Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 04, 1948
Place of Birth
Villa di Chiavenna, Italy
Credits
69 titles
Stefania Casini
Biography
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 Warhol's '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 hard-hitting series including: "Islam: stories of women"; "Latin America: stories of women"; "To be 20 years old in..." (broadcast in ten European Countries 2004-2005); "So close so far :portraits in the suburbs". "Schiaffo alla mafia"(A blow to the Mafia) Between 2000-2002 , Stefania was the Artistic Director of Siena's 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 women's magazines.
Known For
Filmography
You, Me & Tuscany
Nonna Alessia
Story of a Night
Carla
Buio come il cuore
Nessuno come Ulisse
Director
Funeral: I Don't Want You
Madre di Miriam
Good Vibes
Cactus
Pooh - Un attimo ancora
Writer
DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit
Self
The Goldsmith
Giovanna
Searching for Valentina: The World of Guido Crepax
Producer
Dafne
Maria
Diabolik Is Me
Bianca Rosselli
Cinque mondi
Producer
Nessuno siamo perfetti
Self
Le Acque Segrete di Palermo
Director
Maicol Jecson
Maria
Bota
Co-Writer
Ladies of Italian Horror
self
Made in Albania
Producer
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
Self
Un po' d'India
Director
Operazione rosmarino
Portinaia
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Self
Enchantment
Carla Ferrini
Un Paradiso di Bugie
Director
Donna
Annamaria
Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato
Clari
Roller Wings
Director
Fun Jump
Director
I cavalieri del cross
Director
Scheggia di Vento
Director
Vincere per vincere
Director
Cuore in gola
Director
The Belly of an Architect
Flavia Speckler
Polsi sottili
Lontano da dove
Desideria
Mora
Christina
Illa - Punto d'osservazione
Illa
Habibi, amor mío
Cocktail Molotov
Anna-Maria
Ammazzare il tempo
Sara, la giornalista
Dedicated to the Aegean Sea
Gloria
How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover
Marisa - Eleonora's friend
The Bloodstained Shadow
Sandra Sellani
Bye Bye Monkey
Feminist Actress
Bad
P.G.
Latin Male Wanted
Anna
Suspiria
Sara
1900
Neve