Work Experience

2006-2008
ARCOBALENO Media Producties/KONKARMA, Amsterdam
Memphis Film & Television, Utrecht

Director of the documentary "Tulip Time" financed by the Stimulerings Fond and co-produced by Max Omroep, RAI and Istituto Luce. Narrated by Kitty Curbois and written with Arthur Japin it has been selected for the Gouden Kalf competition. In summer 2008 will be in competition at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Director of "Lieve Monster" short documentary winner for the Best Foreign Short award at Danville International Children's Film Festival, California (USA) - selected in more than 20 festivals in Netherlands, USA, Canada, Spain, Estonia, South Korea, Japan, Turkey, Lebanon, Germany, Italy.
Director of two corporative films for ROCvA.
Visual Concept consultant for the film "I Ragazzi di Villa Emma" (RAITRE)
Teacher at the SAE Institute in Amsterdam for "Visual Concept in Filmmaking"

2004-2005
ARCOBALENO Media Producties/KONKARMA, Amsterdam

Director of "Hip Hop History" musicvideo selected at the Open Night Film Festival, Amsterdam (Netherlands).
Director of the one hour documentary “Spalti di Guerra” for RaiTre.
Visual concept consultant for the documentary “Firenze ‘66” (RAITRE).
Director of the documentary in development “Beyond the Waves” (supported by Media Plus Programme, Nederland Fonds voor de Film and Miramedia),produced by Armadillo film (NL).
Invited Lecturer at the Faculty of Communication Science of the University of Amsterdam for a serie of lectures “Sound and Emotions in Media”.

2002-2003
LUMIQ STUDIOS, Turin

Director/Co-Author with Aldo Zappalà and John Rowe (London) of the new series of 65 episodes of Amazing History for RAI TRE.
Director/Author of a series of fifteen episodes for a children program for RAI-sat and RAI-trade (sold abroad also to Discovery Channel).

1999 – 2001
Village HTC and Dinamo Italia, Rome

Director of “Gladiators – The bloodsport of Colosseum” an one hour American docu-drama (narrated by David Hemmings) for History Channel USA produced and distributed by Questar Video Inc., Chicago and Southern Star, London.
Director of photography of archaeological documentaries for home video distributed by De Agostini, Italy shot in Mexico, Egypt and Columbia.
Director of a Contemporary Art documentary about a South-Korean painter living in Italy for KBS (Korean National Broadcaster).
Director of two documentaries about Nepal for RAI (Italian National Broadcaster).
Co-director together with Alessandro D’Alatri of “Mille Miglia” a short documentary of 18’ about the “Mille Miglia” race.
Video Art Installation for Exhibition in Torino about Napoleon’s battle of Marengo (also 3D animations for CD Rom)

1997 – 1999
Etabeta Spa, Rome

Trainer in Editing and Film Language for several post-production companies
Director of Photography for RAI SAT documentaries (Contemporary Art Exhibition in Linz, Aut. and Historical reconstruction event for kids in Rosenheim, Germany)
Editing direction for several TV-shows and documentaries for RAI.

1994 – 1997
Etabeta Spa, Rome

Training as Linear and Avid Editor and Camera Operator


Education

Studied Physics at Tor Vergata University – Rome, Italy

Perugia Cartoon School – Perugia, Italy
Degree in Script writing for Cartoon

EU Course for TV Editor and Camera Operator
Florence, Italy

Invited at the 16th Workshop for Producer and Directors of Youth Programmes EBU Training Mastercourse – Koudum (NL)

Masterclasses with Jennifer Fox (USA), Stan Neumann (FR), John Appel (NL) and Arne Bro (DK) for Documentary Storytelling at Binger Instituut – Amsterdam (NL)