Starting his career as a commercial artist , PERSON@1 was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting MISC@1 filmmaker PERSON@2 and viewing the MISC@2 neorealist film Bicycle Thieves during a visit to LOCATION@1 .

PERSON@1 was interested in filmmaking by meeting MISC@1 filmmaker PERSON@2 and seeing the MISC@2 neorealist film Bicycle Thieves during a visit to LOCATION@1 .
