MAKUDA
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2019
- Employees
- 1-10
- Offices
- 3
About MAKUDA
MAKUDA is an Italian creative production company and visual post-production studio serving advertising, fashion, sport, technology and corporate clients from the Metropolitan City of Milan. Founded in 2019, the studio combines live-action filmmaking, post-production and digital design within an integrated creative workflow.
Its film and advertising work spans television commercials, brand films, fashion films, short films and music videos. The team develops concepts, directs productions, manages cinematography, casting and on-set logistics, and also provides drone videography and photography.
Production, VFX and digital craft
MAKUDA’s post-production capabilities include video editing, color grading, compositing, motion graphics, title animation, 3D modelling and animation, photorealistic CGI, lighting, and visual effects developed with Houdini and Blender. Alongside screen work, it creates brand strategies, visual identities, logos, graphics, landing pages, interactive websites and e-commerce platforms.
The studio’s recent work includes the 2026 Pubblicità Progresso campaign Coltiva la salute del tuo cervello, produced for national Italian television and incorporating generative-AI transitions and virtual 3D compositing. Other credited work includes the Gamelia brand film Mani, a Dsquared2 x Smurfs fashion commercial and digital-apparel animation, a Parma Calcio brand-film campaign, 3D work for Vernites and Glapix, and music-video projects for Zoda and Xhovana.
Its web and identity work has included projects for Jester Flight Dispatch School, Suisse Global Services, Naturalia, Theorica Holdings and First Advisory. MAKUDA operates as an independent Italian general partnership, pairing creative direction and film production with in-house 3D, VFX, design and web-development expertise.
More about MAKUDA
Leadership and background
- Simone Santacroce is MAKUDA’s founder, director and colorist.
- Taras Snegovoy is a partner, creative director, director and 3D artist.
- The name Makuda comes from the Shona language and translates as “all black” (tutto nero), a reference to the studio’s minimalist, cinematic aesthetic.
The current official team listing includes eight multidisciplinary professionals. Arton Widodo, previously catalogued as a director, is no longer listed in current official studio team records.
Notable credits
10 creditsOffices
Where MAKUDA is based
- Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Milan office
HeadquartersMetropolitan public-facing office and creative hub; MAKUDA designates Milano as its primary contact city.
- Largo Camussi 1, 21013 Gallarate (VA), Lombardy, ItalyGallarate, Lombardia, Italy
Gallarate office
Statutory legal registered seat for Makuda S.n.c.
- Via Leonida Bissolati 7, 20025 Legnano (Metropolitan City of Milan), Lombardy, ItalyLegnano, Lombardy, Italy
Legnano office
Physical studio and production workspace used for on-site production, design, and 3D/VFX artistry.
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