Director
Vittoria Rizzardi Penalosa
Once-upon-a-time, in a city called Verona, a man and woman met and, inevitably, fell in love. Her: an Italian aristocrat. Him: son of a cotton farmer and horse tamer in Colombia. Like all real-life fairy tales, it didn’t last. But resulted in something pretty great: Vittoria... she grew up in the north of Italy with her mother, little sister, and her two uncles. Things got wild. From being in the circus, to becoming a professional horse rider, and obtaining a Law degree at City University London, she eventually moved to the US after being one of the thirty writers selected to attend the screenwriting MFA at the University of Southern California. Her hard work and dedication paid off, her shorts films have screened and won awards at the best film festivals around the world alongside her screenplays. Vittoria is currently working on directing her debut feature film while writing a number of TV series that have been optioned in Europe and the US.