Biography
Chiara Caselli is an actress, a director and a photographer.
She is one of the most intriguing and versatile Italian actresses of her generation; Caselli has worked with such auteur legends as Michelangelo Antonioni and Liliana Cavani and America's cult director Gus Van Sant.
In 1999, Caselli turned to filmmaking, winning acclaim with her debut short film Per Sempre, winner of Nastro d'Argento 2000.
In 2016, her short Molly Bloom, from Joyce’s Ulysses, enchanted the Venice Film Festival and won the Special Award Nastri d'Argento 2017.
Alongside her cinema work, Caselli has been increasingly drawn to the art of photography. Recognition of her work has grown rapidly: in 2011, Caselli took part in the 54th Venice International Art Biennale, followed by the Festival Internazionale di Fotografia di Roma. In 2014 her first solo exhibition in Tokyo.
