Adjunct Professor, Journalism
M.S.听Columbia University School of Journalism
B.A. Mount Holyoke College
Office: By appointment听
笔丑辞苍别:听+41 78 327 50 20
Email: efiumi@fus.edu
Elettra Fiumi is a journalist and an award-winning documentary film director, producer and editor. She is the founder of Fiumi Studios production company and her work has been featured on the BBC, MSNBC, The New Yorker and other leading news outlets. She has also worked on films for Netflix and Amazon Prime. Her client list includes Siemens, Whatsapp, Airbnb and Walmart. She explores themes of discovery, innovation and culture in her work, often intimate portraits of people, companies and initiatives. Elettra was raised in Florence and received a master's degree in digital journalism from the Columbia University School of Journalism and a B.A. with honors from Mount Holyoke College where she studied political science and Spanish.
Professional Experience:
Founded and leading VCItalia, the Video Consortium's Italy chapter for non-fiction filmmakers听
Created and led conferences and workshops at AbelCine and IFP Made in New York Media Center听
Co-founded Granny Cart Productions听
Assistant Editor at Departures and Black Ink magazines for American Express
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Areas of Research:
Her research focuses on听journalism and documentary听filmmaking.
Director/Producer/Editor:
Factory Digitalization (6')听Documentary for Siemens Global Headquarters - Zug, April 2021听
Regeneration (15')听The New Generation Festival 2020 behind the scenes documentary, Aug-Jan 2020听
鈥淧hotojournalists Covering Pandemic Life in Italy鈥 (7鈥34)听The New Yorker, April 2020; Won seven awards internationally, nominated three times; two awards of recognition and merit; selected for multiple festivals听
鈥淢eet the Italians Making Music Together Under Coronavirus Quarantine鈥 (6鈥44)听The New Yorker, March 2020听
鈥淩adical Landscapes鈥 (90 min)听Fiscal sponsor: Women Make Movies, Supported by Graham Foundation and in co-production with RSI broadcaster; Status: In Post-Production stage听
鈥9999: Florentine Memoirs鈥 (9鈥48)听Best Documentary Silver Award winner at the Elba Film Festival (2019); Nominated for best documentary at Firenze Film Festival (2020); Selected Chain NYC Film Festival, Rome Independent Prisma Awards, The Hollywood First-Time Filmmaker Showcase (2020), Oct 2017听
鈥9999: Space Electronic Memoirs,鈥 (3鈥)听Screened in the Vitra Design Museum' Night Fever 5-year traveling exhibition, Feb 2018听
鈥淭he Mysterious Ghost Lights of Marfa,鈥澨(12-page multimedia project) BBC Travel in partnership with Enterprise, January 2018听
鈥淕en Z鈥檚 Creative Tendencies鈥 (4鈥32)听Snapchat and JWT Intelligence; Cannes Lions Festival, June 2019听
Field Producer:听
鈥淚t Takes a Woman to Reinstate a King鈥 (14鈥34)听Tribeca Studios with Bulgari; Premiering Amazon Prime 2020/2021, Dec '19 and Oct '20听
鈥淭he Echo of Everything鈥 (90 min)听Independent feature documentary directed by Cam Christiansen,听April 2020听
鈥淔asting鈥 (50 min)听Netflix episode for Wellness series 鈥淲ell鈥 premiered August 2020, August 2019听
鈥淚taly鈥檚 Millennials鈥 (9鈥24)听NBC News LeftField, February 2019听
鈥淩isso Cornici鈥 (1鈥37)听Whatsapp for Business, June 2018听
鈥淭he Challenges of Building an Artificially Intelligent Sex Bot鈥 (1鈥47)听Vocativ; 360 film; April 2017听
Director:
Interactive interview with Walmart President听Director/Journalist for Walmart, December 2020 (coming soon)听
鈥淗IBM: Her Inescapable Brave Mission鈥 (90 min)听Director of Grand Canyon expedition; Fiscal sponsor: Film Independent; (Status: In Post-Production)
Awards and Honors:
Best Documentary Short and Best Inspirational Film by New York International Film Awards,听2020听
Best Editing at San Francisco Film Festival,听2020听
Best Editing Indie Shorts Awards Buenos Aires,听2020听
Best Documentary Short at the European Cinema Festival,听2020听
Nominated for Best Director and Best Editing by New York International Film Awards,听2020听
Recognition: Women Filmmakers and Award of Merit: Documentary Short by Best Shorts Competition,听2020听
Silver Award for Best Documentary by Elba Film Festival听2019听
Roy W. Dean grant finalist, 2019听
Nominated best editor Close: Up Reykjavik Film Festival听
Graham Foundation grant winner, 2015听
Others:
Films screened at:听
Vitra Design Museum听
Design Museum Brussels听
Palazzo Strozzi听
Canadian Centre for Architecture听
ICA听
Museo del Novecento听
Pecci Museum听
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