11 Facts About Jonas Carpignano

Jonas Carpignano is known for the films Mediterranea, A Ciambra, and A Chiara.

Jonas Carpignano's father, Paolo Carpignano, is a graduate school professor from Rome, Italy.

Jonas Carpignano grew up in New York but spent extensive periods of time in Rome, Italy where his father's family resided.

Jonas Carpignano's paternal grandfather Vittorio Carpignano was a filmmaker and producer of some of the most memorable commercials of early Italian television, and a prolific artist in the latter part of his life.

Jonas Carpignano's uncle, Luciano Emmer, was an Italian film director.

Jonas Carpignano was educated at the Fieldston School in Riverdale.

Jonas Carpignano began making films at Wesleyan University, where he graduated with honors in 2006 and, after having worked in the film industry in Italy and in the United States for a few years, he enrolled in the New York University Tisch School of Arts Graduate Film Program where he made his first short films.

Jonas Carpignano has written and directed several award-winning short films, including A Chjana which won best short film at the Venice Film Festival and A Ciambra which won the Discovery Award at the Cannes film festival - Semaine De La Critique in 2014.

In 2015, Jonas Carpignano made his feature debut with Mediterranea, which had its world premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival's International Critics' Week.

Jonas Carpignano has received the award for breakthrough director at Gotham Independent Film Awards 2015 for his first feature film Mediterranea which was named the best directorial debut of 2015 by the National Board of Review.

In 2018 Jonas Carpignano won the award for best director at the David di Donatello, the country's equivalent of the Oscars.