Milan
A lifelong relationship with cinema becomes a practice in writing, image-making and editing.
About Luca Ripamonti

I’m Luca Ripamonti, known online as LukeRipa: a filmmaker, photographer and content creator based in Milan, working wherever the right story takes me.
Cinema came first. The pull of a dark room, a wide screen and a story unfolding one image at a time became an interest in how films are actually built: writing, directing, framing, rhythm and the invisible precision of editing.
That curiosity has grown into a multidisciplinary practice. My experience spans narrative shorts, documentary-style commercial work, portraits, products, architecture, podcasts and social series. I like moving between disciplines because each one sharpens the others: photography makes my frames more deliberate; editing makes my shoots more efficient; writing keeps every choice anchored to a point of view.
The format can change. The standard doesn’t: clarity, atmosphere and an honest human pulse.
The path so far
A lifelong relationship with cinema becomes a practice in writing, image-making and editing.
Hands-on work through the New York Film Academy environment, including commercial, pilot and short-form editing projects.
Narrative and commercial filmmaking developed in close creative collaboration.
Bilingual video series, reviews, original storytelling and podcast work for Italian and international audiences.

Today
I work through VirtualScreen Productions and frequently collaborate with Giovanni Mirabella on film and digital projects. Together, we also built Wikos as a bilingual creative space across WIKOS Channel and Il Wikos Podcast—work that lives naturally between Italian and English.
How I work
A strong brief starts with the people, audience and real objective behind it.
I look for the single visual and narrative idea that makes the whole piece feel inevitable.
From development to delivery, I care about the small decisions that protect the final result.
Milan is home, but the work is international. I’m available for productions worldwide.
Available for direction, cinematography, editing, photography and bilingual content projects in Italy and worldwide.
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