Trent J DiGiulio, PhD

Trent J DiGiulio, PhD

Advisor – Commercial

20+ Time Award winning show projects producer/director for his clients, 19-time International and US combined Award Winner Documentary producer. Producer, Director, Cinematographer, and 3D Stereographer- as Dir/Producer, Trent Di Giulio has extensive national production experience in the Film and Television business.

From feature film production to the directing of over 400 commercial productions, Di Giulio has led the industry with his creative and unique abilities. With over 1500 projects under his direction, Di Giulio created beautiful, powerful, and unique HD, Ultra HD and beyond production work as well as high-end special effects, 3D & 2D animation and highly integrated graphically driven media.

His list of clients are at the top of the industry with such leaders and corporate giants as: MTV, 20th Century FOX, Paramount Studios, Ripley’s Believe it Or Not, American Airlines, Radio Shack, Mazda, Pepsi, IBM, GM, Zales, J.C.Penny’s, Pizza Inn, Clear Eyes, McDonald’s, Mobil/Exxon, Michael Jackson Tribute Concert, Michael Phelps / Master Spas, Walker Texas Ranger, LPGA, AVIS, Hyatt Hotels, PGA, Aetna, to network affiliates NBC, ABC, FOX and CBS and virtually hundreds more notables of Who’s Who in the national agency business, film and broadcast area.

Leading the way in a young industry, since 1986, Di Giulio has made his mark in animated features, commercial work and music videos. Developing powerful and provocative imagery for a host of other markets, from stylized Music Videos, to specialized government & military training material, and highly graphic integrated media, using 3D stereo HD & Ultra-HD media, Green Screen technology and incredible 3D/Stereo 3D graphics.

Trent Di Giulio also led CAT-Studios as its founder to the forefront of high-end 3D animation, 2D animation, and special effects along with Stereo 3D work, making the studio a premier animation studio in the Central US. With Di Giulio’s vision the company started as the first high-end boutique house in the United States.

Di Giulio began his career at age 14. Attending an advanced middle school in Arizona, he was able to begin his studies in television at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He worked with KUAT-TV, the university-based PBS affiliate station, for almost two years. He went on to produce 4 television programs for PBS and cable markets before completing high school.

In addition, he has extensive experience as a DP / Director of Photography as well as a Master Directorial Editor, 3D Stereographer, versed in 4K / Ultra-HD shooting, DP, Director and Editing Director. He is also proficient in directing “Performance Capturing” or commonly called “Motion Capture” Production. From script to screen Di Giulio has been involved in the direction of hundreds of projects from both small to large-scale and long format production. Di Giulio is a member of IMDB.

Awards

Oppenheimer after Trinity Awards

  • Finalist; Top Shorts, Los Angeles, CA “Best Documentary Short” 2023
  • Winner; Cannes World Film Festival, Cannes, France, “Best Historical 2023 Documentary “
  • Winner; World Film Carnival, Singapore “Best Educational Film”2023
  • Winner; Best Shorts Competition, Los Angeles, CA “Award of Excellence in both “Script Writing” and “Documentary Short” 2023
  • Winner; Indie Short Fest, Los Angelos, CA. “Best Documentary Short” 2023
  • Winner; Indie Short Fest, Los Angelos, CA, “Best Producer” 2023
  • Platinum Award; Independent Short Awards Angeles, CA “Best Documentary Short” 2023
  • Honorable Mention, “Best Documentary”, Best International Film Festival, Bucharest 2023
  • Award of Excellence, Documentary Feature, Accolade Global Film Completion. Los Angeles, CA 2023
  • Outstanding Achievement Award, Royal Society of Television and Motion Picture. 2023
  • Official Selection, Rome Prisma Awards, Italy
  • Official Screen Selection, Albuquerque Film and Music Experience 2023
  • Official Screen Selection Chagrin Documentary Film Festival 2023.
  • Finalist, Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival 2023.
  • Official Screen Selection, Coronado Island Film Festival 2023
  • Nominee, Best Documentary, Phoenix Rising Film Festival London 2023
  • Nominee, Best Documentary Director, Phoenix Rising Film Festival London. 2023
  • Selected Best Documentary, Venice Shorts, March 2023

The Atomic Rocketeer

  • Cannes World Film Festival winner for Best Space Research Film 2024
  • Best Documentary Feature at the Rome International Movie Awards, 2024
  • Best Wartime Film, Paris Cine Paris Film Festival 2024 in Paris, France
  • Best Historic Film, Paris Cine Paris Film Festival 2024 in Paris, France
  • Best Educational Film, Best International Film Festival in Bucharest, Romania, 2024
  • Awards of Merit in Editing at the Accolade Global Film Competition, 2024, in Los Angelos
  • Red Movie Awards for Best Poster in Reims, France. 2024
  • Audience Award Winner, Best Military Feature, Coronado Island Film Festival, 2024
  • Finalist, Oniros Film Awards, New York, NY 2024
  • Best Historic Film, Best International Film Festival, 2024
  • Official Selection PRIX Festival Napoleon Paris, France 2025

Alamogordo, Center of the World, Trinity 1945

  • Award of Recognition, Best Shorts Competition, 2020
  • Winner, Top Shorts Film Festival, December 2020
  • Winner, Award of Recognition, Accolade Global Film Competition 2020
  • Honorable Mention, Best Documentary Short, Independent Shorts Awards, Los Angeles, CA 2020

Other Projects

Film and Documentaries

  • “OPPENHEIMER AFTER TRINITY” Director
  • “The ATOMIC ROCKTEER” Director
  • “The COSMIC TRIGGER” Director
  • “ALAMOGORDO CENTER OF THE WORLD TRINITY 1945”
  • “Chalk Hill”
  • “Adventures of The Elements”
  • “The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine”
  • “Truth Trial”
  • “COLTON LOGICS”
  • “US Golf America”
  • “America Rising Above the Storm”

Other Credits

  • Speed zone-ASA: Director of Photography & Special Effects: National Television OTO’s:
    ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX
  • Producer, Sleepy Hollow Night 20Th FOX Release.
  • Director of Photography, Almost Time Feature Film
  • Director of Photography, Almost Time Feature Film
  • The Vision of Paolo Soleri: Prophet in the Desert (Segment D.P.)
  • Speed zone-IRL: Director of Photography & Special Effects: National Television OTO’s:
    ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX
  • Cowboy Action Shooting: Director of Photography & Special Effects: National Television
    ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX
  • Super Stars in Sports: Director of Photography & Special Effects: National Television
    ABC, CBS.