Carlo Cresto-Dina is a film producer based in London and working in Italy and the United Kingdom.
In 1999 he started the documentary and short Film section of Fandango in Rome that produced a string of award-winning feature documentaries and debut films including I For India by S. Suri, which launched at Sundance International Competition.
Other titles include Super 8 Stories by E. Kusturica and Tickets directed by K. Loach, A. Kiarostami and E. Olmi.
In 2009 Carlo Cresto-Dina founded tempesta, based in London and Bologna.
The company’s first film "Corpo Celeste", Alice Rohrwacher’s debut feature, premiered at Cannes 2011 and won several international awards including the “Ingmar Bergman Award for Best Debut Film”.
"L’intervallo" by Leonardo Di Costanzo premiered at Venice 2012 where it won the FIPRESCI International Award, and after Toronto, London, Lisboa was selected for the prestigious NY MoMA New Directors New Films.
Carlo Cresto-Dina’s production "Le Meraviglie" written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher, won the Gran Jury Award at Cannes Film Festival 2014.
Recent titles include "Donkey Flies" a family film directed by Paolo Tripodi and Marcello Fonte, "Fräulein" featuring Christian De Sica and Lucia Mascino written and directed by Caterina Carone, and "Pawn Street" written and directed by Irene Dionisio, which premiered at Venice Film Festival 2016.
Tempesta's most recent production "The Intruder "written and directed by Leonardo Di Costanzo premiered at Cannes Quinzaine des realisateurs in 2017.