Giacomo Gex is a 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 as a wedding videographer, experience he would later use for his documentary 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 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 and documentary projects all over the world including: London, Barcelona, Ibiza, Paris, New York, Cleveland, Boston, Los Angeles, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.
Giacomo is currently working on a documentary film about his childhood friend - Jack, who has been searching for the famed “Yamashita’s Gold”, the legendary Japanese WWII treasure that is said to be buried across the Philippine archipelago. Jack and his father have been on this quest for over six years and to this day their search continues.
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