ABOUT ME

Italian native with Swedish roots, since the early years of my life I've developed a love for cinema that has deeply influenced my path. After graduating from Università di Siena with the thesis "Persona: A critical reading of the narrative and stylistic strategies adopted by Ingmar Bergman", I moved to New York to pursue directing and to improve my artistic skills. In order to achieve that, I attended the conservatory filmmaking program at the New York Film Academy, where I had the chance to explore all crew positions and get a better knowledge of set dynamics. At NYFA I wrote, produced and directed the experimental short film "1301 - The circle of life" (Best Experimental Movie and Best Movie Shot on 16mm at the American International Film Festival).

 

In NYC I founded Rassoodocks Films LLC, an indie entertainment company through which I directed and co-produced a wide range of different projects, such as short movies, music videos and TV shows. Credits include the short drama "Model target" (Best Art Movie at the American International Film Festival), based on a play written by Alessandro Varani and co-produced with the Italian powerhouse Distretto Cinema; the music videos "Granita-n ranita" for the Romanian rock band byron, "Intra nos" for the Italian alternative rock band Diverba, and "Troppo forte" for the rapper Er Costa; the TV shows "Los llaveritos de T.Tin" and "TuNite con Lorenzo Parro", this being the first late talk show ever produced in the USA for a Hispanic audience (NBC Telemundo).

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My theatre debut with the dark comedy "Panic at the Riverside Motel" not only introduced me to the adrenaline rush only live performances can give, but also earned me the call to bring to the Off-Broadway scenes the drama "Ghost Wife Radio", starring Jessica Polsky in the titular role. After winning the award for Best Director at the Boise Film Festival with my first feature film, "How to be cute and break hearts", I decided to come back to Italy and develop new projects, taking the opportunity to broaden my expertise in creative direction. I so curated the brand "Le delizie di Ambra" from the first stages of development, creating and managing contents for the food blog channels and its collateral projects, including 3 books. Besides that, in 2019 I published my first novel, "Feroce è la notte", adapting an original script of mine.