Niccolò Bruna studied directing at EICTV, Cuba, and CSC, Rome, with Abbas Kiarostami e Werner Herzog. He directed Pequeñas mentiras piadosas (2015) with the support of the Piemonte Doc Film Fund. The screenplay for Polvere received a special mention award at Concorso Premio Solinas 2008 and was nominated for a David di Donatello in 2012.