Violetta Bellocchio

Current

• Member of the Official Selection Committee at Venice Biennale
• Contributor at Rolling Stone magazine

Past

• 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

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Education

• Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Connections

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Industry

Entertainment

Websites

• My Tlog

Violetta Bellocchio’s Summary

Newly appointed member of the Venice Biennale selection committee.

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

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.

Fiction pieces have been featured in a number of print anthologies, most recently "Ho visto cose..." (Bur 24/7, 2008) and "I confini della realtà" (Mondadori Strade Blu, 2008)

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

Violetta Bellocchio’s Experience

• Member of the Official Selection Committee

  Venice Biennale

  (Entertainment industry)

  March 2008 — Present (5 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.
  
  (And the mind keeps on reeling, I know.)

• Contributor

  Rolling Stone magazine

  (Publishing industry)

  2004 — Present (4 years)

  Film, culture and media contributor.

• 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 Websites:

• My Tlog

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