Davide Melini Biography

Awards

• 2010Festival Prize-: nominated
• 2010Short Film Competition-: nominated
• 2010Festival Prize-: winner
• 2010Short Film Award-: nominated
• 2010Killer Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2010Best Video-: nominated
• 2010Horrorfest Award-: nominated
• 2010Honorable Mention-: winner
• 2011Festival Prize-: nominated
• 2011Festival Prize-: nominated
• 2011HorrorQuest Award-: nominated
• 2011Festival Prize-: nominated
• 2011Festival Prize-: nominated
• 2012Festival Prize-: nominated
• 2012Best Short Film-: nominated
• 2012Festival Prize-: nominated
• 2013Festival Prize-Short Film: winner
• 2013Festival Prize-Best Film: nominated
• 2013Best Short Film-: winner
• 2013Festival Prize-Best Short - Horror: nominated
• 2014Audience Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2014Best Short-: winner
• 2014Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2019Exemplar Award-Creepy Director & Crew - Spring Season: winner
• 2019August Award-Best Screenwriter: winner
• 2019Best Short Film-: nominated
• 2019Festival Award-Best Foreign Short Film: winner
• 2019Jury Prize-Best Short Film: winner
• 2019Best Short Film-: winner
• 2019Best Short Film-: winner
• 2019Florence Film Award-Best Director: winner
• 2019Florence Film Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2019Florence Film Award-Best Thriller: nominated
• 2019Jury Prize-Best International Short Film: nominated
• 2019December Award-Best Producers: winner
• 2019December Award-Best Fantasy: winner
• 2019December Award-Best Screemplay: winner
• 2019Festival Award-Best Short: nominated
• 2019Platinum Award-Best Original Story: nominated
• 2019Platinum Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2019Platinum Award-Best Fantasy: nominated
• 2019Platinum Award-Best Thriller: nominated
• 2019Platinum Award-Best Crime: nominated
• 2019Platinum Award-Best Mystery: winner
• 2019Platinum Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2019October Award-Best Horror Short: winner
• 2019Jury Prize-Best Production - June: winner
• 2019Jury Prize-Best Crime Short - June: nominated
• 2019Jury Prize-Best Male Director - June: winner
• 2019Jury Prize-Best Original Screenplay - June: nominated
• 2019Jury Prize-Best Horror Short - June: winner
• 2019Jury Prize-Best Short Film - June: winner
• 2019Festival Award-Best Short Film: nominated
• 2019Festival Award-Best Horror: nominated
• 2019International Award-Best International Short Film: nominated
• 2020The Horror Movie Awards - Silver Award-Best Short Film: winner
• 2020The Horror Movie Awards - Bronze Award-Best Short Film: winner
• 2020August Award-Best Thriller Short: winner
• 2020August Award-Best Director Short: winner
• 2020Les Rambles-Best Director: winner
• 2020Les Rambles-Best Narrative Short: nominated
• 2020Best Director-Best Director Thriller: nominated
• 2020Best Director-Best Director Horror: nominated
• 2020Jury Prize-Best Short Film: winner
• 2020Jury Prize-Best Short Film: nominated
• 2020Carnage Award-Best Short: nominated
• 2020December Award-Best Director: winner
• 2020December Award-Best Trailer: winner
• 2020December Award-Best Thriller: winner
• 2020December Award-Best Picture: winner
• 2020December FilmCon Award-Best Trailer: winner
• 2020December FilmCon Award-Best Director: winner
• 2020December FilmCon Award-Best Thriller: winner
• 2020December FilmCon Award-Best Picture: winner
• 2020Jury Prize-Best Short Film: nominated
• 2020July Award-Best Horror/Mystery/Crime: winner
• 2020July Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2020July Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2020July Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2020July Award-Best Original Story: nominated
• 2020Jury Prize-Best Short Film: nominated
• 2020Winter Award-Best Nudity: winner
• 2020Winter Award-Best Atmosphere: nominated
• 2020Winter Award-Besk Kill: winner
• 2020Winter Award-Best Gore: winner
• 2020Winter Award-Best Scare: winner
• 2020Winter Award-Best Short: winner
• 2020Winter Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2020Annual Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2020October Award-Best Original Story: nominated
• 2020October Award-Best Director: winner
• 2020October Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2020October Award-Best Film of the Month: winner
• 2020December Award-Best Thriller: winner
• 2020December Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2020December Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2020Honorable Mention-Best Short Film: winner
• 2020Grand Jury Prize Bronze Award-Best Writer: winner
• 2020Grand Jury Prize Gold Award-Best Director: winner
• 2020Grand Jury Prize Bronze Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2020June Award-Best Original Story: nominated
• 2020June Award - Honorable Mention-Best Director: winner
• 2020June Award - Honorable Mention-Best Thriller: winner
• 2020June Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2020Festival Award-Best Horror Film: nominated
• 2020May Award-Best Trailer: nominated
• 2020May Award-Best Film Poster: nominated
• 2020May Award-Best Thriller: nominated
• 2020May Award-Best Drama Screenplay: nominated
• 2020May Award-Best Director Short Film: winner
• 2020Second Quarter Technical & Performance Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2020Second Quarter Technical & Performance Award-Best Writer: nominated
• 2020Second Quarter Honorable Mention-Best Short - Mystery/Thriller: winner
