Saverio Marzullo

Directing

Born: July 21, 2002

Birthplace: Bari, Italy

Born in Bari on July 21, 2002, after spending his adolescence in Massafra (Taranto), he developed a passion for photography and filmmaking. Upon completing his scientific high school studies at the IISS D. De Ruggieri, he moved to Rome where he earned a Master's degree in Cinema, Television, and Multimedia Production from Roma Tre University, with an experimental thesis on the avant-garde and documentary cinema of Corrado D’Errico. He wrote and directed Il tempo delle fragole (2024), marking his directorial debut for a narrative short film, and directed Il principe e la strega (2025), which was screened at various film festivals. He has participated as a youth jury member in several film festivals, including the Venice International Film Festival (2026, "Venice Classics" section), the Pordenone Docs Festival (2023-2024), the Salina Doc Fest (2023), the Trieste Film Festival (2023), and the Rome International Documentary Festival (2022). Additionally, he works in the directing department on various film sets and as a camera operator for a major international social media channel.