We learned how to light and shoot 8mm film, edit current movies down into trailers, and learned different dark-room printing techniques for photography. I can't say enough about the profound effect that photography has had on me in relation to films. I always loved photography and quickly saw filmmaking as an extension of it. Photography forces you to become better at telling a story one image at a time. In movies, instead of perceiving 24 frames flying by, I see each and every frame of film as standing on its own. Obviously, as a photographer, I bring my expertise of creating worlds of still images into the arena of moving images. I have grown immensely as a filmmaker by perfecting my craft as a photographer."
    His enthusiasm for filmmaking produced two early films: "Bloodline" and "My Shadow". "Although I intended it to be more of a horror film, I look at it today fifteen years later and can't help but laugh at some scenes!" he chuckles. At the age of 16, Giovanni wrote, directed, produced, starred in, shot, stunt-coordinated, costumed, sound scored, and edited a 45 minute horror about vampires that he shot on video. This impressive early film, "Bloodline," helped earn him an academic scholarship to Boston University. Once in film school there, Giovanni wrote, directed, produced, shot, and edited his second film, "My Shadow," an 8 ½ minute long 16mm film. This second film helped him acquire his internship in Los Angeles at Roger Corman Studios, which began his film career in earnest. "I worked on all sorts of movies and T.V. since arriving here in L.A, and have been extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to learn from some of the world's finest directors and actors."
    Indeed. During the past ten years, Giovanni has logged over fifteen thousand hours on sets as a lighting technician for films, television, commercials, and music videos for some of the worlds biggest and greatest studios, directors, and actors: (next...)