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​Born in Rome (Italy),  after a PHD in Communications,  Francesco Sauta started his career as an editor (AVID, FCP), working with renowned directors, ranging from music videos, commercials, documentaries & feature films (PXUP.NET).

In 2006 he moved to the USA and lived in New York, New Orleans and Los Angeles where he currently resides. 

He Joined the IATSE Local 600 in 2008,

and became certified as Phantom Tech in 2014

Fluent in Italian, English, Spanish

 Specialties:

       CAMERAS

• Arri Alexa 65, LF, SXT PLUS, XT, MINI, AMIRA

• RED CAMERAS

• DXL

• Black Magic CAMERAS

• Canon 5D/ 7D / C300 / C500

• Sony VENICE 1& II, F65, F55, F5, A7s Mark II

• Go Pro

• Phantom Flex, Miro, 4K

• NOKIA Ozo camera

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      TECH SKILLS

      COLORIST

• Live color Grade & on-set dailies

• Transcoding RESOLVE, RED CINE X

• Exposure and color offset control.

• Data management. (Shut Put Pro, R3D)

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     CAMERA STABILIZER

• RONIN 2  TECH & OPERATOR