Matteo Di Gioia

Matteo Di Gioia

Milan-based director and musician. Founds The Jack Stupid with his partner Luis Felipe Bueno in 2012. The creative studio specializes in the crux of live action and animation and operates in fashion and advertising. Finalist at AEAF, Sydney (2019) With Hey, Stranger!, winner at the London Fashion Film Festival, the Miami Fashion Film Festival and The Black Sea FF with Percolometria (2017), he was published in Nowness with Testa di Morto, finalist in the South of South West (2014) with title sequence ANR.  At the same time he pursuits his musical career as a guitarist and composer in the Destrage project, an extreme music quartet that publishes six albums worldwide, three of them with Metal Blade Records, Los Angeles and currently with 3DOT, Los Angeles. The band performs live on European, American and Japanese tours.  Matteo Di Gioia studied design at Polytechnic of Milan, he received a master's degree in PSSD and completed his studies at the Central Film School in London.  --- Eccentrico, feroce e concettuale regista e musicista milanese.  Fonda lo studio creativo The Jack Stupid insieme al partner Luis Felipe Bueno nel 2012, specializzandosi nella crasi tra live action e animazione.  Finalista al AEAF, Sydney (2019) con Hey, Stranger!, vincitore al London Fashion Film Festival, Miami Fashion Film Festival e The Black Sea FF con Percolometria (2017), pubblicato su Nowness con Testa di Morto, finalista al South By South West (2014) con la title sequence ANR.  Parallelamente porta avanti la carriera musicale come chitarrista e compositore nel progetto Destrage, quintetto di musica estrema che pubblica cinque album in tutto il mondo, tre dei quali con Metal Blade Records, Los Angeles. La band si esibisce dal vivo in tournée europee, americane e asiatiche.  Ha studiato Design al Politecnico di Milano, conseguito un master in PSSD, perfezionato gli studi alla Central Film School di Londra.