Born in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1982, Niccolò Castelli began working in 1998 as a radio host for the Swiss Radio and Television broadcaster (RSI). Between 2001 and 2006 he made a number of short films, TV reports and music videos. He is member of the ipotesICinema project, supervised by the Italian director Ermanno Olmi. After graduating in film studies at the DAMS faculty of the University of Bologna, from 2006 he attended the Master of Arts in Film at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). “ENDSIEG - Everything Changes in One Shot” (2008) was his graduation film. Between 2008 and 2010 he wrote and directed several short films, documentaries and music videos and in the meantime he collaborated on the production of a few feature films. In 2012 his first feature film “Tutti Giù” was premiere at the Locarno Film Festival. In the following years, he directed several documentaries for the television. He is currently in the pre-production phase of his second feature film and in the post-production process of a documentary about the Swiss ski racer Lara Gut.
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Member of
Swiss Filmmakers Association
Ticino Film and Audiovisual Association
Swiss Authors' Rights Cooperative for Audiovisual Works
Cooperative Society of Music Authors
Music & other projects
Founder and member of the creative collective → Spazio 1929
His rock band → MUSh
The radio station → Rete Tre
Studies
2002-2006 University of Bologna (Italy) - Faculty of Arts and Humanities
2006-2008 Zurich University of The Arts (Switzerland) - Master of Arts in Film
2013-2014 Drehbuchwerkstatt München (Germany) - Master in screenplay writing
Filmography (excerpt)
| 2018 | Looking For Sunshine | documentary - in post production | direction & sceenplay | 90' |
| 2016 | Sotto il gigante | experimental shortfilm | direction & sceenplay | 6' |
| 2015 | Derby | documentary | direction & camera (with Erik Bernasconi) | 52' |
| 2014 | Zwischen den Fronten | series of documentaries | Afghanistan part direction | 6x42' |
| 2014 | Skateistan, Art Skate & School in Kabul | documentary | direction & camera | 7' |
| 2014 | Rahim Walizada, contemporary art in Afghanistan | documentary | direction & camera | 7' |
| 2013 | Un giorno in ospedale | documentary | direction & camera | 53' |
| 2012 | Tutti Giù | feature lenght | direction & screenplay | 94' |
| 2011 | Abilmente Diverso | documentary | direction & screenplay | 52' |
| 2010 | Moving Forest | shortfilm | direction & screenplay | 12' |
| 2010 | Nel Segno Del Lupo | short documentary | direction & editing | 21' |
| 2008 | Endsieg | shortfilm | direction & editing | 12' |
| 2007 | 20anni Rete Tre | short documentary | concept & editing | 23' |
| 2005 | Ngambay, Ciad | short documentary | direction & editing | 9' |
| 2005 | Pac The Man | shortfilm | screenplay, direction & editing | 11' |
| 2003 | Via Tantardini 7 | shortfilm | directon & editing | 11' |
| 2001 | 19:30 Diario di bordo | shortfilm | screenplay, direction & editing | 9' |
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twitter → @NiccCastelli
instagram → @NiccCastelli
facebook → /niccolo.castelli.92
vimeo → /nicc
imdb → /nm3108036