Born and raised in Trieste, Italy. He graduated from the University of
Trieste in Political Science. He has played professional basketball in
Italy for many years, and also later became a skydiver. He went to the
United States in 1996 to skydive in Florida and while there decided to
attend film school to learn as much as he could from the technical side
of filmmaking. He began classes at Full Sail in Orlando, Florida in
1999 and has since concentrated on cinematography. In late 2001 he
moved to New York.