Background
Forza was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil of Italian parents who had moved to South America a few years earlier.
Forza was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil of Italian parents who had moved to South America a few years earlier.
In 1961 his parents decided to move back to Turin, where he graduated as a mechanical engineer in 1977. In the same period, he developed a passion for cinema and attended the courses of history of cinema held by film critic and author Gianni Rondolino.
From 1983 to 1987, he was a cameraman at the Radiotelevisione Italiana production center in Milan, working in a large number of television programs, series and television-movies. He then left Radiotelevisione Italiana to devote himself to a freelance profession, working in the field of advertising, documentary and short film industry. He debuted as film cinematographer in 1993, with Punto di fuga.