Bio
Growing up in the Austrian mountains Franco early on found his passion for image making, working on ski and snowboard movies with his friends. During his school years he was working as a freelance cameraman for local television stations. After graduating his studies of Multimediaart at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences he started working with the tyrolean production company Wildruf. With Wildruf he realized the creation of many award winning commercials and feature documentaries. In 2015 he co-founded the creative film collective Melencolia with director Eric Marcus Weglehner, Oliver Bernauer and fellow DP Dominik Mayer. Franco is currently living in Innsbruck and working with EUTOPIAFILM and as a freelance cinematographer and colorist.
selected works
BLUTSTILLEN (in postproduction) - short film - director: Roland Silbernagl, production: Althaus FIlm, role: director of photography
VISTA MARE (in postproduction) - feature documentary - director: Julia Gutweniger, Florian Kofler, production: Eutopiafilm, Albolina Film,
role: colorist
WINTERWOODSTOCK 2023 (2022) - commercial - director: Patrick Neubäck, production: Eutopiafilm, role: colorist, 1.AC
DOWNFALL OF AN EMPIRE (2022) - TV documentary - director: Bernhard Riener, production: Portal Filmproduktion, ORF III, RAI Südtirol,
role: colorist
LANDKRIMI - DER TOTE IN DER SCHLUCHT (2022) - TV movie - director: Miriam Unger, production: KGP, role: camera grip
UNIVERSUM - SANFTE BERGE - WILDE MOORE - TV documentary - director: Patrick Centurioni, production: Centurioni Images, ORF, ARTE,
NDR Doclights, role: editor, colorist
DAYDREAM - SEEFELD (2022) - commercial - director: Mathias Obmascher, role: colorist, 1.AC
MED-EL - PLACE OF SOUND (2021) - image film - director: Patrick Neubäck, production: Eutopiafilm, agency: MED-EL, role: director of photography
DELFORT - SPECIALITY PAPER (2021) - commercial - director: Lucas Riccabona, production: FeSt, role: director of photography
FEVER - FLORENCE ARMAN (2021) - music video - director: Lucas Riccabona, dop: Tobias Pichler, role: 1.AC, colorist
TIROL - EIN LAND STELLT SICH VOR (in production) - educational series - director: Patrick Neubäck, production: EUTOPIAFILM, role: director of photography
MED-EL HANDS ON (2020) - corporate - director: Patrick Neubäck, production: Wildruf, agency: MED-EL, role: director of photography
EMMI CAFE WENDY (2020) - TV commercial - director: Thomy Dirnhofer, production: Bold Pictures, agency: WWP, role: 1.AC
SOUND OF SEEFELD (2020) - TV commercial - director: Mathias Obmascher, production: Wildruf, agency: Stoff, role: director of photography
SOMMER TVB BRIXENTAL (2020) - commercial - director: Patrick Neubäck, production: Wildruf, role: director of photography
BTV STRATEGIE 2030 (2020) - corporate - director: Patrick Neubäck, production: Wildruf, role: director of photography
ALPINCARD (2020) - commercial - director: Tobias Pichler, Lucas Riccabona, production: Wildruf, agency: Tom Jank Network role: 2nd AC
MEIN PLATZ ZUM VERLIEBEN - TVB BRIXENTAL (2020) - commercial - director: Patrick Neubäck, production: Wildruf, role: 1.AC
CURA HAIRCARE (2019) - commercial - director: Tobias Pichler, production: Wildruf, role: 2nd camera Operator
WILD INNSBRUCK (2019) - feature documentary - director: Patrick Centurioni, production: Centurioni Images, Wildruf, role: editor
SAMBA - MED-EL (2019) - corporate - director: Patrick Neubäck, production: Wildruf, role: director of photography
LANDKRIMI - DAS MÄDCHEN AUS DEM BERGSEE (2019) - feature film - director: Mirjam Unger, production: KGP, role: 1.AC underwater camera
QUALITÄT TIROL - AMT - commercial - director: Lucas Riccabona, production: Wildruf, role: 1.AC
I HELMUT (in production) - feature film - director: Helmut Ditsch, production: Eutopiafilm, role: 2nd AC
SEKT (2019) - short film - director: Eric Marcus Weglehner, production: Melencolia, role: director of photography
MITTENDRIN - TVB BRIXENTAL (2019) - TV commercial: director: Patrick Neubäck, production: Wildruf, role: 1.AC
BMW WINTERTIPPS (2019) - commercial - director: Bernd Faass, production: Element E, agency: Jung von Matt, role: 2nd AC
MK - A GENERATIONS LIVING ROOM (2018) - feature documentary - director: Marc Brugger, production: Wildruf, role: director of photography, editor
YAPADU - TVB ST. JOHANN (2018) - commercial - director: Tobias Pichler, production: Wildruf, agency: Tom Jank Network, role: 2nd camera operator
ZINGERLE (2018) - short film - director: Eric Marcus Weglehner, production: Melencolia, role, director of photography
PALE BLUE ME (2017) - short film - director: Maurice Miller, Theresa Haas, producer: Anna Niebert, role: gaffer, colorist
AMONG THE DEAD (2017) - short film - director: Eric Marcus Weglehner, production: Melencolia, role: editor
ATTACK OF THE LEDERHOSENZOMBIES (2016) - feature film - director: Dominik Hartl, production: Fischer Film, role: additional footage