Massimo Coppola is an author, film and documentary writer and director, editorial strategist and creator. As scriptwriter and director, he produced several award-winning documentaries and feature films, including Bianciardi (2007), produced by the Oscar Winning company Indigo Film, and selected for the Venice Film Festival in 2007; Hai paura del buio (2010), Indigo Film, Venice Film Festival; Parafernalia (2008), Locarno Film Festival; Politica zero, Turin Film Festival; and Romeo e Giulietta, opening event at Locarno Film Festival 2015. He has been a host, a writer and a director on several MTV programs and in 2004 he co-founded publishing house Isbn Edizioni, where he was editorial director for ten years. He’s a contributor to many newspapers and magazines and he’s been editor-in-chief at Rolling Stone Italia. He has been editorial, creative and strategic advisor to CEO at Rai (National Public Broadcasting). Un piccolo buio (2019) is his first novel. He has a son and lives in Milan.