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The Creative Force

Meet the Team

Célestes Images is made up of international talents with impressive careers, but above all, with the creativity and boldness to bring amazing stories to life.

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Samanta Gandolfi Branca

Executive Producer & CEO

Samanta Gandolfi Branca, an Art Consultant and Filmmaker, graduated from the University of Fine Arts Brera in Milan. She co-produced the Vatican's first documentary with external filmmakers Pope Francis - A Man of His Word by Wim Wenders and the four episodes docu-series Mysteries of the Faith with Appian Way and October for Netflix platform .

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Andrea Gambetta

Executive Producer

A cinematic and documentary producer, born in Parma on August 7th, 1964. He co-produced "Super 8 Stories" and produced "Papa Francesco - Un uomo di parola" in 2018. With a successful track record in the film industry, this producer's work is to captivate audiences...

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Juan Carlos Fanconi

Executive Producer & Advisor

Swiss/Honduran Filmmaker and Executive Producer, he directed 3 movies, including "A Place in the Caribbean" distributed by HBO, Cinemax and Amazon Prime. He also created and directed 5 TV shows...

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Nicholas Snyder

Creative Collaborator & Film Director

Born in Italy, Nicholas Snyder is an Italian-American film director and producer. He studied film in Norway, where he began his career as a production assistant.

Initially focused on documentaries, Snyder has spent over a decade involved in feature films, working in various roles including director of photography, co-producer, production assistant, script supervisor, and actor. As a director, his works include the animated short Hot Air Hippo, the documentary The Astrology of Pandemics, available on Amazon Prime and DVD. He also co-produced Christspiracy, a documentary exploring the relationship between animals and religion.

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He is currently based in Brussels, where he also works at the European Commission as an audiovisual operator, overseeing the audiovisual direction of high-level conferences and events.

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Actor

Jose's, dramatic and comedic, film, TV and theater work encompasses an extensive and wide spectrum of diverse genres and characters, from hard hitting villains and commanding power players (NARCOS: MEXICO, GRISELDA, WESTWORLD, THE EXPANSE) to  sympathetic and sometimes comic paternal figures (Apple TV+'s quirky comedy PHYSICAL, THE SOUND OF FREEDOM, and HALF BROTHERS) He stars in the recently released motion picture, A SUDDEN CASE OF CHRISTMAS, opposite Andie MacDowell and Danny DeVito. Jose will next be seen in Netflix”s THE LIFE LIST.

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Lyn Juhl Vaus

Creative Executive & Writer​

Born in Denmark, he came to the United States at the age of four. Currently he resides just outside Chicago in Glenview, Illinois. Lyn got his start in the film business as a story editor for L2 Productions where he oversaw script development for the hit sci-fi film 'The Lawnmower Man', 'Hideaway', and the Denzel Washintgton, Russell Crowe starrer 'Virtuosity'. His screenwriting credits include the award winning Miramax romantic comedy 'Next Stop Wonderland', 'Temptation', 'Siegfied & Roy: The Magic Box, and 'The Dwarf' (upcoming) starring Peter Dinklage.

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​Lyn is also a musician/songwriter and has released two LP's of original music on the Night World record label. 

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