• THE GUILD

  • MEMBERS

  • CAMPAIGNS

  • INITIATIVES

  • AnimAl

  • NEWS

  • RESOURCES

  • RESOURCES

    Eleonora Volpe

     

    Website: www.eleonoravolpe.com

    Email: eleonora@eleonoravolpe.com

    Tel: +353 (0) 86 1754845

    Film Type: Live Action

     

    Bio

     

    Eleonora Volpe is an Irish-resident of Italian origin. She is an award-winning Director and Screenwriter with 26 years experience in the film and advertising industries. She was awarded a Masters Degree in Foreign Literature & Languages with a specialization in Italian Renaissance Arts by the University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, as well as a Masters Degree in Film, Theatre & TV Direction and a Masters in Fine Arts from the International Institute of Cinematography in Moscow, Russia.

     

    She has made several short films, of between 20 and 50 minutes, music videos, documentaries, corporate films, over a hundred commercials for well-known international companies, such as Procter & Gamble, Hyundai Motors, Pepsi, Hush Puppies, ENI, Ferrero, etc., and well-known international agencies (Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, Grey Worldwide and others).

    One of the highlights of her career was being involved as a unit director in Sergio Leone's project The 900 Days Siege of Leningrad, as well as writing a script (awarded a Premio Solinas in Italy) for Ismail Merchant of Merchant/ Ivory Productions, UK.

     

    Eleonora has written a large number of stories, scripts for short and feature films, and a historical novel for which she was awarded a jury's special mention at the Italo Clavino Literary Award in 2014. She also has an extensive experience as an artist and production designer.

     

    At present she is developing a feature project called The Slave and writing her second novel.

    Filmography

     

     
    The Slave

    2015 - feature film - current project

     
    Raffaello Romanelli, Scultore

    2012 – TV Documetary

     

    118 Commercials

    1995 - 2009

     

    Changes

    2002 – Corporate Video – Procter & Gamble – 30 Min

     

    Pygmalion

    2001 – Short – 20 Min

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eTfXQx1x3o

     

    Andersen

    1998 – Corporate Video – 30 Min – Arthur Andersen USA

     

    When the Boss is Away

    1997 – Corporate Video – 25 Min – Smith Klein Beecham

     

    Armenia

    1992 – Corporate Video – 30 Min – ENI

     

    Little Apocalypses

    1989 – Short – 50 Min

     

    The Blind

    1987 – Short – 35 Min

     

    Birthday

    1986 – Short – 20 Min

     

    Where is Tomorrow?

    Documentary

    Awards

     

    Stripes

     

    Silver Star for best commercial (Video International/Park Production) at the Film & Commercials Festival of Houston, Texas, USA (1997)

     

    Hush Puppies

     

    Best Advertisement with Animals Award (Top Film Production) at the International Advertisement Festival in Moscow (1999)

     

    Little Apocalypses

     

    Special mention at the Rome Film Festival, 1st edition (out of contest, 1991)

     

    Birthday

     

    Best Short Film at the Toronto Film Festival, Film Schools section (1987)

     

    Best Director at the Riga Short Film Festival, Latvia (1986)

     

    Special mention at the Torino Film Festival, Italy (1986, out of contest) and other awards

    Showreel

     

     

    Find Us

    Contact Us

    hello@sdgi.ie

    + 353 1 6337433

    Curved St South,

    Temple Bar,

    Dublin 2.

    Get Social

    • Wix Facebook page
    • Instagram
    • Wix Twitter page
    • Soundcloud logo.png

    Copyright © 2018 Screen Directors Guild of Ireland Ltd.

    All rights reserved.