BASICALLY I’M AN ITALIAN CREATIVE MIND
A PROFESSIONAL DREAMER

Lino Franco is a serial creative entrepreneur, creative director, concept creator, director and creative producer, creative strategy consultant and interdisciplinary artist, with a twenty-five-year internationally recognized experience in art/entertainment/business fields, based in Venezia.

Under his own signature brand “Lino Franco * pure creativity” since 2010, he works as an independent professional conceiving, organizing, directing and producing artistic/entertainment/cultural projects for artistic purposes and innovation/communication/marketing project for industrial and commercial purposes, “proudly made in Venice”!

Founder of the artistic & cultural organization INVENIO, based in Bolzano, together with Antonio Isgrò, he is today its Vice President, developing projects like Operas and Entertainment Festivals.

Founder together with Cosimo Giol of FG&P entARTainment, production company (based in Venezia) of large and original theater and stage shows, live events and artistic-exhibition projects,with its own live shows production Studios (first of their kind in Italy), he was its CEO, Producer and Production Manager.

Many years ago, after the foundation and direction of the related creative department of a communication agency based in Treviso and, then, of a one based in London, he started working as freelancer between Venice, NYC and Miami, organizing and managing artistic and entertainment projects and events.

Among his 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 he works on three films (officially credited in the closing credits of two of them, “Terzo Tempo” and “Amori Elementari”).

He is the only one honorary member of the famous Italian artistic collective DustyEye (Padua-Rome-Milan).

In the few spare time that he sometimes manages to find, he produces music, writes novels and creates small visual art projects.

Lino Franco * pure creativity

2010-PRESENT
CREATIVE DIRECTOR & PRODUCER, CREATIVE STRATEGY CONSULTANT, INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST

 

INVENIO Ass. Cult.

2016-PRESENT
VICE PRESIDENT, CREATIVE DIRECTOR, CREATIVE PRODUCER

 

FG&P entARTainment

2016-2021
CEO, CREATIVE PRODUCER, PRODUCER, PRODUCTION MANAGER 

CSC Production

2011-2015
OUTSIDE CONSULTANT
(product placement and related artistic aspects)

 

Escalator Films

2010-2015
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, PRODUCTION DESIGNER

 

adjust.group.worldwide

2006-2009
CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER

 

adibi nextimage

2001-2006
CREATIVE  DIRECTOR

LINKEDIN RECOMMENDATIONS

https://www.linkedin.com/in/linofranco/

  • Lino Franco is a recommended entertainment entrepreneur, who stands out by his target-driven creative energy and enthusiasm.

    GARY MARLOWE - Award-Winning Music Composer & Producer - www.garymarlowe.com

  • Lino is, first of all, a friend and we collaborated on a number of projects over the years. Creative, knowledgeable and dedicated, Lino is an extremely energetic and multi-skilled professional. He is very effective in his areas of expertise and will do everything possible to reach the best results. Reliable and very competent, he has a great talent in solving problems. He can be really useful in a number of creative/technical areas.

    TONY COROCHER - Documentary & Fine Art Photographer / Art Director - www.tonycorocher.com

  • Lino is an ideas incubator, a true creative, tireless and precise. A reliable person with whom I have always carried out projects that I have always shared with enthusiasm. Lino is able to create strategic relationships and involve partners in order to always create virtuous new developments for his projects and those of others. Whatever his goal is, he will find a way to achieve it by overcoming any obstacle with the optimism and foresight that distinguishes him.

    ELISA SICILIANO - Incoming Agent, Events Coordinator & Marketing and Communications Manager @ Marca Treviso Foundation - www.elisasiciliano.it

  • I highly recommend Lino for any creative role. I have worked with him a number of times. Over my 40 years in production I can say that he is one of the most creative producers I have had the pleasure to work with. He always delivers more than expected in a highly professional way. I look forward to any opportunity to work with Lino.

    JEFF STEWART - CEO @ Nia Sounds, Nia Technique, Nia Wear / Singer & Songwriter as STUART - www.stuart.fm

  • Lino is a highly skilled, effective and go-ahead professional, with a proactive and constructive approach, always ready to take on new challenges and to participate and / or follow ambitious projects. Very helpful and easygoing, he always gives great importance to collaboration and networking. I have been working with him for several years, always with satisfactory results!

    GIORGIO CASTAGNERA - Director @ Doca World Exhibitions Ltd / CEO @ Giocasta Entertainment - www.giocasta.com

  • A gift to have LINO FRANCO involved in your production , he has amazing organization and creative skills mixte with an artistique vision and makes even big production feeling like pleasure!!!

    IRIS BROSCH - Artist, Photographer & Director - www.irisbrosch.com

LINO FRANCO’S INTERVIEW

At the end of 2017, Lino Franco has been interviewed by the famous Italian entertainer Principe Maurice, about his life, his work, his attitude and his art, in the occasion of his participation as Guest Artist to the Italian exhibition “Andy Warhol Superstar!” which took place in Treviso in 2018.