Gianluca Jodice

Gianluca Jodice (born 4 December 1973) is an Italian filmmaker best known for the feature films The Bad Poet and The Flood.

Early life and education
Jodice was born in Naples and graduated with a degree in philosophy from University of Naples Federico II.

Career
After directing a series of award-winning short films throughout the late 1990s and 2000s, Jodice directed the 2014 documentary Searching for the Great Beauty, about the Paolo Sorrentino film The Great Beauty. In 2015, Jodice and Giuseppe Gagliardi co-directed the ten-episode Sky Italia series 1992.

Jodice's 2020 feature film debut, The Bad Poet, dramatized the relationship between Gabriele D'Annunzio and Benito Mussolini through the eyes of Giovanni Comini, a young federal secretary in Fascist Italy. For The Bad Poet, Jodice was nominated in the Best New Director category at the 2021 Nastro d'Argento and 2022 David di Donatello award ceremonies.

The Flood, Jodice's film about Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette at the end of their reign, was selected to open the 77th Locarno Film Festival in August 2024.