Davide

Catinari

Musician, author, graduated in Political Science with a historical documentary made in collaboration with the Istituto Luce, he is director
artistic director of “Vox Day”, a production structure for multimedia cultural projects, musical events and thematic reviews. He is responsible for the
Dorian Gray project, a band with which he recorded seven albums and won the Lunezia prize in 1999, on the recommendation of Fernanda Pivano and the prize
PIMI, Italian Music Award at the MEI - Meeting of Independent Labels - in Faenza, in November 2009.

With Dorian Gray, he toured People's China in 1992, as well as hundreds of concerts in Italy and abroad, visiting cities such as London, Berlin, Hamburg, Toronto, and Mexico City. He is among the protagonists - together with Moni Ovadia, Federico Guglielmi, and Stefano Senardi - of the book "Indypendenti d'Italia", an essay on the origins of independent rock in Italy, published by Zona Editrice in 2007.

In 2012 he launched the English-language musical project GolemInLove, aimed at the foreign market, and wrote the main themes for the soundtracks of the films “Berlin Junction” (2013) by Xavier Agudo and “The Birthday” (2014) by Daniela Lucato.

He is the creator of the “Sound and Vision” project, a performance format of music and images linked to the world of comics. Between 2016 and 2018, he collaborated with Blaine L. Reininger, founder of the band Tuxedomoon, through an 8-date Italian tour, in addition to the American musician's involvement in the song “Quasar”, included on the vinyl “Moonage Mantra” (2017).

He writes about music on Linus and since 2017, he has been involved in the theatrical reading "Periferie dell'Infinito," which he wrote and directed. In May 2022, he published his first novel, "White Light," with Camena Edizioni.

In 2023, promoted by the Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission, he directed the documentary film “The Missing Boys”, presented as a world premiere at the GIFF, Glendale International Film Festival (USA), on 29 September 2023 and nominated among the 15 semifinalists at the Scandivian International Film Awards in the “best documentary” section, subsequently awarded in June 2024 as “Best documentary feature” at the New York Independent Cinema Awards and in October 2024 as “Best Documentary Short” at the Cannes Independent Shorts