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Luca Bernabei

Luca Bernabei

Producer, also writer · Born September 8, 1964 (62) · Rome, Italy

Primetime Emmy nominee

Born in Rome in 1964, he graduated in Political Science at La Sapienza University of Rome. He started off his career working in advertising for Italy's top agencies and trend-setting production companies. Luca is married to Paola Lucantoni and father of six, he loves his family and his country, Italy. In 1994, he became Associate Producer in Lux Vide, where he produced the international TV series "The Bible". In 2002, he was appointed Head of Production, taking in charge the entire cycle of production, from development to post-production. He was then appointed Chief Executive Officer of Lux Vide. He produced more than 100 projects, including Tv-movies, series and mini-series, such as War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Coco Chanel with Shirley McLaine, the longest-running Italian Tv series Don Matteo, and I Medici - Masters of Florence, starring Richard Madden and Dustin Hoffman in its first season. More recently, he produced the third season of the Medici saga and of Devils, a conspiracy thriller for Sky Studios starring Patrick Dempsey and Alessandro Borghi and Leonardo, starring Aidan Turner and Freddie Highmore. He's currently working on the production of over ten new series (for Rai, Mediaset and SKY).

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
September 8, 1964 (62)
From
Rome, Italy
Works as
Producer, also writer
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 65 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 32% in 30 days

What are Luca Bernabei's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Society.

Genres

Biography8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
25%
Society
22%
Bonds
19%
Self
17%
Survival
8%
Power
7%
Ideas
2%
Faith10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 9 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 7 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 13 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 13 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Hopeful
12
Melancholic
12
Romantic
9
Contemplative
6
Other
16

How their films linger

Hopeful16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet14
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Luca Bernabei's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Luca Bernabei's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

65 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page.

  • Sandokan(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Hotel Costiera(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Idea · Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Doc(2025)

    Show 10 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • La Bussola - Il collezionista di stelle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Producer

  • I Hate Christmas(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Blanca(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Buongiorno, mamma! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 32 episodes · Creator · Producer

  • Leonardo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · Producer

  • Devils(2020)

    Show 10 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Complimenti per la connessione (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show Creator

  • The Lady with the Black Veil(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Beauty and the Beast(2014)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • White as Milk, Red as Blood(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Anna Karenina(2013)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Mary of Nazareth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • Mary of Nazareth(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • One Thousand and One Nights(2012)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Che Dio Ci Aiuti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 16 episodes · Producer

  • One Step from Heaven(2011)

    Show 30 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • Pinocchio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Producer

  • Pinocchio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · Production Office Coordinator

  • Coco Chanel(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Pompei(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Chiara e Francesco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Producer

  • Maternity Ward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 26 episodes · Producer

  • Pope John Paul II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • San Pietro(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Apocalypse(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Saint Rita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Producer

  • Saint John Bosco Mission to Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Producer

  • Saint John Bosco Mission to Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • Nero(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Mother Teresa(2003)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Soraya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Producer

  • Maria Goretti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Producer

  • Cuore di donna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer

  • Dracula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer

  • Sant'Antonio di Padova(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Dracula(2002)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Pope John XXIII (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer

  • The Crusaders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • The Friends of Jesus: Thomas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Producer

  • Gli amici di Gesù - Giuda(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Crusaders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Producer

  • Saint Paul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Producer

  • Saint Paul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Producer

  • Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • Mary Magdalene(2000)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Questa casa non è un albergo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show Creator

  • Don Matteo(2000)

    Show 217 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Joseph of Nazareth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Producer

  • Jesus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Associate Producer

  • The Bible Collection: Esther(1999)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Bible Collection: Jeremiah(1998)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Solomon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Co-Producer

  • Fatima(1997)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • L'Enfant tombée du ciel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Producer

  • Una bambina di troppo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Producer

  • Joseph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Producer

  • Genesis: The Creation and the Flood(1994)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Abraham (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • Jacob(1994)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Abraham (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 57 titles from 1993 to 2025.

Biggest box office

White as Milk, Red as Blood (2013)

$4.2M worldwide

Highest rated

The Bible Collection: Jeremiah (1998)

Midcredits 79th

Most popular right now

Doc (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing2 of 57: 1 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing53 of 57: 51 only producing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thOther crew4 of 57: 3 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1990s10 · crew2000s32 · crew2010s6 · crew2020s9 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2009, Outstanding Made for Television Movie.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Luca Bernabei's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 29 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic6
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · producer

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (1994)

82nd percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Sant'Antonio di Padova (2002)

Midcredits 90th · 77% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 and the plot and story 48/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Luca Bernabei work with?

People who share at least 2 of Luca Bernabei's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matilde Bernabei shares the most, 18.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers