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.

Most Known For

Sanremo Music Festival

as Self - Host

Enchantment

as Carla Ferrini

Emergency Squad

as Marta Hayworth

Suspiria

as Sara

You, Me & Tuscany

as Nonna Alessia

Bad

as P.G.

1900

as Neve

Cactus

The Goldsmith

as Giovanna

The Cousin

as Lisa Scuderi

Blood for Dracula

as Rubinia

Maicol Jecson

as Maria

Good Vibes

The Golden Mass

as Loulou

Bye Bye Monkey

as Feminist Actress

Polsi sottili

The Belly of an Architect

as Flavia Speckler

Habibi, amor mío

The Bloodstained Shadow

as Sandra Sellani

How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover

as Marisa - Eleonora's friend