MICHELE CIVETTA

Michele Civetta is an Emmy nominated director. After completing the award winning short film After the Fall as an undergraduate at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Michele Civetta signed a production deal with HKM Productions / Directors Bureau. Since that time he has helmed numerous projects for an array of commercial clients ranging from Martini & Rossi, Badoit, Dunkin' Donuts, Bacardi, and Coca Cola. Civetta has also directed music videos for a spectrum of recording artists such as Lou Reed, Sparklehorse, Ladytron, Edward Sharp & the Magnetic Zeros and Yoko Ono. In 2006 Mr. Civetta wrote, produced and directed an ambitious and critically praised musical feature for Sean Lennon's Capitol Records release Friendly Fire starring Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Fisher, Jordana Brewster and Devon Aoki which was released on HDNet channel. In 2009 Mr. Civetta produced and directed a short for an omnibus series of 42 films for Bacardi based on Dreams. The project premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and included work by an international slate of directors including David Lynch, Gaspar Noe, Kenneth Anger, Harmony Korine, Leos Carax and Taiki Waititi. 

In October 2016, the Italian Consulate in NYC hosted a retrospective screening of Mr. Civetta's work. The most recent commercial Mr. Civetta filmed for NBC was nominated for an Emmy Award that same year.

In 2019 Gravitas Ventures released a film produced and directed by Civetta entitled Agony starring Asia Argento, Rade Serbedzija, Ninetto Davoli & Franco Nero.

Mr. Civetta’s most recent film The Gateway starring Shea Whigham, Bruce Dern, Olivia Munn, Frank Grillo, Mark Boone Jr. and Taryn Manning was released in September 2021 by Lionsgate/ Grindstone films and opened in theaters around the world.