Born and raised in the province of Naples, Carlo Manzo and Francesco Romano met at the faculty of Visual Arts of the University of Salerno and began to work together at the Atelier di cinema del reale, directed by Leonardo Di Costanzo. They directed their first documentary short "Senilis", which was shown in competition at the Naples Film Festival and received the "The Lantern Trophy 2016” (Genoa). They then follow up with "Sub tuum praesidium" (2017).