Werther Germondari

BIOGRAPHIE

WERTHER GERMONDARI (www.werthergermondari.com) was born in Rimini in 1963. From 1984 to 1986 he attended the Screenwriting Workshop under Tonino Guerra in the Republic of San Marino. In 1988 Germondari won a scholarship to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Rome and obtained a degree there in Cinematography under Giuseppe Rotunno. He then graduated in Institutions of Directing from the University of Bologna. Interested in innovative experimental dynamics that are neo-conceptual and situational, characterized by a taste for the ironic and surreal, Germondari has experimented for 25 years through many different expressive media (from painting to installations, photography to film, videos to live performance). He has been invited to participate in many important international group shows. Germondari's works have also been shown in one-man shows where he focuses on hidden elements highlighted in styles sometimes in a goliard spirit. Specifically in the format of the short, Germondari has made more than fifty films. These have been screened at hundreds of festivals, including Cannes (in 1994, "Una strada diritta lunga", co-directed with Maria Laura Spagnoli) and Venice. Many of Germondari's shorts have won awards and have been distributed in European theatres and sold to international television networks. Among the many retrospectives that have been dedicated to his work are notably "Hommage à Werther Germondari" in 2001 at the Cinémathèque de Nice (France); at the Siena Short Film Festival in 2003, at the Amsterdam's Ostade Teather in 2005 and at the Oldenburg FF in 2006: “Essence is what gives life its most precious meanings. The essence of amber is princeless in perfumes, the scent and colour of saffron are most sought-after ingredients in international cousine. In the essence of a thing the very core of its nature and character are captured. Werther Germondari and Maria Laura Spagnoli have worked many years to improve the medium of the short film and distil the essence of cinema into internationally successful works. Their offerings are seldom longer than a minute and are stripped to bare essentials regarding visuals and narration. The camera guides the gaze of the audience and helps it along the brief narration. There is never anything to be seen which isn’t necessary, no background disturbs the scenes. This aesthetical purism enthrals audiences and gives the films a special weight”. (Retrospektive, Oldenburg FF 2006). In 2011 he made his first long-feature film, "Sex Equo", in co-direction with Maria Laura Spagnoli and in 2020 realized the second long-feature film, titled "Sex Novo".

FILMOGRAPHIE

2021 Nuda Proprietà Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Sound designer, Cast / With, Editing, Camera, Text, Decors, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing
2020 Constraint-19 Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Sound designer, Cast / With, Editing, Camera, Film score composer, Decors, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Music used
2019 Il Trasloco Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Cast / With, Text, Decors, Music used
2018 POW (Piss Off, War) Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Cast / With, Camera, Decors
2014 Psychosofatic Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Cast / With, Editing, Camera, Text, Decors
2014 Imply Red Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Sound designer, Animation, Editing, Camera, Special effects, Text, Decors, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing
2012 Buon Compleanno Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Cast / With, Camera, Text, Decors
2011 I Frutti Del Peccato Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Decors
2011 Ergon e Thanatos Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Sound designer, Editing, Camera, Special effects, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing
2010 L' Amore è nell'aria Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Cast / With, Decors
2009 Convolo Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Decors
2008 Blue (sky) Movie Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Cast / With, Film score composer, Decors
2008 Panca Popolare Italiana Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Sound designer, Editing, Camera, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing
2007 Van Amore Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Sound designer, Camera, Decors
2006 Cinque Caffè Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Cast / With, Camera, Text, Decors
2005 Per Versum Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Cast / With
2005 Beep! Director, Production, Script, Camera
2004 Global orgasm Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script
2003 Conflitto interno Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Sound designer, Cast / With, Editing, Camera, Text, Decors, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing
2003 Olympic Games 2003 Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Sound engineer, Sound designer, Editing, Camera, Special effects
2002 X, Y, Z (three ways of life) Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Camera, Decors
2002 Comunisti verso destra Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Animation, Camera
2000 Il Diavolo a Roma Director, Production, Referent
2000 Roma 56-55 Director, Production, Referent
1999 Triedro Director, Production, Referent
1999 La Vita e' una ruota Director, Production, Referent
1999 S=4?r2 Director, Production, Referent
1999 Stesso posto, stessa ora Director
1999 Hinc et inde Director, Production, Referent
1997 Merda! Director, Production
1996 Ragionevole dubbio Director, Production
1996 Frantumi Director, Production
1996 L' Armadio Director, Production
1996 Il Pranzo onirico I Camera, Camera
1994 Una strada diritta lunga Director, Production