Matteo Cirillo, a finalist in the top five at the Nastri d’Argento Awards with his short film "Pinocchio Reborn", is an actor, writer, and director from Rome. He studied at the Accademia del Teatro Quirino in Rome and further specialized in France. He tours Italy performing his self-written monologues "Aspettando una chiamata", "Oggi Sposo", and "Pensieri a voce alta" (winning several national awards, including the Critics’ Prize at the Rome Fringe Festival).

In film, he has worked with Christophe Honoré, Gianni Zanasi, Edoardo Leo, and Federico Moccia. On television, he has appeared on RaiUno in the series "Don Matteo 13", and on SKY in seasons 2 and 3 of the series "Ritoccati", as well as in the show "So Wine So Food". On stage, he has worked with Giorgio Albertazzi, Monica Guerritore, Giulio Scarpati, and Lello Arena, and is part of the Italian cast of "The Play That Goes Wrong" (Italian title: "Che disastro di commedia").

He has been a guest performer at TEDx Rome Fiumicino. He also works in the outskirts of Rome, bringing traveling performances to public housing complexes (ATER), local streets, and site-specific projects such as "Metro Underground", a show performed inside Rome’s Metro C. He also stages "Ce l’ho, ce l’ho, mi manca" inside real Italian newsstands to highlight their current crisis.

He has received numerous national awards in both film and theatre. His short film "Internet Sparito" was selected for the "Los Angeles Italian Festival" and screened at the iconic Chinese Theatre in Hollywood as a representative of Italian excellence abroad. His short film "Pinocchio Reborn" was selected by major Italian festivals and won a grant from the Ministry of Culture to be developed into a feature film.