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An award-winning Italian Film and TV producer and filmmaker based in Miami, Florida. From 2005 to 2013, Jacopo served as Head of the Creative Department at Albatross Entertainment, a leading television production company based in Rome, Italy. There, he oversaw the creation, production, and promotion of prime-time TV series, films, and mini-series aired on RAI and RTI, including writing credits for Commissioner Rex and The Restorer.

In 2013, Jacopo co-founded Samarcanda Film, where he produced and distributed critically acclaimed documentaries such as Big North, The World’s Most Dangerous Borders, and Transamazonica – The Frail Frontier. These films were released theatrically and are now available on Netflix Europe and Amazon Prime Video. As a director and producer, his films have won multiple awards, including Best Overall Film and Best Documentary at the Planet Pop Film Festival 2024 and Best Urban Documentary at the Miami Urban Film Festival 2024, with selections at several international festivals.

Jacopo’s first feature film, A Once Busy Earth, aired on PBS New York and continues to broadcast on WLIW21 Specials and Thirteen PBS. He is now preparing to release his second feature film, which tackles the urgent issue of gun violence in America.

In the U.S., he has worked as post-production manager and creative producer on projects such as Addiction Unplugged (A+E), Hidden Frontiers: Arabia (Discovery US), Convergence – Courage in a Crisis (Netflix). Since founding Hyperplane Media in 2020, Jacopo has continued creating powerful and impactful stories.