Giacomo Gex is a film director, cinematographer and writer, half British and half French, raised in the Sinai desert and on the island of Ibiza (he is fluent in Spanish, French and English).
During his early teens the gift of a small camcorder spawned his passion for filmmaking. Whilst still at school he started his professional career filming events, branded content which would evolve into commercials, music videos, documentaries and narrative films. At the age of 21 Giacomo wrote, directed and produced his first scripted short film set in Ibiza, produced in association with the award winning London based production company Passion Pictures.
Shortly after this in 2015 he shot and directed “Repoman”, a short documentary following a vehicle repossession agent in Los Angeles. “Repoman” was selected by various film festivals around the world including the Sheffield DocFest.
Since then he has worked on narrative, documentary and commercial projects all over the world including the United States, Europe and Asia.
As well as developing various feature scripted films, Giacomo is currently working on his debut feature documentary that has been in the making for 7 years. The film follows the trials and tribulations of a genuine treasure hunter in search of the famed “Yamashita’s Gold”, a legendary Japanese WWII treasure that is said to be buried across the entire Philippine archipelago.
