Lino Franco

"I'm an Italian creative mind, a professional visionary, a dream maker"

Visionary mind since childhood, I am an industry-agnostic and multi-potential creative director and creative strategy consultant, a "film, theater and related" director and producer and a serial creative entrepreneur, all this by profession, with an twenty-five-year internationally recognized experience in the fields of arts, entertainment and business.

At the same time, an interdisciplinary artist (music production, writing, visual art projects) and an enthusiastic fanatic of new technologies and digital innovations in the fields of ICT, AI, smart mobility, home automation, blockchain and so on, long story short a real nerd, for passion!

My main competences are visionary thinking, ideas generation, strategic vision, problem- solving, team leadership, supervision and direction, with an approach based on clarity of purpose, transparency, cooperation, enthusiasm, passion, enhancement of the collaborators’ talents and capabilities.


Born in Treviso and living in Venezia, after studying classics and humanities at Liceo Classico (high school), I attended a MA in Architecture and Urban Planning at the IUAV University of Venezia; I then also autonomously specialize in marketing&communication and in stage, film and exhibitions direction and creative direction.

Among my collaborations with Italian and international independent production companies of cinema, TV, theater and music, one of the most important is that with CSC Production (production company of the Centro Sperimentale Cinematografico in Rome), with which I worked on three films (officially credited in the closing credits of two of them, "Terzo Tempo" and "Amori Elementari”).