Elisabetta Sgarbi
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Born | Ferrara, Italy | 9 July 1956
Occupation(s) | Writer, actress, film director, screenwriter, publisher |
Parent(s) | Giuseppe Sgarbi (father), Rina Cavallini (mother) |
Relatives | Vittorio Sgarbi (brother) |
Elisabetta Sgarbi (born 1956) is an Italian filmmaker, publisher, and editorial director based in Milan.[1]
Career
[edit]Sgarbi was born in Ferrara. She is the younger sister of art historian and politician Vittorio Sgarbi. After obtaining a degree in pharmacology, she started working in the communication department of Studio Tesi, an engineering and architecture firm.[2] She later worked as editorial director of the publishing house Bompiani for over 25 years.[3][4][5] In 2009, she founded the Elisabetta Sgarbi Foundation. In 2015, she co-founded the publishing house La Nave di Teseo with Umberto Eco and Mario Andreose.[6] In 2017, she became the editorial director of Baldini & Castoldi (renamed Baldini+Castoldi in 2018), after La Nave di Teseo acquired the Milan-based publisher.[7]
Sgarbi was the curator of the magazine Panta and of the cultural review La Milanesiana, which she founded in 2000. Since 1999, she has made dozens of films, documentaries, short films, and video clips. Sgarbi's work as filmmaker includes short films and documentaries, including When the Germans Couldn't Swim, For Men Only, Twice Delta, Extraliscio – Dance Punk, and The Ship on the Mountain.[8]
Documentaries
[edit]- When the Germans Couldn't Swim (2013)
- For Men Only (2014)
- Twice Delta (2014)
- Where Is the Goldfish? (2015)
- The Language of the Scoundrels – Romanino in Valle Camonica (2016)
- Extraliscio – Punk da balera (2020)
Short films
[edit]- Miss Vila's Journey (2012)
- The Ship on the Mountain (2021)
- It Is So (music video of Luca Barbarossa and Extraliscio) (2022)
References
[edit]- ^ "Umberto Eco quitte la maison d'édition rachetée par la famille Berlusconi". Franceinfo (in French). 24 November 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Taglietti, Cristina (15 May 2017). "La nave di Teseo imbarca Igort Alleanza con le graphic novel". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Scheda film". Torino Film Fest (in Italian). 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "90 anni Bompiani: gli anni Novanta – Il salotto – Bompiani". Bompiani Editore (in Italian). 27 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "La storia della Milanesiana". La Milanesiana. 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Pignatelli, Jessica (15 March 2021). "Chi è Elisabetta Sgarbi, la sorella di Vittorio". CuriOsOggi (in Italian). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "La Nave di Teseo ha comprato Baldini e Castoldi". Il Post (in Italian). 15 June 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Elisabetta Sgarbi". Comune di Ro. 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2022.