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:
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:
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.

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