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2004/05 -PRESENT

Exhibition " Artists Faces " at Wurth Museum Kunzelsau , Germany

Photographed DVD cover for Michel Gondry "The Work of Director"

Director of Photography for "Sophie Matisse, Artist" a documentary by Christine Lombard

Video composition on Christos' The Gates with music by Chieko Mori .

Coordinated Main Opening sequence for : The Restaurant(NBC); The Apprentice I-II-III-IV (NBC); The CUT (CBS-05).

2000

Project Delopment: Documentary Film, "Supercities", with Ross Van Burg of Tambourine Productions NY.

D.P.-Cameraman: short digital film “The Mate of the Beetle”. Director, Alessandro Garuzzo.

Digital Video-Still Photography, Multimedia project: “The Square”. Adapted from a short novel by French writer Marguerite Duras

D.P.-Cameraman: Martin Scorsese and the 25th anniversary of the release of Mean Streets.

D.P.-Cameraman: short documentary on Robert Wilson’s installation of the Giorgio Armani exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum, New York City.

Director-Cameraman: for NYU’s Theatre production of “Looking for Shakespeare” At the Provincetown Playhouse, NY.

Co-Producer: “ Our Stories”, 4 short cartoons written and created by 5th and 6th grade students at Halsey JHS. Lead animator Candy Kugel of Buzz Works NYC.

Project Developer: program with various NY Arts organizations to teach film and photography in NY public schools.

Director of Visual Programs: The Knowledge Project. NYC.

Worked in Italy on a video and photography program with middle school students based on cultural identity.

D.P.-Cameraman: Canale 5, (Italian television),

Production Manager: Title opening sequence for NBC-Marc Burnett Prod. “The Apprentice”. Scott Duncan Director /Cameraman:

Unit Production Manager:
“The Game” for CBS/NFL Films. Scott Duncan Director/Cameraman.

Production Coordinator, 1st Unit Production :
Title opening sequence, NBC’s reality show “The Restaurant.” Production Assistant field Producer Kara Doherty

Production , Key PA: The Blues, Concert series for PBS Executive producer Martin Scorsese

Production Manager. Pre and Post Prod: Industrial film for Dark Horse Comics Educational Dept.



1999

Producer/Supervisor: Partnership 2000 for National Children Creative Workshop. an film/video introduction program to Junior High School students.

Director-Creator: “My Neighborhood” a children’s documentary to be displayed at the UN 2000 Children Exhibition.

Director/Cameraman: documentary on the National Children Creative Writing Campaign ”Looking for Shakespeare” at the Provincetown Playhouse NYC.

Photographer: cast of Robert Wilson of DDDIII theater production at Lincoln Center, NY.

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1998-99

Photographer/Videographer: Traveled to Brazil, Switzerland and India as a photographer (video and stills for the art exhibit Art for the World . Client: WHO (United Nations) . Documented in photographs and digital video the exhibition, the artists and the hosting cities.


1997

Director/Producer: feature video-profile of “Taylor Mead Unleashed” starring Allen Ginsberg and Quentin Crisp, for Anthology Film Archives, NYC.


1996

Ilisso publishes the book “Artists Exposed” a collection of Sebastiano Piras’ artists portraits introduction by David Ross-Director of the Whitney Museum.

Director: short film “Portrance” . A collaboration with Martha Graham’s Co. Dancer Donlin Foreman.

1995-1993

Photographed editorial assignments, also video and theater assignments. Works published in: Der Spiegel, Conde Naste Per Lui, National Gallery Washington, American Cinematographer, L’Etichetta, Outweek, L’Officiel, GreekDrama Company, Harper Collins Publishers, Art in America, Rock Fever. Artists portraits published in several artists catalogues.

Education

1986
Video for artists , School of Visual Arts, NY.

1985

Certified Steadycam Operator. Learned with Garret Brown.Rockport,Ma

1983
London School of Translators and Interpreters, London , England.

1979
Universita di Cagliari. Cagliari, Italy (Anglo-American and European Literature)

Fluent in Italian and French. Good communication skills in Spanish.

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2003

Group Show
5+ 5 gallery, Brooklyn , NY


2000-2002


Group Show/benefit
Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center, Watermill, NY

Group Show
“Revelations” at Greeley Square Gallery, NYC

Group Show
"Summertime" at Rice Gallery, NYC1999

Group Show
”Beauty from Within” at Sephora, New York City
(with also Herb Ritts, Mary Ellen Mark)

Group Show
”Sex, Death, Religion” at Gershwin’s Gallery New York City

Group Show
Rice Gallery New York


1998

Solo Show
Artcore Gallery Toronto, Canada

Solo Show
Galleria Comunale, Nuoro, Italy


1996

Group Show
Small Scales” at Joseph Helman Gallery, NYC

Solo Show
Fotouhi Art Gallery. East Hampton NY

Solo Show
Space Untitled Gallery, New York

Solo Show
Exma Art Center, Cagliari , Italy

Group Show
“Collection in Context” at Thread Waxing Space, New York City
(Also included in the Catalogue are works by Andy Warhol, Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon and Cindy Sherman.)


1995

Works shown at the 7th Reg. Armory, New York City

Group Show
Robert Morris Gallery, New York City

Solo Show
“Stolen Moments” at Blum Helman Gallery, New York City


1994-90

Group Show
Rice Gallery, New York City

Group Show
Rice Gallery, New York City

Solo Show
Soho Photo Gallery “Recent Photographs”, New York City

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