Nicola Genni, born in Lugano (1960), studied filmmaking at the London Film School in the 1980s.

He has worked as director of photography on many indipendent documentaries such as Musiche che bruciano and Made in Lombardia by Silvio Soldini, Mussolini, Churchill e cartoline by Villi Hermann and Les ennemis de la Mafia by Claude Goretta.

Since 1998 Genni manages Pic Film and works as a producer, continuing the experience of his parents Sergio e Caterina Genni, founders of the company.