Summary

I’m a highly skilled and passionate Italian-born filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York, and part-time in Los Angeles. My gift lies in capturing the human experience and sharing stories of personal transformation through a sensitive lens.

Credits

6/22 – 8/23

Cinematographer Never Seen Again (Season 3)

Paramount+ — TV — Efran Films Details
6/22 – 8/23

Cinematographer for Several Episodes, Lighting, Interview Set-Ups.

3/18 – 12/22

Cinematographer Vice News Tonight

HBO — TV — VICE Media Details
3/18 – 12/22

Cinematographer in the field for Vice Media’s nightly news show on HBO and VICE TV.

11/22 – 11/22

Cinematographer Hot Boxin with Mike Tyson (Season 1)

malka media — Digital — Malka Media Group
11/22 – 11/22
10/22 – 11/22

Cinematographer VICE Debates (Season 1)

Vice Media — TV — VICE Media
10/22 – 11/22
11/19 – 12/19

Producer/Shooter American Portrait (Season 1)

PBS — TV — Radical Media
11/19 – 12/19
1/16 – 7/18

Producer

Staff Position — VICE Media Details
1/16 – 7/18

Researched, planned, filmed, and produced original documentary videos for Vice’s digital platform, including Red Right Hand (long-form crime series), Autoinfected (on AIDS epidemic in Cuba), Red Cards (sports crime series), Adapt (on disabled activists), and dozens of pieces for Daily Vice.

4/15 – 6/16

Producer When Kids get life

Film (Feature-length) — BZ Productions / Denmark DR Details
4/15 – 6/16

Produced and filmed a short documentary that follows stories of minors serving life in prison without chance of parole for Denmark DR TV Network.

9/15 – 11/15

Production Coordinator The Independents

Film (Feature-length) — RGB Film Inc. Details
9/15 – 11/15

Assisted Line Producer during casting, location scouting, crew hirings and managing set production of the feature lm The Independents, a modern-day tale about three nomadic musicians.

Unions

  • Writers Guild of America (WGA)

Self ID

I identify with the following groups:

  • Gender: Woman

Media

  • Murder at America's Border: The Story of an Anti-Immigration Vigilante

  • Meet the Cuban Punks Who Infected Themselves with HIV in Protest

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Education

Class of '11

New York Film Academy

Documentary Filmmaking
Class of '10

International Center of Photography

Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism
Class of '09

Institute of Visual Arts ITSOS, Milan

Visual Arts

My Gear

  • Canon C300
  • Sony FS7
  • DJI Mavic 2 Pro
  • Sony FX3

Skills

  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • Post Production
  • Documentaries
  • Film Production
  • Photography
  • Storytelling
  • Video Editing
  • Pre-production
  • Cinematography
  • Graphic Design
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe InDesign