Danxzen Daniele aka danXzen was born as a skater. He produced his first skateboard videos as a teenager to find sponsors. In young age he studied photography and art direction, at the same time he took a series of photographic exhibitions which led him to the “big Torino” (two years of Italian photography) in 1998. Evolving from photography, he turns into vid- eo and web art as well. During his school years he gained the knowledge of video making, graphics and postproduc- tion that will become the basis of his way of working. In 2003 he starts working as AD on various sets, and in 2005 he directs his first music clip, and during the years he has worked with some of the biggest names in Italian pop music, but also produced some of the most cutting edge independent videos. Matured as a director, he turned into the world of advertising in 2009, where he began to work for many famous fashion brands as Hogan, Diesel and more. At the same time he keeps on working with Mtv, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central,... that gives him the opportunity to vent his creativity. In 2010 his video “Beer Gloss” for Heineken won the 3rd place at Cannes Film Festival. This award allowed him to con- solidate his name in the advertisement world and to work for many international brands such as : Fiat, Citroen, Toyota, Peugeot, Subaru, Coca-cola, Samsung etc. Working with production houses as: Havas, jwt, DLV BBDO, Ogilvy , Mc Cann, Leo Burnett, Armando Testa. ETC He currently lives, works and skates between Milan and London.
Award-winning writer director of films, commercials and branded content. Michele’s latest short film "Rain Catcher" is distributed by HBO. He has directed content for brands such as Nike, Fiat, P&G, Kiehl’s and many more. His noir thriller short 'Rain Catcher' has been selected in numerous Oscar-Qualifying and BAFTA-Qualifying festivals, receiving 2 nominations for main prize. The film has premiered at the world's N.1 genre film festival, Sitges Film Festival, followed by BiFan (Bucheon Film Festival) the largest genre festival in Asia, Cleveland International Film Festival, London Short Film Festival, Brussels Fantastic Film Festival and Leeds International Film Festival. Michele has directed the official trailer for the largest Asian film festival in Europe, the Udine Far East Film Festival 20th Edition.
Michael Coppola is a filmmaker who is known for his creative, artistic, versatile approach and technical skills. A highly-skilled filmmaker who has worked with numerous brands and artists, Michael takes a full-circle approach to his projects and enjoys seeing his idea’s go from conception to creation. It was whilst living in a small city in North East Italy that Michael Coppola first had his taste of filmmaking and quickly realised that it was both his passion and ambition in life. Whilst filming his friends skateboarding, he started to notice his natural eye for creating beautiful imagery and knew that it was a career that he wanted to pursue. As a result of this revelation, Michael chose to study film making and found himself at Central Film School in London. Immediately after finishing his degree, Michael threw himself into the film industry, working in various pre and post production roles, in numerous cities across the world. It is this experience that has allowed him to fine tune his highly-skilled, artistic approach and to hone his full creation approach to projects. Since then, Michael has worked with a number of different artists and has built up a portfolio of various different projects. These past projects have included advertising, music video’s, fashion content, short documentaries and a number of brand based content. A sample of his previous client base includes Pirelli, Sony Music, Fiat, Barilla, Michiko Koshino, Campbell’s, Phd and The Specialist Works.
Alexander first became interested in storytelling after taking a course in playwriting taught by Olivier award winner Simon Stephens, who soon recommended him onto the Royal Court Young Writers Programme. From there, Alexanders plays were performed at the Burton Taylor Studio in Oxford and the York Drama Barn before he transitioned into writing short film scripts. His early short films found success, winning the main prize at London’s Portobello Film Festival and winning entry to BAFTA qualifying festivals such as LSFF amongst others. Since moving into work as a commercials director, Alexander shot promos for the likes of Zayn, Sia, Anna of the North, Nina Nesbitt and TOWIE star Tommy Mallet, and has screened at The Smalls Film Festival, Deafest, Encounters, as well as receiving a best director nomination at the Shiny Awards and winning runner up in the music bed challenge Off the back of this commercial success, several producers took an interest in his screenwriting and his first feature film HIDDEN UNDER MOSS, a cross cultural love story about a British-Chinese woman who volunteers for Samaritans only to recognise the voice of a former Chinese lover on a suicide call one day. He is interested in creating moving, impactful stories about the way we live now, improving representation on screen and with a particular interest in mental health.
