Until 1994, Paolini worked with various theatre groups, including Teatro degli Stracci, Studio 900 of Treviso, Tag Teatro of Mestre in Venice and Laboratorio Teatro Settimo.
In 1995, received the Ubu Prize for writing Il racconto del Vajont (translated: The Vajont Tale), which was dedicated to the disaster of the Vajont Dam in Italy. The ceremony aired on Rai 2 Italian television.
Since 1999, he has produced his own works with his company JoleFilm. He has also collaborated with the Italian folk band I Mercanti di Liquore, along with the lead singer, Lorenzo Monguzzi.
Theatre
Album teatrali (five tales from 1987 to 1999)
Il racconto del Vajont (1994)
Appunti forestali (1996)
Il milione – Quaderno veneziano di Marco Paolini (1997)
Appunti foresti dal Milione quaderno veneziano (2002)
I Bestiari (four tales from 1998 to 1999)
I-TIGI Canto per Ustica (dedicated to Ustica Massacre) (2000)
Parlamento chimico – Storie di plastica (2001)
Song no. 32 (2003)
Karma-Kola (2006)
Teatro Civico, sei monologhi per Report (six tales, 2003)
Album dal teatro alla televisione (13 tales, 2005)
Miserabili – Io e Margaret Thatcher (2007)
Il Sergente (inspired by Il sergente nella neve (1953) by Mario Rigoni Stern) (2007)
Album d'Aprile (2008)
La macchina del capo (Racconto di Capodanno) (2009)
