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Paolo Cellammare (born 21 October 1980) is an Italian artist, photographer and director, known around the world mostly because of his cosplay photography, in particular for his work with Francesca Dani.
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Cellammare was born in Ischia. In 2004 he made his first short movie Ultimo spettacolo (Last Picture Show) and his first documentary L'ultimo giorno del vittoria.
In 2005 he terminated his studies getting a degree as multimedia project manager at the Università di Ferrara and started working in post-production for advertising and television getting the chance to learn advanced editing, compositing and CGI.
In 2006 he worked as researcher, supervising the audio-visual department at the Communication Strategies Laboratory of the Università di Firenze, creating new video communication concepts.
Since 2007 he works for RAI, Italian national broadcasting network as editor and visual mixer.
From 2002 to 2009 he was the only photographer for the cosplayer and net-idol Francesca Dani. His style was influenced by Japanese pop culture with a gothic and cyberpunk mood.
He traveled extensively to work with Dani, going to conventions and events, mostly in Latin America, as special guest or cosplay contest judge. In a few years he became a recognized and respected cosplay photographer.
In 2010 he produced and directed with journalists Jacopo Cecconi and Giammarco Sicuro the independent feature documentary Wishes on a falling star, relating real-life stories in Cuba and featuring a long interview with the blogger Yoani Sanchez.
The movie was totally self-funded and shot without permission of the Cuban government. It was broadcast in Italy in May 2010 by channel RaiTre during the show Agenda del Mondo getting a 12% ratings, with a peak of 15%. During production Cellammare was arrested in Santa Clara (Cuba) while taking photos of a violent police action.
In September 2010 he showcased his first photo exhibition titled Cosplay at the Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence (Italy). During 2012 the exhibition got enlarged during two more events in Milan (Italy) and Udine (Italy) for the Far East Film Festival 2012.
In 2012 he wrote and directed his first music videoclip, Standin' Tall for the young Italian rock band Voodoo.
After his collaboration in the United States with YouTube stars such as Freddie Wong and Corridor Digital, he decided to start a YouTube channel, Cotto & Frullato. The show is written and directed by him and produced with the show presenter and popular Italian voice actor Maurizio Merluzzo.