Aldo Shllaku

Biography

Born into an artistic family, Aldo Shllaku started his artistic career at a very young age, following a path that exposed him to different cultures and countries. Aldo earned degrees in Music Composition from Université de Montréal (Canada) and University of Southern California (USA), where he attended the prestigious Scoring For Motion Pictures and TV program under the direction of Oscar winning composer, David Raksin, Golden Globe Nominee, Christopher Young, and twice Oscar recipient, Leonard Rosenman. Aldo Shllaku’s ability, passion and organizational skill was put to use in different projects as a producer. He is a co-founder of Aeternum Artworks, an Albanian production company with offices in Tirana. As a producer, Aldo has produced the feature film, “The Killing Habit”, written and directed by Laura Neri. Currently, Aldo has four feature film projects in development, the black comedy “Enemies of the People,” the action / drama “Made in Albania,” the historical drama “The Promise,” and the action / drama “Condition of Anonymity,” all of which are slated to be produced as co-productions with international partners. Aldo also serves as an Advisory Board member of the South East European Film Festival (www.seefilmla.org), a unique film festival that takes place in Los Angeles, USA. Through this festival, Aldo, has presented and promoted the cinema of the South East Europe generally and Albania specifically.