Dario Di Mella was born in Bari (BA) on December 10, 1980.

He attended the "Galileo Galilei" scientific high school in the city of Bitonto (BA), where he obtained his scientific high school diploma in July 1999.

In September 1999 he enrolled in the Faculty of Economics and Commerce of the University of Bari, moving on to the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Bari in 2003, where he graduated in 2006 with a dissertation in Contemporary History with the title " Peron and the government of the generals".

In 2005 he started working in an audiovisual production company for television, working on the set of "Black Ice" directed by Giuseppe Falagario, as an assistant cameraman, for 5 months.

Also in 2005 he enrolled at the Boys-Enziteto Academy of Cinema, where he studied subjects such as directing, editing, film photography, sound, screenwriting. The film school, which ends in 2008, is also characterized by the creation of numerous short films, documentaries, commercials.

In 2006 he resumed full-time work in television, which sees him employed as cinematographer, editor, steadycam operator and jimmy jib operator.

In 2009 he left his job in television to work as director of photography and operator exclusively for film productions.

Since 2012 he has become a partner of Intergea srl, an Italian production company, with which he produces, co-produces commercials, short films and award-winning international documentaries as well as offering executive production services for films and series.

Since 2013 he has been teaching photography direction collaborating permanently with various training institutes such as the Academy of Cinema Ragazzi-Enziteto of Bari, the Luiss School of writing for cinema of the Roman university, the school of photography and direction "Spazio Tempo" , the Academy of Fine Arts of Bari and Foggia and the "Tiberio Fiorilli" School of Cinema.

Over the years he has collaborated with Italian directors such as Alessandro Piva, Pippo Mezzapesa, Luca Medici aka Checco Zalone, Paola Randi, Paolo Sassanelli, Beppe Cino, Igor Borghi, and with foreign directors working as a camera operator in "Padre Pio" by Abele Ferrara with Shia LaBeouf, as cinematographer with Chris Gero, director 9 times emmy award, for the documentary The Sound of us, always as cinematographer with Gustavo Cotta, famous among others of the TV series Paso Adelante and Kally's Mashup, in the Nickelodeon USA TV series “Club 57”, with Stephan Freiss, in his debut “Alla vita”, with Riccardo Scamarcio and Lou de Laâge, with Vivianne Rise Jundi Costa for her Detective do predio Azul 2, and with Alexandre Valenti for the Maestro, a documentary on Francesco Lotoro as camera operator.

He has to his credit more than 200 cinematographic works including feature films, short films, documentaries, music videos, commercials, receiving numerous personal awards.

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PERSONAL AWARDS:

- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Tutù" by Lorenzo Tiberia at Cultural Classic 2022 CineCi’ (Naples, 2022)

- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Sassiwood" by Antonio Andrisani and Vito Cea at the COLIFFE Coliseum International Film Festival (Rome, 2021)
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Il Naufragar me dolce in questo mare" by Maria Bulzacchelli at VIFF Varese International film Fest (Varese, 2019)
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Il Naufragar me dolce in questo mare" by Maria Bulzacchelli at 4th Il Corto on the beach Film Fest (Taggia, 2019)
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Esseri di stelle" by Adriano Giotti at Love your shorts Film Fest (Orlando_Florida, 2018)
- SPECIAL MENTION BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY for "Salifornia" by Andrea Beluto at Sarno Film Fest (Italy, 2016)
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Nuvola" by Giulio Mastromauro at the Vaughan Film Fest (Canada, 2016)
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Silenzioso Canto" by Luigi Iorio at the 12 Months Film Fest (November edition, 2015)

- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Nuvola" by Giulio Mastromauro at the 5th Retro Film Fest (Perugia, 2015)
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Nuvola" by Giulio Mastromauro at the 9th Shortini International Fest (Augusta, 2015)

- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Nuvola" by Giulio Mastromauro at the 1st Formia Film Fest (Latina, 2015)
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Niente" by Alessandro Porzio at the 17th Inventa un Film di Lenola (Frosinone, 2014)
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Niente" by Alessandro Porzio 19th Videocorto di Nettuno Fest (Rome, 2014)
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Carlo e Clara" by Giulio Mastromauro at the 10th Jalari in short (Barcellona Pozzo di Go,2013).
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Carlo e Clara" by Giulio Mastromauro at the 2th Gioiosa short (Gioiosa Marea, 2013).
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Genesi" by Donatella Altieri at the Corto e Cultura of Manfredonia Fest (Foggia, 2013)
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Tramonto" by Roberto Urbani at the  Internacional de Cortometrajes Vagón Fest (Mexico, 2012).
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Smile" by Matteo Pianezzi at the 6th Villanova in short Film Fest (Ravenna, 2012).
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Abbiamo tutta la notte" by Adriano Giotti at the first edition of the national competition "48 hours Fest"(Rome, 2012).
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for "Amor taciuto" by Giulio Mastromauro at the 11th edition of Immagine Scuola e Cinema Giovani in Leinì (Turin, 2011).
- SPECIAL MENTION of the Short Jury Art Fest 2007, for the work carried out on the short films produced by the Accademia del cinema ragazzi-Enziteto Bari in competition as Director, Cinematographer, Editor and Camera Operator in relation to the quality and the proven versatility (Bari, 2007)

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