Jodie R. Tuccio

Jodie R. TUCCIO is a director and screenwriter whose artistic universe explores the boundaries of monstrosity, transformation, and surrealism. In 2024, she directed her first short film, *Tears of Sorrow*, a dark and visceral genre film that fully expresses her unique vision. A graduate of the ARFIS school in Villeurbanne (Lyon) in film production and certified in art history from La Sorbonne, she also worked as a production assistant at Samsha Productions, enriching her professional experience in the film industry. Beyond cinema, she develops her distinctive vision through photography, capturing dark and dreamlike images that echo the themes of her films: mutation, bodily transformation, and a nightmarish aesthetic. This passion for photography allows her to explore other visual dimensions and to nurture her creativity. For *Tears of Sorrow*, she collaborated with Italian composer Leonardo Fallasco, whose music adds an immersive depth to her cinematic world. Her works, whether films or photographs, are marked by a disturbing aesthetic and an exploration of the unconscious, making her an artist firmly oriented towards the fantastic and surreal.