Charles Carrara - DIRECTOR · WRITER · ACTOR · PRODUCER · VFX ARTIST · VFX PRODUCER

GIANLUCA CARRARA (Catania, Sicily - September 12, 1991) also known as CHARLES CARRARA, is an Italian director, screenwriter, actor, producer, vfx artist, vfx producer and vfx supervisor.
Grown up with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas movies, since his childhood he has been interested in directing and visual effects.

In 2010 he graduated at the ITI G.B. Vaccarini and in 2016 he graduated at the Catania School of Fine Arts with a degree thesis about Visual Effects and Special Effects and different companies like the Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore, Weta Digital. He also talked about his fieldwork with his production team.
During his accademic studies he founded, with his colleague, friend and director of photography Daniele Bracciamà, the GoodFellas Digital Entertainment (Independent Production Team) exclusively composed by young people.
He is the project creator of Death Rising, a web series set in a post-apocalyptic world teeming with zombies and in which he carries out several roles like director, screenwriter, actor, executive producer, vfx artist, vfx producer and vfx supervisor.
Five of his influences for filmmaking are Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, David Fincher and Quentin Tarantino.

"Thank you Steven Spielberg and George Lucas for having filled my childhood with fantasy and addressed me into the cinema world."

AWARDS

"THE HUMDRUM"
BEST SHORT SCRIPT AT NEW YORK MOVIE AWARDS

"THE HUMDRUM"
SEMI-FINALIST AT NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY AWARDS

"THE HUMDRUM"
FINALIST AT FLORIDA SCRIPT CHALLENGE

DEVELOPING SCRIPTS
DEVELOPING STORYBOARDS
HIRING THE CAST AND CREW
DIRECTING ACTORS ON SET OR LOCATION
SUPERVISING THE EDITING
SUPERVISING THE AUDIO EDITING
SUPERVISING THE SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

VFX ARTIST
VFX PRODUCER
VFX SUPERVISOR

COMPOSITING
ROTOSCOPING
2D / 3D CAMERA TRACKING
MOTION TRACKING
GREEN / BLUE SCREEN KEYING
ANIMATION
MOTION GRAPHICS
COLOR MATCHING
COLOR CORRECTION / GRADING