• 2020Festival Prize-Best Short Film: nominated
• 2020October Award-Best Poster: nominated
• 2020October Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2020October Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2020October Award-Best Horror Film: winner
• 2020Outstanding Achievement Award-Best Horror/Science Fiction: winner
• 2020Outstanding Achievement Award-Best Director: winner
• 2020Best Horror-: winner
• 2020Best Short Film Award-: nominated
• 2020Special Mention-Best Short Film: winner
• 2020Award of Prestige-Best Thriller: winner
• 2020Vegas Movie Award-Best Film of the Month: nominated
• 2020Award of Excellence-Best Screenwriter: winner
• 2021October Award-Best Writing: winner
• 2021October Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2021Best Short Film-: winner
• 2021Best International Picture-: winner
• 2021December Award-Best Short Film: winner
• 2021September Award-Best Short Film: nominated
• 2021January Award-Best Thriller: winner
• 2021January Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021January Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2021Jury Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021Jury Award-Best Horror: nominated
• 2021Jury Award-Best Thriller: nominated
• 2021Jury Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2021October Award-Best Thriller: nominated
• 2021October Award-Best Horror: nominated
• 2021October Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021October Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2021LAFA January Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2021LAFA January Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2021LAFA January Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021LAIFF Winter Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021LAIFF Winter Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2021November Award-Best Short Film: winner
• 2021Jury Prize-Best Horror Short: nominated
• 2021July Silver Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2021July Gold Award-Best Narrative Short: nominated
• 2021July Gold Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021Honorable Mention-Best Short Film: winner
• 2021February Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2021March Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021March Award-Best Thriller: winner
• 2021Annual Award-Special Jury Award: nominated
• 2021Jury Prize-Best Short Film: nominated
• 2021Jury Prize-Best Director: winner
• 2021May Edition-Best Thriller: winner
• 2021September Award-Best Foreign Short: nominated
• 2021September Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021May Award-Best Fantasy: winner
• 2021May Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021May Award-Best Producer: winner
• 2021Sun of the East Award - Annual-Best Director: nominated
• 2021Sun of the East Award - Annual-Best Horror/Science Fiction: nominated
• 2021Jury Prize-Best Short Film: nominated
• 2021Best Horror Film-Best Horror Film: nominated
• 2021Jury Prize-Best Director: nominated
• 2021Jury Prize-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2021Jury Prize-Best Thriller: winner
• 2021Jury Prize-Short Horror Film: winner
• 2021Jury Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021Jury Prize-Best Director: winner
• 2022March - April Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2022March - April Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2022Annual Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2022Annual Award-Best Writer: winner
• 2022Jury Award-Best Trailer: winner
• 2022Jury Award-Best Director: winner
• 2022Jury Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2022Jury Award-Best Thriller: winner
• 2022Jury Prize-Best Thriller: winner
• 2022August Award-Best Poster: nominated
• 2022August Award-Best Trailer: nominated
• 2022August Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2022August Award-Best Director: winner
• 2022August Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2022August Award-Best Thriller: nominated
• 2022August Award-Best Short Film: winner
• 2022Jury Prize-Best Thriller: winner
• 2022Jury Prize-Best Director: winner
• 2022June Edition-Best Director: winner
• 2022Golden Lion Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2022Golden Lion Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2022Golden Lion Award-Best Script: winner
• 2022Horror Bowl Movie Award-Best Direction: nominated
• 2022Horror Bowl Movie Award-Best Gory Scene: winner
• 2022Horror Bowl Movie Award-Best Short Film: nominated
• 2022Best Thriller-Best Thriller: winner
• 2022May Edition-Best Director: winner
• 2022February Edition-Best Concept: winner
• 2022February Edition-Best Producer: winner
• 2022May Edition-Best Concept: winner
• 2022May Edition-Best Thriller: winner
• 2022May Edition-Best Horror: winner
• 2022Kings Cross Film Award-Best Horror: nominated
• 2022Silver Award-Best Directing: winner
• 2022Jury Prize-Best Trailer: winner
• 2022Jury Prize-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2022Jury Prize-Best Director: winner
• 2022Jury Prize-Best Thriller: winner
• 2022Festival Award-Best Horror Short: nominated
• 2022January Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2022January Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2022January Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2022Festival Prize-Best Thriller: winner
• 2022Festival Prize-Best Director: winner
