Guido Freddi
- Composer
- Director
- Writer
Guido Freddi was born in Rome, Italy on 23 November 1965. Filmmaker and
musician, he graduated "Summa cum Laude" in Anthropology at "La
Sapienza" Universitiy of Rome. He served in the Italian Army as 2nd
lieutenant assault platoon commander. He did field research and
documentaries in French Polinesia, Turkey, Ecuador, Bukina Faso, India,
Nepal, Libya... In 1996 Guido married writer director Ilaria Borrelli
in Paris, France. He lived in NYC for 6 years with his wife Ilaria
founding with her Capetoste production company and composing his first
feature film score for a full orchestra. In NY he had his own jazz trio
from 2000 to 2003. His life has been marked by three dramatic events:
He's been kidnapped at age 13 by one of the bloodiest Italian criminal
organizations, living under death threat for 28 days. He saw his father
slowly die for a surgical mistake without being able to fight back. He
was in downtown Manhattan in the morning of the 9th of September 2001.
Guido is a proud descendant, on his mother (Mariana Poswick) side, of
Belgian freedom fighters who died in Buchenwald after being tortured by
Gestapo. Guido is also a passionate mountaineer and sailor and has a
deep interest in ancient Greek philosophy and Buddhism. He is the proud
father of 2 beautiful children.
