Gianfranco Pannone graduated in Literature in Rome in 1988 and in 1990 graduated at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. A student of Giuseppe De Santis, Carlo Lizzani and István Szàbo, he was assistant director for Pupi Avati. Between 1988 and 1992 he worked with magazine "Cinema Nuovo." After many experiences in theatre, cinema and TV, he made several documentaries and short films, all screened at national and international film festivals. He teaches film direction at Nuct (Nuova Università del cinema e della televisione) in Roma and at the Zelig in Bolzano, and History of documentary at Roma Tre University. Since 2001 he has been writing for a column, Il vero e il falso on the magazine on line "Il documentario.it."