• 2022Festival Prize-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2022Festival Prize-Best Thriller: winner
• 2022Festival Prize-Best Director: winner
• 2022Festival Prize-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2022Festival Prize-Best Trailer: winner
• 2022Festival Prize-Best Trailer: winner
• 2022May Award-Best Short Film: nominated
• 2022May Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2022May Award-Best Horror Film: nominated
• 2022May Award-Best Director: winner
• 2022May Award-Best Horror/Thriller: nominated
• 2022May Award-Best Directing: nominated
• 2022Jury Award-Best Writer: winner
• 2022Jury Award-Best Director: winner
• 2022Jury Award-Best Fantastic Short Film: winner
• 2022Jury Award-Best Producers: winner
• 2022Jury Prize-Best Horror: winner
• 2022Jury Prize-Best Thriller: winner
• 2022Jury Prize-Best Director: winner
• 2022Jury Prize-Best Trailer: winner
• 2022Jury Prize-Best International Short Film: winner
• 2022Jury Prize-Best Director: winner
• 2022Jury Prize-Best Producers: winner
• 2022Certificate of Achievement-Best Director: winner
• 2022Certificate of Achievement-Best Horror: winner
• 2022Certificate of Achievement-Best Producers: winner
• 2022Certificate of Achievement-Best Trailer: winner
• 2022Certificate of Achievement-Best International Short Film: winner
• 2022Certificate of Achievement-Best Thriller: winner
• 2022Certificate of Achievement-Best Director: winner
• 2023Special Achievement Award-Best Trailer: winner
• 2023Special Achievement Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2023Special Achievement Award-Best Thriller: winner
• 2023Special Achievement Award-Best Director: winner
• 2023Jury Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2023Jury Award-Best Producer: winner
• 2023Jury Award-Best Poster: winner
• 2023Jury Award-Best Trailer: winner
• 2023Jury Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2023Jury Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2023Jury Prize-Best Trailer: winner
• 2023Jury Prize-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2023Jury Prize-Best Director: winner
• 2023Jury Prize-Best Thriller: winner
• 2023Best Horror Short-: winner
• 2023Galaxy Film Award-Best Trailer: winner
• 2023Galaxy Film Award-Best Director: winner
• 2023Galaxy Film Award-Best Thriller: winner
• 2023Galaxy Film Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2023Jury Prize-Best Director: nominated
• 2023Jury Prize-Best Thriller: winner
• 2023LIA Award-Best Horror Short: winner
• 2023Jury Award-Best Fantasy: winner
• 2023Jury Award-Best Director: winner
• 2023Jury Award-Best Trailer: winner
• 2023Jury Award-Best Poster: winner
• 2023Jury Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2023Jury Award-Best Producers: winner
• 2023Festival Prize-Best Producers: winner
• 2023Festival Prize-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2023Festival Prize-Best Trailer: winner
• 2023Festival Prize-Best Poster: winner
• 2023Festival Prize-Best Horror: winner
• 2023Festival Prize-Best Director: winner
• 2024Jury Award-Best Trailer: winner
• 2024Jury Award-Best Horror: winner
• 2024Jury Award-Best Director: winner
• 2024Jury Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2024Jury Prize-Best Director: winner
• 2024Jury Prize-Best International Short Film: winner
• 2024June Award-Best Thriller: winner
• 2024June Award-Best Director: winner
• 2024June Award-Best Trailer: winner
• 2024June Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2024May Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2024May Award-Best Director: winner
• 2024May Award-Best Producers: winner
• 2024May Award-Best Fantasy: winner
• 2024July Award-Best Thriller Short Film: winner
• 2024July Award-Best Director: winner
• 2024July Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2024July Award-Best Trailer: winner
• 2024Jury Prize-Best Poster: winner
• 2024Jury Prize-Best Horror: winner
• 2024Jury Prize-Best Production: winner
• 2024Jury Prize-Best Director: winner
• 2024Jury Prize-Best Trailer: winner
• 2024Jury Prize-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2024Festival Award-Best Director: winner
• 2024Festival Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2024Festival Award-Best Thriller: winner
• 2024Festival Award-Best Trailer: winner
• 2024Festival Prize-Best Director: winner
• 2024Festival Prize-Best Thriller: winner
• 2024Festival Prize-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2024Festival Prize-Best Trailer: winner
• 2025Jury Prize-Best Director: nominated
• 2025Festival Award-Best Short Film (Horror): winner
• 2025Jury Prize-Best Short Film (Horror): winner
• 2025Jury Prize-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2025Golden Lion Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2025Golden Lion Award-Best Director: winner
• 2025Golden Lion Award-Best Producer: winner
• 2025Jury Prize-Best Horror: winner
• 2025Jury Prize-Best Director: winner
• 2025Jury Prize-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2025Outstanding Achievement Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2025Outstanding Achievement Award-Best Director: winner
• 2025Outstanding Achievement Award-Best Thriller: winner
• 2025Outstanding Achievement Award-Best Trailer: nominated
• 2025Jury Award-Best Trailer: winner
• 2025Jury Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2025Jury Award-Best Director: winner
• 2025Jury Award-Best Thriller Short Film: winner