Meet filmmaker Marco Grandia who at young age got inspired by American skate videos and began to film his skateboarding friends because of that. A career in film is what followed. From music videos for Brainpower to the viral TV commercial "Kobe vs Messi” for Turkish Airlines, the autodidact filmmaker has simply followed his nose in search of magic. "Performing card tricks, like filming, is tinkering with reality."

• Name: Marco Grandia

• Title: filmmaker (autodidact)

• Focus: tv-commercials, (short) film

• Highlight: Kobe vs Messi commercial for Turkish Airlines 

• Company: Grandia Enterprises Ltd

Video by Paul Roest / Creative Direction by Dorien Franken