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name: "Gabriella Martinelli"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gabriella-martinelli"
fi1m_id: "gabriella-martinelli"
imdb_id: "nm0553355"
tmdb_id: 6202
wikidata_id: "Q5516045"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-22T03:31:12.482080+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Gabriella Martinelli

## Identity

Gabriella Martinelli

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gabriella-martinelli
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gabriella-martinelli
- **IMDb ID:** nm0553355
- **TMDB ID:** 6202
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5516045
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriella_Martinelli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5516045, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553355/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6202

Producer. Born in Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1991–2015
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (2), 2010s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 68 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $154m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriella_Martinelli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5516045, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553355/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6202

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Romeo + Juliet*](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Gabriella Martinelli is a Canadian film and television producer. Born in Italy, she emigrated to Canada with her family as a child. She studied art history and film at Carleton University in Ottawa and the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

Martinelli began her career in the early 1980s producing television commercials and variety specials, later coordinating Canadian features including *Walls* and *My American Cousin*. She served as head of production for Independent Pictures and worked as associate producer on *John and the Missus* and co-producer on *Milk and Honey*. Her feature credits include David Cronenberg’s *Naked Lunch* (1991) and *M. Butterfly* (1993), Clive Barker’s *Nightbreed* (1990), Baz Luhrmann’s *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), Terry Gilliam’s *Tideland* (2005), and executive producer roles on *High-Rise* (2015) and *After the Ball* (2015).

In 2000 she founded Capri Films Inc. in Toronto, serving as president and CEO, and later established Martinelli Films in 2013. She has also produced television projects including the mini-series *Lives of the Saints* (2004).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, martinellifilms.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *High-Rise* (2015), Fi1m 58, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/high-rise.md)
- *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md)
- *Naked Lunch* (1991), Fi1m 78, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/naked-lunch.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *High-Rise* (2015), Executive Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/high-rise.md)
- *After the Ball* (2015), Producer
- *Tideland* (2005), Producer
- *Getting Gilliam* (2005), Producer
- *Lives of the Saints* (2004), series, Producer, Executive Producer
- *Between Strangers* (2002), Producer
- *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md)
- *The Amazing Panda Adventure* (1995), Executive Producer
- *M. Butterfly* (1993), Producer
- *Naked Lunch* (1991), Co-Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/naked-lunch.md)
- *Nightbreed* (1990), Producer
- *John and the Missus* (1987), Co-Producer
- *My American Cousin* (1985), as Lulu
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Lulu

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