Daniela Giordano

BIOGRAPHIE

DANIELA GIORDANO, actress, director, writer, expert of international contemporary theatre and contemporary African drama. She graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Arts ” Silvio d’Amico” in Rome. The short film "Di chi è la Terra? " (“Whose is the Land?”) has been her debut film, selected in 40 national and international festivals, winning 25 awards including the XXXVIII Pianeta Donna -PRIMO PIANO SULL'AUTORE Narrative and Innovation Award; ISFF-International Short Film Festival of India 2019 Best Director, Best Film; 2° Krakow International Green Film Festival 2019 Best Narrative Short. She acts in many famous Theatre companies directed by internationally renowned directors such Luca Ronconi, Jury Lijubimov, Benno Besson. In Cinema her first film role is offered to her by Peter Del Monte in Piccoli Fuochi, alongside Valeria Golino. Many important collaborations with directors such as Giuseppe Piccioni, Maurizio Zaccaro, Gianni Di Gregorio, and Daniele Vicari followed. For director Pierluigi Di Lallo, she writes the screenplay for the feature film Troppa Famiglia, in which she plays the leading role Gianluca Maria Tavarelli, directs her in the role that brings her notoriety, Agnese Borsellino, in the film dedicated to the magistrate, alongside Giorgio Tirabassi, Ennio Fantastichini, Elio Germano, Giulia Michelini. Many television engagements followed in successful series such as Distretto di Polizia, Montalbano, Medicina Generale, and she won the Grolla d'Oro as best TV actress for the Rai 1 series, Sotto Casa. Theatrical plays written, directed and performed by her have been presented in Italy, Europe, Africa, United States and Canada Her artistic research has always been characterized by a strong social and civic engagement to which is added the capacity to investigate and a strong visual impact. Her work has been the subject of thesis at the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara in the 2001. In 2009 she is appointed president of the Jury of the XXI Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre and Member of the International Jury of the XVII Damascus Film Festival. She’s won the Golden Grolla as best actress Fiction 2006. She has won numerous awards including the Golden Mask for Theatre as best actress in 1993 and she‘s received a medal by the President of the Italian Republic for Festad'Africa Festival in 2009.

FILMOGRAPHIE