Giampaolo Letta

Giampaolo Letta, who has been Chief Executive Officer of Medusa Film since 2002 and Vice-Chairman since 2001, led the company in the distribution of The Lord of the Rings trilogy (New Line Cinema, WingNut Films, 2001, 2002, 2003), and many Woody Allen films, including Match Point (BBC Films, Thema Production, Jada Productions, 2005), Midnight in Paris (Mediapro, Versátil Cinema, Gravier Productions, Pontchartrain Productions, 2011) and To Rome with Love (Gravier Productions, Mediapro, Medusa Film, 2012), which Medusa Film also produced, and several Italian and American films by Gabriele Muccino, including The Pursuit of Happyness (Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Overbrook Entertainment, Escape Artists, 2006). Under his leadership, Medusa Film produces and distributes many films by Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore: The Legend of 1900 (Medusa Film, Sciarlò, 1998), Malèna (Medusa Film, Miramax Films, Pacific Pictures, TELE+, 2000), The Unknown Woman (Medusa Film, Manigoldo Film, Sky, 2006), Baarìa (Medusa Film, Mediaset Premium, 2009).
It also distributes all of Checco Zalone’s films, including Buen Camino (Indiana Production, Medusa Film, in collaboration with MZL, 2025), and most of the feature films directed by Oscar-winning Paolo Sorrentino, including This Must Be the Place (Medusa Film, Indigo Film, Lucky Red, ARP Sélection, Element Pictures, 2011), The Great Beauty (Indigo Film, Medusa Film, Babe Films, Pathé, 2013) and Youth (Indigo Film, Bis Films, Pathé, RSI, C-Films, Number 9 Films, Medusa Film, Barbary Films, France 2 Cinéma, Film4, 2015), as well as distributing all of Paolo Genovese’s feature films, including the multi-award-winning Perfect Strangers (Medusa Film, Lotus Production, Leone Film Group, 2016), by and starring Ficarra and Picone, including Il primo Natale (Tramp Ltd., 2019), and by the comedy trio Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo, including Odio l’estate (Agidi, Medusa Film, Apulia Film Commission, Radio Italia, 2020).