Name and surname: Sara Morelli

                             Nationality: Italian

Italian native-speaker and fluent English, I  have  passed  with  750  score  the  TOEIC  (Test  of  English  for  International Communication) in New York, on September 2004.

STUDIES:
2003_ Degree in Film-Making at the Academy of  Fine Arts of Carrara (Tuscany) with the highest score.
The title of my graduation thesis  is: " Dalla cinese a  Xiu Hua"  about  the  conditions of  the  Chinese  immigrants in Italy.
1997/1998_ I attended the Architecture course at the University "Politecnico" di Milano.
1996_A-level diploma in Fine Arts at the High School  " Liceo Artistico " of Carrara.
   
PROFESSIONAL COURSES:
June 2005_ Photo Editing Course of Adobe Photoshop Cs, at the Mac Station in Buenos Aires.
May 2005_ Film Editing Course of Final Cut HD at the Mac Station, in Buenos Aires.
April 2005_ Film Editing Course of Avid, at the Movie and Television School in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

March 2004_ One year of Film Making course at the  NYFA - New York Film Academy, in N.Y.             
September 2003_ January 2004_ English course at E.F. Marymount College in Tarrytown, N.Y.
2002/2003_ Acting  course   (comedy)   with  the  Company  Laboratorio  Teatrale  directed  by  R. Menconi  in   Sarzana.
1995/1996_One year of air-brush technique.

ARTISTIC WORKING EXPERIENCES:
2005 (June)_ Screening of my movies “De La Guarda” and “Modern Woman” at the Gallery “Centro Arte Moderna” in Pisa, during “Okkasioni: Rassegna non rassegnata di Arte Giovane”.
2005 (May)_ Special Nomination and Catalogue Publication of my picture “Shopping in Rome” at the International Photo Competition “Gli anziani senza amore muoiono”, organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio, in Roma.
2005 (May)_ Screening of my video documentary “Dalla Cinese a Xiu Hua” during the workshop “ Cinema and New Media” at the 20 studio in Cinecittà in Roma.
2005 (March)_Screening of my movie “Amore Rosso” during the 1st edition of “Bando alle Donne” in Castelfiorentino (Firenze).
2005 (March)_ Screening of my movie “Amore Rosso” at the Art Center Ilo’s in Rome, during the 9th edition of the Short Films Festival “Ultracorti”.

2004 (August)_I   realized   a   video - documentary    about   the   Argentinian   Theatrical   Company   " De  La  Guarda".
2004 (July)_Artistic  Assistant  in  the  thesis  final  movie  directed  by Darko Dragicevic for the New York Film Academy.
2004 (July)_Screening of my short movie "Amore Rosso" at the Pioneer Theatre of New York.
2004 (July)_ Screening of my movies at the Universe Gallery of New York. I realized the montage with Final Cut Pro HD on Mac computer.
2004 (March-June)_  I directed eight short movies for the New York Film Academy;  four  of t hem   shot  in b/w film with a  16mm cine-camera, and the others in digital video with a camcorder Sony PD150.
2004 (April)_  Main  actress  in  several  short  movies  for   the  New  York  Film  Academy  directed  by  the  Philippinian screenwriter Tessa de Guzman.
2003 (July)_ I acted in the comedy " Chi ha scartato il Re di Cuori", directed by Danilo Accialini at the Manzoni  Theatre of Carrara.
2003 (June)_ Collaboration to the documentary about  the artists  participating to  the  Biennale of Venice for the  National Television of the Korean Republic (KBS).
2002 (September)_ Participation  in  the  ex-tempore   contest  in  Suvereto  (Tuscany)  with  a  photographic   installation.
2002 (May)_  Participation in the theatrical performance with the title "Murder at the Lift Gallery" for the Lift Gallery Cultural Association of Rome.
2002 (March)_ Documentary with an interview to Lino Patruno, Italian popular jazz and cabaret artist.
2001_ I realized  a  documentary  (screenplay  and  direction)  for  the  Academy  of  Fine  Arts  about  the  Massacre   of Stazzema (Tuscany).
2001_ I participated in  the  "Arte in Fieri" exhibition  organized  by  the  Academy of  Fine Arts students where I exhibited some photos of the outskirts.
2000_ I collaborated to an advertisement for the Italian National Television (RAI).
1995_ I participated in the International trade fair for Marbles and Machineries of Carrara where I exhibited several air-brush technique drawings.
1994/1996_I participated in several exhibitions together with other local artists in Tuscany and in Liguria.

HOBBIES:
I like traveling to widen my artistic experiences and to compare them to other countries and cultures. I spent more     than  one year in New York, a month in London and in Madrid (Spain). I  have  been several times in Germany,  Switzerland and France on the occasion of International Contemporary Art Fairs and the  Film Festival of Cannes.
     
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE:   
Good knowledge of Mac OSX and Windows Operating Systems.
Good knowledge of  Microsoft Office and Internet.
I use Adobe Photoshop to realize my photographic projects.
I use Final Cut Pro HD and Adobe Premiere for the editing of my movies.
   
FURTHER INFORMATIONS:   
I have got an AP100 Sony DV CAM digital camcorder.
I also have got experience about movie shooting with b/w film.
I take digital and traditional photos and also I'm able to develope them in dark-room.

AVAILABILITY, MOTIVATIONS AND AMBITIONS:
I am available to work Part time/ Full time and to move abroad.
I would like to work  as  a  social  documentary  film-maker  or  in  the  movie  industry  as  digital  editor, actress, fashion photographer and reportage.