Adjunct Professor, Journalism
M.S. Columbia University School of Journalism
B.A. Mount Holyoke College
Office: By appointment
Phone: +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
Created and led conferences and workshops at AbelCine and IFP Made in New York Media Center
Co-founded Granny Cart Productions
Assistant Editor at Departures and Black Ink magazines for American Express
Areas of Research:
Her research focuses onjournalism and documentaryfilmmaking.
Director/Producer/Editor:
Factory Digitalization (6')Documentary for Siemens Global Headquarters - Zug, April 2021
Regeneration (15')The New Generation Festival 2020 behind the scenes documentary, Aug-Jan 2020
“Photojournalists Covering Pandemic Life in Italy” (7’34)The New Yorker, April 2020; Won seven awards internationally, nominated three times; two awards of recognition and merit; selected for multiple festivals
“Meet the Italians Making Music Together Under Coronavirus Quarantine” (6’44)The New Yorker, March 2020
“Radical Landscapes” (90 min)Fiscal sponsor: Women Make Movies, Supported by Graham Foundation and in co-production with RSI broadcaster; Status: In Post-Production stage
“9999: Florentine Memoirs” (9’48)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
“9999: Space Electronic Memoirs,” (3’)Screened in the Vitra Design Museum' Night Fever 5-year traveling exhibition, Feb 2018
“The Mysterious Ghost Lights of Marfa,”(12-page multimedia project) BBC Travel in partnership with Enterprise, January 2018
“Gen Z’s Creative Tendencies” (4’32)Snapchat and JWT Intelligence; Cannes Lions Festival, June 2019
Field Producer:
“It Takes a Woman to Reinstate a King” (14’34)Tribeca Studios with Bulgari; Premiering Amazon Prime 2020/2021, Dec '19 and Oct '20
“The Echo of Everything” (90 min)Independent feature documentary directed by Cam Christiansen,April 2020
“Fasting” (50 min)Netflix episode for Wellness series “Well” premiered August 2020, August 2019
“Italy’s Millennials” (9’24)NBC News LeftField, February 2019
“Risso Cornici” (1’37)Whatsapp for Business, June 2018
“The Challenges of Building an Artificially Intelligent Sex Bot” (1’47)Vocativ; 360 film; April 2017
Director:
Interactive interview with Walmart PresidentDirector/Journalist for Walmart, December 2020 (coming soon)
“HIBM: Her Inescapable Brave Mission” (90 min)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,2020
Best Editing at San Francisco Film Festival,2020
Best Editing Indie Shorts Awards Buenos Aires,2020
Best Documentary Short at the European Cinema Festival,2020
Nominated for Best Director and Best Editing by New York International Film Awards,2020
Recognition: Women Filmmakers and Award of Merit: Documentary Short by Best Shorts Competition,2020
Silver Award for Best Documentary by Elba Film Festival2019
Roy W. Dean grant finalist, 2019
Nominated best editor Close: Up Reykjavik Film Festival
Graham Foundation grant winner, 2015
Others:
Films screened at:
Vitra Design Museum
Design Museum Brussels
Palazzo Strozzi
Canadian Centre for Architecture
ICA
Museo del Novecento
Pecci Museum
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