Paolo Campana // Vinylmaniafilm’s Director
First Vinyl Record: Video Killed the Radio Star 7″ – The Buggles
Email: paolo.campana@vinylmaniafilm.com

Paolo Campana was born in 1968 in Turin, Italy. Film and documentary maker, Paolo has already made a number of personal films selected in Italian and foreign festival. He made his first short in 35mm in 1996, a tribute to the Bloody Sunday’s day. In 2007-08 Paolo worked for the Italian public channel RAITRE directing short films for the children’s show “Screensaver”. Paolo has worked extensively as camera-operator and editor. Currently he’s working as a DJ-performer under a number of different names.

Edoardo Fracchia// Vinylmaniafilm’s Producer & Official Chauffeur
First Vinyl Record: Volare 7″ – Domenico Modugno
Email: production@vinylmaniafilm.com

Born in August 1953, Turin – Italy, where he graduated in Medicine. In 1984, together Elena Filippini and Stefano Tealdi, he founded Stefilm. Since 1988 he has produced several international documentaries. Among them is Mostar United (Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Spain, Finland, Switzerland) which was selected at the IDFA Amsterdam 2008.

Gabriele Bramante // Vinylmaniafilm’s Music Consultant
First Vinyl Record: Uh!? He doesn’t remember
Email: consultant@vinylmaniafilm.com

Gabriele Bramante, born 1966, started getting involved in music in the early 80’s within the punk-rock scene as a drummer with several bands. In 1988 he founded Wide Records, one of the leading italian independent record companies, both a label that launched Zu, One Dimensional Man (Il Teatro Degli Orrori), Retina.it, and – for many years – exclusive italian distributor for labels like Matador, Touch & Go, Dischord, Drag City, Domino, Thrill Jockey, Secretly Canadian, Morr Music, Basic Channel, Rephlex, and many more. Over the years, he covered the duties of A&R, label manager, sales director, buyer.

As an eclectic manager with a vision – whose musical interests span from black music to electronic, from indie-rock to avantgarde – and a music junkie, he never stopped chasing and trading records. He currently lives in Turin.

Marco Torrisi// Vinylmaniafilm’s Soundman and Technician
First Vinyl Record: Something’s Going On 7″ – Frida
Email: contact@vinylmaniafilm.com

Marco was born in Asti in 1982. He studied sound engineering and sound recording and worked in sound and lighting services for live events. Currently Marco is working with Stefilm as an IT consultant, post-production assistant and sound engineer.

Giorgia Fassiano// Vinylmaniafilm’s Production Assistant and Online Areas
First Vinyl Record: Alive / Once / Wash 12″ – Pearl Jam
Email: production@vinylmaniafilm.com

Born in Turin in 1980, Giorgia obtained a B.A. in Philosophy in 2004 at the University of Turin with a thesis on artifical intelligence. Later she moved to Barcelona and worked for a commercial firm. After returning to Italy she worked as a proof reader for two publishing houses in Verona and Reggio Emilia. Giorgia’s now involved in Stefilm grooves as production assistant in Turin, Piedmont.

Julie D’Adamo// Vinylmaniafilm’s Production Assistant and Online Areas
First Vinyl Record: I Should Be So Lucky 7″ – Kylie Minogue
Email: contact@vinylmaniafilm.com

Born in London in 1984, Julie graduated in Film Studies and Italian from the University of Exeter, England, in 2007. Julie’s lived and worked in film distribution in both London and Prague. For the last two years she’s been living, working and getting deeper into the grooves with vinyl in Turin, Piedmont.

Stefilm // Vinylmaniafilm’s Production Company
First Vinyl Record: 1984 12″ – Van Halen
Email: info@stefilm.it

Stefilm is one of the most prominent documentary film producers in Italy, founded by Stefano Tealdi, Elena Filippini and Edoardo Fracchia.

Stefilm’s productions, mostly developed with support from the European Union’s MEDIA Programme, are largely international coproductions. To date Stefilm has worked with more than 40 television networks across the globe, and with more than 50 partners, which include distributors, independent production companies and institutions.

Lato Sensu Productions// Vinylmaniafilm’s Co-Producer

Based in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, Lato Sensu are our co-producers in France.