-Number-4.pdf
  19. ^ https://www.oggiroma.it/eventi/rassegne/proiezione-di-9-cortometraggi-di-tematiche-pasoliniane/66001/
  20. ^ https://www.metropolisweb.it/2022/11/19/terzigno-hollywood-servino-conquista-gli-usa/
  21. ^ https://www.metropolisweb.it/2023/11/20/jean-luc-servino-premiato-miglior-regista-internazionale-new-york/
  22. ^ "L'EVENTO. Giorgia sul filo di un incontro. L'ultimo corto di Jean Luc Servino". ilcentrotirreno.it.
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