About me

Guy Gotto is a Director, DOP and Editor based in London. Working internationally with brands, record labels, agencies and corporations – producing company idents, music promo’s, branded content, case studies and promotional material. Clients include; Universal Music Group, Nokia, University of Edinburgh, The Roundhouse, Arts Council England, Museum of London, Crafts Council, SWR Media, Pen International, Hewlett Packard, State 51, Together Design and Ivory Worldwide.

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Projects

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  Rhys Lewis - No Right To Love You (Strings Version)Music Video for the Strings Version of Rhys Lewis' No Right To Love You'. Premiered by Wonderland magazine. As featured in Clash Magazine and The Line of Best Fit. https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2020/09/18/premiere-rhys-lewis-no-right-to-love-you-dance/ In 2020 I was invited to work on a series of content for Universal Music Group. Due to Covid restrictions I managed direction, camera, and editing for 5 pieces of content - including a 24 hour YouTube live stream of an artwork being create
• Gold (Short Doc)I was approached by the Crafts Council and Arts Council England to produce, direct and edit ‘Gold’, a character portrait on goldsmith Jacqueline Mina, OBE. I conducted an extensive interview to explore her work, practices and psychological motivations around creativity and craft. I produced shooting schedules to optimise the time we had in the space to ensure we gathered all the material required that would visually capture her seminal work in promotion of the Crafts Council’s ‘Collect 2015’ sho
• Rhys Lewis - No Right To Love You (Live Acoustic)This collaborative art project was created to demonstrate how art and music can be used to soothe anxiety, 'Inner Contradictions' is a collaboration between artist Shadi Al Atallah and musician Rhys Lewis. Centered around 5 original and spontaneous artworks brought to life by Shadi over 24 hours, this performance piece was filmed and streamed live at London's Cob Gallery, the timelapse of which is the perfect accompaniment to Rhys's breakout song, No Right To Love You.
• Seramic - Keep On Breaking My HeartDirector Marcus Foster, front man behind the musical project Seramic project, asked me to collaborate with him as Creative Director on his directorial debut. Helping produce, location scout and facilitate the shoot from the outset. During production, I constructed dynamics between the fantastic dancer (AK Gayle) and the DOP (Mads Juncker). The main point of focus is leading the viewer to have a relationship with the dancer, who’s trying to hide from view – only allowing direct eye contact half w
• Alex Vargas - 7 Sins (Live Performance)In 2017 I Produced an Directed a project with Locomotion Music and Copenhagen Records, filming a live session with Alex Vargas working with DOP Mads Juncker. The project gained 200k + views across different social media channels.
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  Seramic - Angeline (Music Video)I Co-Directed this with Marcus Foster, the artist behind Seramic. We set a loose narrative around the themes that run through Seramic’s previous work – strong women, sport and athleticism. Pulling together sculpture, dance, acrobatics, pole vaulting and hurdling.

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Work history

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Freelance FilmmakerGuy Gotto
Mar 2012London, United KingdomFreelance

Skills

• Filmmaking
• Directing
• Producing
• Editing
• Documentary Video
• Corperate Video
• Events Video
• Camera Operating
• Camera and Lighting
• Digital Video

Education

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Film Production TechnologyStaffordshire University
Aug 2009 - May 2011United Kingdom
First-Class Honours Bachelor of Science Specialising in; Camera Operating, Editing, Colour Grading, Animation, Sound Design and Music Production