Gian Melchirori is an Instructor and Italian freelance video operator with a respectable Palmares:
– Technical Director and FIPSAS Videosub National Manager since 1996
– Organizer of events and championships
– Author of the book “La Video Ripresa Underwater” a federal manual for the realization of the Video Sub FIPSAS courses

Palmares
The Sea in Milan 2003 – 3rd place
Antibes World Festival of Underwater Imagery – Palme d’Or and Young Jury Award 2003
Emotions in the Blue – Genoa Aquarium 1st place 2003
7th International Underwater Film Festival in Belgrade – Special Jury Prize 2004
17th Fète de l’Image Sous-Marine of Strasbourg (France) – 1st place 2004
1st LIFRAS–Seahorse gold UNDERSEA FESTIVAL of Mons (Belgium) 3rd place 2004
5th Place – PAF Tachov of the Czech Republic
2nd place – 4th MIMA Festival of Estartit (Spain) 2004
1st Classified – Finalist in the 5 nominations of CELEBRATE THE SEA in Kuala Lumpur 2004 – Malaysia
Finalist in the 10 nominations at the SPORT MOVIES & TV AWARD in Milan 2005
Antibes World Underwater Image Festival – Best Current Film Award 2005
2nd Sisa – Barcelona 2006
HDS A film for a museum – 1st Place 2006 Pelagos
Special Jury Prize – 1st Cross Country World 2006 – Genoa
Antibes World Underwater Image Festival – Award for the best historical film 2008
22nd Fète de l’Image Sous-Marine of Strasbourg (France) – 3rd place 2008
41st INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL du FILM MARITIME, d’EXPLORATION et d’ENVIRONNEMENT – PRIX de la FÉDÉRATION FRANÇAISE d’ÉTUDES et de SPORTS SOUS-MARINS and PRIX « PHILIPPE TAILLIEZ » 2009
2nd Chioggia Sea Movie festival 2009
Special Jury Prize – 2nd CMAS VideoSub World Championship – Fuerteventura 2010
FIPSAS Diver of the Year 2011

Gian has made underwater images in the seas of Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Greece, Spain, the Maldives, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Thailand, the Bahamas, Cuba, Micronesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Panama, Colombia and of course Italy.
He also works as a freelance video operator for Sector No-Limits, CMAS, FISU, Volkswagen Italia, Nimar, Assicurazioni Generali and with advertising agencies.