Imaginari Factory by Leonardo Cruciano

FEDERICO IORI

Born in Viterbo in 1995, in 2014 he graduated from the U. Midossi Art Institute, Civita Castellana.

From 2014 to 2017 he attended the courses of the State Mint (S.A.M), working as a scholarship holder in the Scuola dell’Arte della Medaglia in 2017-2019.

He dedicates his studies in graphic and sculptural representation techniques for applied art and art printing, digital 3D modeling and prototyping technologies for integration with traditional techniques. In 2021 the collaboration with Leonardo Cruciano began as a 3D modeler for the Cinema and Art sectors.

CLARA TOSI PAMPHILI

Clara Tosi Pamphili works in the Applied Arts with a contemporary vision that combines the skills of art, design, architecture and fashion with cinema.

Vice President of PalaExpo, the largest museum center in Italy, with an exhibition and performance vocation in its three locations.

Creator and curator of A.I.artisanal intelligence event that takes place in the context of AltaRoma and in other national and international situations to promote the made in Italy in collaboration with museums, contemporary art galleries and institutional or non-conventional spaces.

Creator and curator of ROMAISON exhibition that aims to become an extended museum to preserve and promote the incredible work of tailoring and costume studios. Between archives and production, combining historical cinematographic findings with new high fashion experiments. Unique dresses tell us about the heroes of today’s cinema back to 1937.

Curator of Embodying Pasolini a performance with Tilda Swinton and Olivier Saillard about the costume of Pier Paolo Pasolini film. Curator of the Fashion section of Videocittà, a project by ANICA CINEMA.

He has directed the Academy of Costume and Fashion from 2005 to 2010. Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
He taught History of Fashion Design and Research Techniques at the Academy of Costume and Fashion, at the Faculty of Architecture in Rome Ludovico Quaroni

She is the curator of the Sartoria Farani and a reference figure for the Annamode Tailoring, collaborating with all the costume tailoring companies in Rome with which she has created exhibitions and projects on fashion and costume all over the world.

Consultant for curating and contents of Mondomostre.

She writes for Artribune of Fashion, Costume and Cinema.

LEONARDO CRUCIANO

Prosthetic Makeup Artist, Character Fx Creator and Visual IFX Supervisor and founder supervisor of the Imaginari Factory.

Already Art Director and founder of the famous Makinarium SFX and for 3 years Art director of Baburka Factory sfx, he’s been working in the cinema industry for over 20 years, integrating visual effects with mechanical ones, creating creatures, special props, special makeups and animatronic wonders for cinema, television, the art world, fashion and show business in general.

In 2015 wins 2 David of Donatello (Italian Oscars) as concept creator and supervisor of the creatures, Special make up and Visual effects of “The Tale of Tales” by M. Garrone, to which will follow the “Carlo Rambaldi Prize” and the “MAM – Master of Fine Arts” and the nomination to the “2020 Guild Awards” as Best Prosthetic Makeup for Micheal Bay’s “6 Underground”.

Thanks to his approach and the continuous research, he has collaborated with hundreds of movies, along side directors as: Riddley Scott, Hugh Hudson, Michael Apted, Michael Bay, George Clooney, Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis, Antoine Fuqua, Roland Elmerick, Paolo Sorrentino, Claire McCarthy, Niccolò Ammaniti, Timur Beckmambetov, Andrej Končalovskij, Vlad Marsavin and partecipating to projects such as “Equalizer 3”, “Immaculate”, “The House of Gucci”, “Tomb Raider”, “Ben Hur”, “The Witches”, “Zoolander 2”, “Wonderwell”, “All the money of the World”, “Hallucinaut”, “Dampyr”, “Marie Magdalene”, “The Witches” and series like “Those About to Die”, “Catch 22”, “The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”, “Domina”, “Anna”, “Rome”, “The Borgia”.

In the last years he has been collaborating with GUCCI’s Alessandro Michele for his performances and fashion shows, like “Fall Winter 2018”, the “MET-New York” of 2018 with Maurizio Cattelan and of 2019 with Jared Leto, and with Hyper realistic creations for the “Gucci’s Garden” in Florence and Beijing.

In 2022 he participates in the BIENNALE ARTE in Venice with the Ophicina group with two creations “Archeus” at Forte Marghera and “Dafne” in the Venice Pavilion.

Among the expositions that have been showcasting his work in these years there are Videocittà “Aeffetti: Persona” at the Fori Imperiali in 2018, in 2019 “La Meccanica dei Mostri, da Rambaldi a Makinarium” at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome.

He is also teacher of “History of Special and visual Effects” and “Special make up Effects” at the Scuola Nazionale di Cinematografia CSC in Rome and the Accademia di trucco del Teatro Alla Scala in Milan.

LUCIA CINGOLANI

Lucia Cingolani (Foligno, class 1979) is an Italian Make-up Artist, Hair Stylist and Wig Maker, active in theater, art and cinema branches.

After a course of studies in makeup and hairdressing schools in Italy, in 2005 she began her professional training in the United States until her debut at the Seattle Opera. Returning to Italy, she worked for Arena di Verona, Teatro Regio di Parma, until 2016 when she became the Make Up & Hair Supervisor at the Teatro Dell’Opera in Rome.

She collaborates with movie directors such as Valentino Garavani, Damiano Michieletto, Sofia Coppola, Mario Martone, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Luca Ronconi, Robert Carsen, Davide Livermore, Pippo Del Bono, and with artists such as Placido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli, Anna Netrebko, Adriana Asti, Eleonora Abbagnato, Alessandra Ferri.

In 2020 she permanently joined Leonardo Cruciano’s team, specializing as a creator and Art Finisher about hair, fur, feathers and fur parts of the hyper-realistic creations, working for movies Ripley, The Decameron, Mamma mafia, Equalaizer 3, Those About to Die, Immaculate. She also worked for fashion projects, such as La Traviata by Valentino, Philip Glass Evening by Dior, Gucci Garden museum projects and Sisley Fashion Week Milan events.

She exhibited her art creations Dafne and Archeus at the XX Biennale di Venezia.

She is currently a founding member of the Imaginari Factory.

ALESSANDRO CATALANO

Alessandro Catalano was born in Rome on 2 March 1988. He started to dedicate professional interest in FX, sculpture and prop making after high school diploma, as a self-taught until 2008. His first experience in scenography and FX workshops was the real training in filmmaking, and it was crucial to become passionate about this scope. In 2017 he started his collaboration with Leonardo Cruciano, after some years as a freelancer with make-up artists and workshops. From 2017 to 2021 he worked as studio manager, leading various fashion, art and movie projects, collaborating with film directors such as Ridley Scott, George Clooney, Roland Emmerich.

In 2023 the partnership changed into a deep transformation. He is currently a Company founding member of the Imaginari Factory.

CREW

Imaginari Factory is a team of Italian designers, art directors, animators, sculptors and craftsmen. Together, we bring our creative expertise to the fields of film, theatre, live events and art exhibitions.

Leonardo Cruciano

Filmography

Collaborations

Clara Tosi Pamphili

Lucia Cingolani

Alessandro Catalano

Federico Iori