Federico Rodelli

Director, producer, editor, cinematographer, and writer, is an award-winning filmmaker based in Rome, Italy and co-producer/cinematographer/co-editor of VIVA VERDI! He has written, directed and produced, FIGLI DEL FIUME (CHILDREN OF THE PO,) a feature documentary currently in post, which follows three men in search of meaning as they explore ancestral waters along the banks of Italy’s Po River. Recently, Rodelli served as director of a series of fashion short films and web commercial campaigns for Areaitalia, an Italian ad agency. He is also in development with the agency on SAINT FRANCIS, THE CHURCH THAT BECAME A PRISON, a documentary celebrating the restoration and recovery of a medieval church in Parma, Italy which, in the 19th century, was transformed into a prison under the Napoleonic invasion. Additional works include serving as director of Freemantle Media’s “Take Me Out” which aired in 28 countries. L’ALTRO CIBO (SOUL FOOD) Rodelli’s short film, which he directed, produced and wrote, was presented out of competition at the Milano Film Festival in September 2012, and selected in the CILECT Prize 2013, and part of the CILECT Panorama, Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival 2013. Additional short films include, KARINA, THE PORTRAIT, MINE, and EMERALD JEWEL WASP. Documentaries that he has directed include HELP EXPRESS: ROMANIA, ST, MARTINO GOES FAR and SIGNS, which was chosen in 2013 and 2017, to represent Milano Scuola di Cinema e Televisione at “The Italian Cinema Seen From Milan.” Rodelli worked as 2nd Assistant Director on feature film, LINEA GOTICA, directed by Stefano Giulidori, and produced by Gagarin srl, Milan and MGamp, Rome. His music work includes serving as director/director of cinematography on Francesco Venturini’s Volere e Potere; Misfatto’s Heleonor, and Rosencruz. He has worked in television serving as director of Class CNBC TV, and as editor/cameraman at Teleducato, local TV in Parma.