Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso is an Italian director and producer based in Rome.

I’m a film director with extensive experience in documentary filmmaking, focusing on social justice, migration, and cultural identity. Over the years, I have crafted and produced stories that bring intimate, human-centered narratives to global audiences. My work has been screened at international film festivals, presented at academic institutions, and supported by organizations such as UNHCR and Amnesty International. I am passionate about using cinema to spark dialogue, challenge perspectives, and connect people through storytelling. In 2010 he won best short film “La città di Asterix” at the Roma Fiction Fest. In 2010 his documentary “Through Korean Cinema”, produced by Blue Film and distributed by WIDE, took part in major Asian festivals: Busan, Fukuoka and Tokyo. In 2014 the documentary “Southeast Asia Cinema – When the Rooster Crows” participated in the Busan and Singapore Festival and was bought by the Sundance Channel. In December 2015 he finished the documentary film “Doris and Hong” between Italy and China. In 2017 he was in competition on the Arab TV MBC with the short documentary “Obaida”, the story of a Syrian boy. In 2019 his new documentary film “When You Can’t Go Back” was released in competition at the 37th Bellaria Film Festival and in other International festivals. In 2021 he released a documentary series “Italian Chefs” presented at EXPO 2020 Dubai and distributed in 2022 on the platform Cine+ Asia, Kitchen Mania, France and 2023 ITA Airways by Minerva Pictures.
He directed the short film “过年 BE HAPPY” distributed by the Chinese Ministry of Culture, in April 2022 in competition for “Sorriso Rai Cinema Channel”. In 2023, his documentary “Refugee Girls” was released at the Visioni dal Mondo Film Festival, in Milan.