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Since the early 2000s, he has been making short films, commercials, viral videos, and music videos for Italian and international musicians (including Afterhours, Subsonica, Verdena, Max Cooper, and Tony Iommi). In 2011, the Cinémathèque québécoise listed "videogioco" among the 50 short films that changed the history of animation. In 2014, his "Grotesque Photobooth" was included among the 20 videos of the year by Saatchi & Saatchi in the showcase at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity. In November 2016, "journal animè" was among the five finalists for the César Award and was included in the list of 70 short films competing for the Oscars. In June 2018, his video "Ghost Crash" went viral on Facebook, reaching 250 million views. In 2022, he was commissioned by the Chicago agency High Dive to create a commercial for the NHL hockey playoffs on American television. The program Tracks di Arte in 2020 produced documentaries about his work. From April 7th to October 8th, his solo exhibition "Metaversi" was held at the National Museum of Cinema in Turin, at the Mole Antonelliana.