Italy

Claudia Palazzi is a sociologist and a filmmaker. In 2005, she directed two documentaries (In Benito’s Land. Predappio and Memories of Crespi d’Adda), selected in various international festivals. Since 2006, she has supervised the scriptwriting of historical and news independent documentaries. Her work in the film industry also includes collaborations with Lucky Red Production Company and Janus International. In 2008, she started working with major Italian Production Companies and TV Channels (Endemol S.R.L., Zodiak Active, Current, Cult, Italia 1, Fox Channels and Sky 1) as an assistant director on several documentary series and fictional documentaries focused on modern society and culture: Erotika Italiana, Business of Sex, Addiction, Gossip History, Italian Doomsday Preppers, etc. In 2011 she co-directed her first full-length documentary Jeans and Martò with Clio Sozzani. Jeans & Martó was the winner of the best documentary award at Cinestrat, International Documentary Film Festival in Spain.

Filmography

In Benito’s Land. Predappio / Nella Terra di Benito. Predappio (2005)
Memories of Crespi d’Adda / Memorie di Crespi d’Adda. Passato riemerso (2005)
Jeans and Martò (2011)
Die Seele des Essens: Sauerkraut und Kimchi (2018)