Damiano Cinque

Damiano Cinque grew up in Caracas Venezuela. Damiano got his bachelor degree in Social Communication from the "Universidad Central de Venezuela" and a master in fine art in film production from Ohio University. His first short movie "Pronostico Reservado" which he wrote and directed was screened in the "22 International Festival of New Latinoamerican Cinema" in 2000. After he got his bachelor degree in Venezuela he worked several years in different types of video production as a producer, creative consultant and camera operator. Then, he went to United States to pursue an MFA in cinema in the School of Film of Ohio University. Under the MFA program he wrote, produced, directed and edited several short narratives and a documentary. He went back to Venezuela to shoot the documentary "Long Way Home" (2009). This documentary has been selected in several film festivals in the U.S. such as the Athens International Film and Video Festival (2008), The East Los Angeles International and Youth Film Festival (2009), Columbus International Film and Video Festival (2009), etc. "Never Too Late" (2009), a short narrative film written, produced, directed and edited by Damiano, have also been selected and screened in several film festivals in the U.S. Most recently he adapted a short story by Horacio Quiroga called "La Gallina Degollada" to produce, direct and edit the short film "The Decapitated Chicken"(2011).