Violetta Bellocchio

Current

• blogger at Arnoldo Mondadori editore
• Author at Arnoldo Mondadori editore
• Contributor at Rolling Stone magazine

see less...

Past

• Contributor at Radio Popolare
• Member of the Official Selection Committee. at Venice Biennale
• Blogger at LeiWeb

• Freelance content manager at MRM Worldwide
• Journalist, columnist at Grazia Magazine, Mondadori
• Script reader at IIF - Italian International Film
• Contributor, and then host, of afternoon broadcast "Atlantis" at RAI Radio 2
• Columnist and occasional contributor, "Flair" magazine at Mondadori

see less...

5 more...

Education

• Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Recommended

1 person has recommended Violetta

Connections

167 connections

Industry

Entertainment

Violetta Bellocchio’s Summary

Member of the Venice Film Festival selection committee for 2008.

Freelance writer for a number of Italian magazines between 1998 and today, most recently
"Grazia", "Rolling Stone", "Marie Claire", "Wired", "Link" and "Vice Italia".

Her debut novel, "Sono io che me ne vado", was released on April 28th by Mondadori Strade Blu. Six rough materials of Novel No. 2 were available in September on Repubblica Milano.

Fiction pieces have been featured in a number of print anthologies, most recently "Ho visto cose..." (Bur 24/7, 2008), "I confini della realtà" (Mondadori Strade Blu, 2008), "Dizionario affettivo della lingua italiana" (Fandango, 2008), "Voi non ci sarete" (Agenzia X, 2009) and the short story-based magazine "Mono" (Tunué, 2008).

Nonfiction contributions have been featured in "Dizionario del cinema" (edited by Paolo Mereghetti), between 2000 and 2003; several essays can be found in multi-authored books, such as "John Sayles e il cinema indipendente USA" (Lindau) and "Pennebaker Associates" (Agenzia X).

Script reader for a number of film release companies between 2001 and 2006, most recently I.I.F.

Former contributor, and for a time host, of Rai Radio 2's afternoon broadcast "Atlantis"; former correspondant for Radio Popolare's morning broadcast "Zoe".

After four tumultuos years of indie blogging, she's been a columnist on LeiWeb, finding a more permanent home at Donna Moderna Online (http://blog.donnamoderna.com/rimozionedatiffany/); corporate experiences include the L'Oréal Paris Per Il Cinema blog in 2008 and 2009.

Violetta Bellocchio’s Experience

• blogger

  Arnoldo Mondadori editore

  (Entertainment industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  I was hired to provide content for the Donna Moderna website: and that I did, three/four times a week, at http://blog.donnamoderna.com/rimozionedatiffany.

• Author

  Arnoldo Mondadori editore

  (Publishing industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  First time novelist, long time fiction writer - "Sono io che me ne vado" was released in April, under the Strade Blu imprint.

• Contributor

  Rolling Stone magazine

  (Publishing industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years )

  Film, culture and media contributor.

• Contributor

  Radio Popolare

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  September 2006 — June 2009 (2 years 10 months)

  Tv correspondant for Radio Popolare's daily morning broadcast "Zoe".

• Member of the Official Selection Committee.

  Venice Biennale

  (Entertainment industry)

  February 2008 — March 2009 (1 year 2 months)

  Watching hundreds of thousands of miles of film in order to select 50-odd titles for the Competition, Orizzonti and Out of Competition sections.
  
  Had to quit in order to focus on promoting book n. 1 + early stages of book n. 2. It's been real, y'all.

• Blogger

  LeiWeb

  (Publishing industry)

  October 2008 — December 2008 (3 months)

  Featured blogger on the "Show" branch of portal LeiWeb; I wrote a weekly column, "Feticci", which focused on the loving passive-aggressive relationship we have with popular media.

• Freelance content manager

  MRM Worldwide

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; IPG; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  August 2008 — September 2008 (2 months)

  Worked as a content manager for the L'Oréal Paris Per il Cinema blog, which was part of a larger web ad campaign, during the 2008 Venice Film Festival.

• Journalist, columnist

  Grazia Magazine, Mondadori

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

  February 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 5 months)

  I worked there as a film columnist and a regular contributor, focusing on the arts and entertainment section. As far as the column goes, we parted ways rather amiably in June 2007; the most recent nonfiction contribution was featured in a late Feb. 2008 issue.

• Script reader

  IIF - Italian International Film

  (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years )

  Reading / evaluating mostly American screenplays for a potential Italian release (theatrical and otherwise).

• Contributor, and then host, of afternoon broadcast "Atlantis"

  RAI Radio 2

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  2004 — August 2005 (1 year )

  Started out as a regular guest (being on the air once every three weeks and pre-recording segments to be aired later); when the show's cancellation had already been decided, I was hired as the host for its second-to-last month on the air. Good times.
  
  Later radio contributions are stricly of the guest variety, such as Radio Popolare's morning broadcast "Zoe".

• Columnist and occasional contributor, "Flair" magazine

  Mondadori

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years )

  I worked there as a film columnist between 2002 and 2004, with the occasional contribution sneaking in; after that, some nonfiction pieces were published, the last one in 2006.

Violetta Bellocchio’s Education

• Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Additional Information

Violetta Bellocchio’s Interests:

Reading, writing, watching other people pull questionable stunts, storing trivia for future reference, staying firmly on the wagon.

Violetta Bellocchio’s Honors:

Recipient of a Fondazione Premio Solinas screenwriting grant in 2003.

Violetta Bellocchio’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch