Stefano Lorenzi has worked as assistant director and collaborator for Spike Lee, Abel Ferrara, Abbas Kiarostami, Mario Monicelli and Paolo Virzì. He directed the documentary Genoa without answers (2002), and in 2003 he made Nunca máis - The black tide, which was awarded a special mention in Turin at the Cinema Ambiente Festival. He has worked in Mediaset and Rai, and his films have been screened in many prestigious festivals such as Venice and Moscow.