Alessandro S.

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Born in Bologna in 1970, Alessandro Soetje is a director and cinematographer based in Milan. With a degree in Philosophy at the State University of Milan, he’s a member of Italian Directors Association (AIR3) and of Italian Journalists Association. After starting his career as photographer and cinematographer, in 1993, he won the national Erotic Photography Competition. In 1998, his documentary “Bambini d’Africa” was awarded the Giglio d’Argento at the Valdarno Film Festival, the FEDIC prize at the Montecatini Film Festival. In 2000, he collaborated on the TV documentary series by Sergio Zavoli, “Viaggio nel scuola” broadcasted by Rai 3. He has been director and d.o.p. for tv shows like “All Moda”, “Style and Life”, “Motor and Life”. He also worked as d.o.p. for “Stella del Sud”, a series of travel documentaries broadcasted by Rai Uno and for “Quattroruote Tv”, a Tv magazine focused on cars. Lately he has been a director and/or d.o.p. for Tv commercials and corporate videos for brands such as Coca Cola, San Pellegrino, Nestlè, Trenitalia, Snam, la Repubblica, Famiglia Cristiana, RCS, Oris, Davines, Samsung, Huawei. In 2013 he restarted his documentary career with “Our Stone,” completed in 2018, and selected in competition at the Festival des Films du Monde in Montreal and winner of the “Diari di Cineclub” price at the ValdarnoCinema Film Festival 2019. He also made four documentaries for the TV show “Geo” broadcasted by RAI 3 and the documentary “Old Wild Lorenz,” awarded at the San Giò Video Festival in Verona. The campaign “Aware Migrants,” won the 30th International Grand Prix Advertising Strategies. The campaign was also shortlisted at the Clio Awards in New York 2017. In August 2019, ARTE broadcasted his documentary “Matera, Mother of Stone.” His documentary “Tomorrow and the Butterfly” has been nominated as best director feature film, best fashion feature film, best cinematography fashion feature film at the Cine Fashion Film Awards of Los Angeles 2019.

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