SANDRO BOCCI - BIOGRAPHY

Sandro Bocci (1978, San Benedetto del Tronto, IT) is an Italian filmmaker and new media artist, founder of Julia Set Lab, an artistic collective that creates documentaries, immersive works, and experimental films.

Driven by a deep fascination with the complexity and beauty of the natural world, he has developed a distinctive visual language that combines macro photography, astrophotography, optical experiments, and fluid dynamics. His work—created without CGI or AI manipulation—emerges from tangible physical phenomena, transforming chemical reactions, light, and microscopic details into immersive visual experiences.

Cinema

His footage appears in Terrence Malick’s Voyage of Time and Song to Song, in the Darren Aronofsky–produced series One Strange Rock, in documentary series for Netflix, HBO Max, ESPN and PBS, and in productions such as Project Hail Mary, Edge of Life and Heild. He also collaborated on Elisa Baccolo’s short film Il Velo dei Sensi, and has worked with National Geographic and UNESCO. His feature films Meta (2012) and Àpeiron (2021) were presented at international festivals and recognized in both documentary and experimental cinema. Four of his short films, Meanwhile, Halo, Titan and Iteration, have received a Vimeo Staff Pick.

Immersive & New Media

Alongside his cinematic work, Bocci creates immersive cinema experiences and large-scale audiovisual environments: fulldome films, projection mapping and site-specific installations. Each piece is designed to scale from a single large screen to a fully immersive space. His works have been shown internationally in museums, festivals, planetariums and public spaces.

His latest fulldome work, Fantomatyka, has been selected for ISEA2026 Dubai, the 31st International Symposium on Electronic/Emerging Art. There it is presented in two site-specific versions: one for the 360° projection of Al Wasl Dome and one for the walls-and-floor immersive space of Kanvas. Fantomatyka was also selected for SAT Fest 2026 in Montreal.

His fulldome film Cosmonautica has been presented at festivals and planetariums worldwide. It won First Prize at the Light Year Awards (China, 2024). In 2024 it was also screened at CERN during the Mapping Festival and presented as a 360° projection at Syllpse in the Jardin des Nations, Geneva. It was selected for Fulldome Festival Jena, the Suwon International Film Festival, the Shanghai International Light Festival and Symphoria at Planetarium BZ.

For Cogito in Space, Daniela de Paulis’s art project, Bocci created a VR film that brings his visual research into the heart of the work.

His work has also reached audiences through other immersive and large-format presentations. His video mapping Network was presented at Expo 2025 Osaka. Respiro was selected for the 1minute Projection Mapping competition in Tokyo (2023). The short film Halo was presented at NHK Plus Cross Shibuya in Tokyo, at the SFO Museum in San Francisco and in Seoul. Titan was presented at the MIT School of Engineering and the Los Angeles Public Library. Footage from Meanwhile was featured in The Blue Paradox: An Immersive Experience on the Ocean Plastic Crisis in London and Chicago.

He also creates the visuals for Iteration, a live music concert with holographic projections.

Original Works

Original Works

Filmsupply - International licensing

Since 2020, Sandro Bocci's work has been represented by Filmsupply, one of the world's leading platforms for premium cinematic footage. His imagery has been licensed for international productions, campaigns and creative projects by global brands, media organizations, cultural institutions and environmental initiatives.

Entertainment, Film & Media
Netflix, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., IMAX, Channel 4, ESPN, PBS, Audible, The Religion of Sports, Virgin EMI Records, Epidemic Sound, MasterClass, Skywalker Sound, Kennedy Center Honors

Technology & Global Brands
Anthropic, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Samsung Electronics, IBM, Huawei, Dell Technologies, Visa, Verizon, AMD, CoreWeave, Atlassian, Oppo, OnePlus

Automotive & Mobility
Ford Motor Company, Ford Lio Ho Motor Company, Audi, Aston Martin, Land Rover, Rivian, Genesis Motor, Nissan, NIO, Zenvo, Specialized

Fashion, Luxury & Consumer Brands
ABOUT YOU, Arc’teryx, PUMA, H&M, Shiseido, Maybelline, Yves Rocher, Vacheron Constantin, Gaggenau, Bacardi, Tudor, J.Lindeberg, Keune Haircosmetics, COPERNI

Healthcare, Science & Research
Pfizer, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, GE Healthcare, Boehringer Ingelheim, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Mass General Brigham, Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Weill Cornell Medicine, Princeton University

Environment, Ocean & Conservation
WWF – World Wide Fund for Nature, Oceanic Preservation Society, Oceanic Global, 10% For The Ocean, Voice for Nature, The Earth Foundation, Natural History Museum Denmark

Architecture, Culture & International Projects
NEOM, New Murabba Development Company, Foster + Partners, European Commission, Royal Ontario Museum, Uchi Bousou Art Festival Executive Committee

Finance, Consulting & Corporate Organizations
Marsh McLennan, KPMG, FIS, SAP, WPP, Citi, Zurich Insurance, ExxonMobil, Shell, Dow Europe, United Airlines, Lufthansa Group

Exhibition / Audiovisual Installations

Cogito in Space, interdisciplinary artistic project by Daniela De Paulis | Immersive film (2018)

The Blue Paradox, Immersive Experience, additional footage from Meanwhile, London, Chicago (2021 + 2023)
Halo @ Another World – Journey Through Technology, NHK+, 8K screen, Tokyo (2022)
Halo @ SFO Museum, San Francisco (2022)
Halo @ Beyond Nature, The Bukhangang R Starbucks, Seoul (2022)
Respiro @ 1minute Projection Mapping, Tokyo (2023)
Titan @ MIT School of Engineering and @ LA Public Library (2024)
Cosmonautica @ Light Year Awards, First Prize, China (2024)
Cosmonautica @ Mapping Festival, CERN, Geneva (2024)
Cosmonautica @ SYLLEPSE, 360° projection, Jardin des Nations, Geneva (2024)
Cosmonautica @ Suwon International Film Festival (2024)
Cosmonautica @ Symphoria, Planetarium BZ (2024)
Cosmonautica @ 2nd Shanghai International Light Festival, 360° projection (2025)
Cosmonautica @ Fulldome Festival Jena (2025)
Network, video mapping @ Expo 2025 Osaka (2025)
Fantomatyka, fulldome @ SAT Fest, Montreal (2026)
Fantomatyka, fulldome & immersive room @ ISEA2026 Dubai, Al Wasl Dome & Kanvas (2026)

Featured Collaborations

Heild (2014), documentary by Petur Gudmundsson | Additional footage

Voyage of Time (2016), feature film by Terrence Malick | Additional footage
Song to Song (2017), feature film by Terrence Malick | Additional footage
One Strange Rock (2018), TV series produced by Darren Aronofsky | Additional footage
Cogito reportage (2018), reportage
Cogito in Space (2018), interdisciplinary artistic project by Daniela De Paulis | Immersive film
A World of Calm (2020), TV series, HBO Max | Additional footage
Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul (2023), docuseries, Netflix
In the Arena: Serena Williams (2024), docuseries, ESPN+
Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience (2024), documentary, ESPN Films
A Brief History of the Future (2024), documentary series, PBS
Edge of Life (2025), feature documentary by Lynette Wallworth | Additional footage
Il Velo dei Sensi (2026), short film by Elisa Baccolo | Additional footage
Project Hail Mary (2026), feature film | Additional footage
The Dinosaurs (2026), documentary series, Netflix

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