Guido Santi was a filmmaker, director and producer who was born in Genoa, Italy, on May 9, 1962.

In 1989 he co-directed with Marco Simon Puccioni his first short film Concertino produced by RAI the Italian public broadcaster.

Santi then moved to the US and took a master's degree in film production at the University of Southern California, and went on to produce TV specials and documentaries.

Santi taught Film Aesthetics and History of Cinema at the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California.

[2] Guido Santi died suddenly on February 4, 2019, due to a heart attack on the first day of College of the Canyon's Spring Semester.