Giona A. Nazzaro (born 1 June 1965) is the artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival.

[1] He is also the General Delegate of the Venice International Film Critics’ Week.

[6] He was named the artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival in November 2020 after the resignation of Lili Hinstin.

He is the author of several books on cinema: Il cinema di Hong Kong – Spade, kung fu, pistole, fantasmi (Le mani, 1997),[9] John Woo – La nuova leggenda del cinema d'azione (Castelvecchi, 2000);[10] Il dizionario dei film di Hong Kong (Universitaria Editrice, 2005),[11] Action – Forme di un transgenere cinematografico (Le mani, 2000)[12] and Il conflitto delle idee.

[13] Nazzaro is also the author of the novel A Mon Dragone c'è il Diavolo (Perdisa Pop, 2010).