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Filmmaker/actor, Giovanni Capitello was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 27, 1979 but grew up in East Patchogue, Long Island where he began acting during his high school years starring in local plays. He later studied at The School for Film and Television in New York City where he learned the Meisner technique. After leaving acting school he appeared in many independent films and was used in major motion pictures, Keeping The Faith (2000) and 15 Minutes (2001). Giovanni later moved on to filmmaking where he went to college and received his associates degree in digital filmmaking and multimedia. During his tenure at college, Giovanni built a foundation and networks that helped his talents go to the next level. He also directed and acted in two short films, Manic  (2004) and Perturb (2005), that proved his originality and directing skills. He took his films to another level with special effects and faced paced editing that made him stand out as one of the best of his class. Shortly after graduation Giovanni got work on many projects. Giovanni worked side by side with accomplished Italian director Carlo Lavagna on a documentary based on the birth of the hip-hop and graffiti culture (Hip-Hop Diaries 2006), that aired on a major television network in Europe(SkyTV, 2006). Giovanni also went on to be the director of a documentary produced by rapper Jadakiss in his hometown of Yonkers, New York, to promote a charity basketball event (Midnight Basketball, 2005). During the summer of 2005 Giovanni got work in some of New York’s hottest nightclubs, (Club Crobar, CPI, and Neptunes), where he worked as a cameraman filming world famous DJ’s such as DJ Jonathan Peters, DJ Tiesto, DJ Eric Morillo and DJ Serge Devant. Giovanni’s talents in filmmaking are well rounded starting as an actor then moving on to directing, but his skills and knowledge don’t stop there as he also gets hired by other directors or companies to be an editor, special effects artist, gaffer and/or grip. Currently, Giovanni just completed “Playlist” due for IFP competition. He is also in the works of writing his first feature film with an award winning screenwriter, Gary Finkel, to be projected in 2007.