Massimiliano Pacifico graduated in Film and TV Studies at the University of Surrey in London in 2001. He currently lives and works in Naples, where he has worked with directors such as Paolo Sorrentino, Stefano Sollima, Pippo Delbono, Antonio Capuano, Vincenzo Marra, Susanne Bier, Olivier Assayas and many others. He is also a documentary filmmaker and has produced numerous films on the installations of Mimmo Paladino and was editor on Quijote, in competition at the Venice Film Festival in 2006.