Laurence (Lorenzo) Vannicelli is a dual citizen of Italy and the US. His short film, The Young Housefly (Alex Karpovsky) was nominated for a Student Academy Award. He co-wrote Porno, a breakout hit at SXSW in 2019 and released theatrically in 2020. His feature debut, Mother, May I? (Kyle Gallner, Holland Roden), will be released theatrically by Dark Sky in 2023.