Director, producer and editing expert. The youngest female film entrepreneur in Italy.
Born in Santa Maria di Leuca and registered in Tricase, Donatella Baglivo discovers her vocation at a very young age: at only 13 she enters the RAI studios and falls in love with the Moviola. Her career moves fast: at 18 she signs her first film editing and at 19 she founds Ciak Studio, becoming the youngest female film entrepreneur in Italy.
In the 1980s, the encounter that marks her artistic life takes place. Donatella Baglivo establishes a deep collaborative relationship with the giant of Russian cinema, who becomes her master and spiritual guide.
She is the only director in the world to have made three documentary films about the life and work of Tarkovsky, a priceless legacy preserved today in her historical archive.
Dearest Hollywood
A series of 9 biographical films dedicated to the legends of world stardom. Intimate portraits and documentaries of icons such as James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando and Italian-American director Frank Capra.
The Masters of Italian Cinema
A monumental work started in 1995 with the goal of creating 100 biographies. A unique archive in the world that gathers the voices of masters such as Alberto Sordi, Federico Fellini, Totò and Anna Magnani.
Cinema and Reality
From investigative reports for Mixer to historical documentaries. Notable is the feature film "...and then the snow fell" about the earthquake in Irpinia and the works on human rights filmed in Congo and in Italian prisons.