Stefania Casini

After graduating in Architecture Stefania began a career in acting and worked with Pietro Germi Bernardo Bertolucci Peter Greenaway and Dario Argento She moved to New York in the late 1970s where she acted in Andy Warhols Bad While in New York she decided to move behind the camera and became a director With Francesca Marciano she wrote and directed the film Lontano da dove presented at the Venice Film Festival 1983 In 1997 she wrote and directed another feature film Un Paradiso di Bugie Her career as director also includes the making of six feature films for the Italian television network MEDIASET A passionate traveler Stefania has made a great number of documentaries and reportages for RAI and MEDIASET She focuses her attention on contemporary topics concerning women and young people She has made many hardhitting series including Islam stories of women Latin America stories of women To be 20 years old in broadcast in ten European Countries 20042005 So close so far portraits in the suburbs Schiaffo alla mafiaA blow to the Mafia Between 20002002 Stefania was the Artistic Director of Sienas Film Festival Terra di Siena In 2010 she was Managing Director of DGTV IESTV Currently Stefania writes and directs programs reportages and documentaries for RAI and for satellite channels RAI Sat Cinema World Gambero Rosso Channel and Sky She also works as a journalist contributing to several popular womens magazines