author,
script consultant:
film editor.
For screens, for the page, and in the spaces where stories meet the public.
I START AS AN
author
I write, collect and develop stories and formats. I work on their structure, direction, voice and style.
Among other things, I have created TV formats, written factual entertainment, developed documentary concepts, and produced editorial content for scientific institutions.
I DEVELOP THAT PERSPECTIVE AS A
script consultant
I work beside other authors, not in their place. I listen, ask questions and help them see more clearly what their story is trying to become.
My work includes script reports and development support for fiction projects with authors and production companies across Europe and South America, as well as supervision of documentary development.
AND I BRING BOTH TOGETHER AS A
film editor
I bring both approaches into the edit: an understanding of story and an aptitude for listening. When the material is mature, I help it find its strongest form.
I have worked on form, content and storytelling across fiction and documentary features and shorts, for cinema, streaming platforms and television.
BACKGROUND Gianni Forteleoni is a writer and story editor with a background in Narratology and Philosophy of Language. He studied filmmaking at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, one of Europe’s most selective film schools, and at the London Film School.
SCREEN Films he has worked on as a script consultant and editor have been presented at major international festivals, including Venice, Cannes, Clermont-Ferrand and Locarno.
COMPLEX IDEAS He also holds a Master’s degree in Science Communication, applying narrative thinking to complex subjects and the ways they become meaningful to an audience.
EDITORIAL He works across editorial forms, from film and television to text-based and multimedia projects, developing concepts, formats, scripts, narrative structures and editorial strategies.
STORY At the core of his work is the structure beneath the story: what makes it hold, move and reach someone.
Soon, this is where you'll find some projects, as an author, editor, content strategist and editorial project manager.
Turns out doing all of that already takes some time, and I haven't quite managed to become a web designer on top of it. This section is still coming.
In the meantime, it's much faster to just contact me. Just scroll a little more.