Frederic Fasano has worked as a filmmaker since 1999 when he shot Asia Argento's first feature, Scarlet Diva. He has worked on productions in both narrative and documentary forms shooting in a variety of countries, cultures, and landscapes including Greenland, Thailand, Japan, Norway, and Brazil. For over five years, Frederic collaborated with renowned Italian filmmaker Dario Argento with whom he shot three features. In 2009, he moved to the U.S. to further his passion for capturing diverse images and stories. Since arriving, he has worked on several feature narrative films as well as shorts and documentaries, and was awarded Best Cinematography (Feature) at the 2017 Woods Hole Film Festival. Lately he has been focusing his work on TV projects including Too Cute (Animal Planet), Almost There (DIRECTV), and Sneaky Pete (Amazon) He recently completed 26 episodes of Sesame Workshop's The Helpsters (Apple TV+).
Frederic was born in Denmark and raised in Copenhagen and Noto, Sicily. He first developed an interest in photography as a teenager documenting the southeastern Sicilian landscape for a local newspaper and exhibition. He had a photography studio in Milan before completing studies at Scuola del Cinema di Milano after which he opened his own production company.