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Literary agent specialized in art and architecture books, she has directed some of the most prestigious collections of mountain literature in Italy. She is the author of several books of mountaineering and exploration, including Gary Hemming, The Duke of Abruzzo, K2 and La lunga notte di Shackleton. She has been a member of the Jury of many literary awards in Italy and abroad, and also in several mountain film contests such as the Trento Film Festival and the Cervino Cinemountain Festival.
She joined Trento Film Festival in 2002. She is the coordinator of the Trento Film Festival’s film programme, she is in charge of the liaisons with international guests, and she is the Festival’s representative in the International Alliance for Mountain Film (IAMF). Furthermore, she is in charge of contents selection and agreements of the Trento Film Festival 365, the Festival's distribution circuit of mountain-themed quality films, otherwise almost absent from Italian cinemas.
Director of the Etxepare Basque Institute, created by the Basque Government to spread the Basque language and culture throughout the world and to encourage the international diffusion of Basque artists of all disciplines. Over the years, she has worked closely with Mendi Film and the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Her area of expertise has always been culture, youth and communication. She has worked in public institutions, such as the Regional Government of Gipuzkoa or the City Hall of Tolosa, as well as in private media groups.
In 2019 he has been awarded with the IAMF Grand Prix ─International Alliance for Mountain Film─ for his career and contribution as a cameraman and mountain and adventure filmmaker. At the forefront of extreme filmmaking, his work has been shown on the BBC, Discovery, Channel 4, ITV, National Geographic, Pathé Films and 20th Century Fox. Multi-award winning series such as Wild Climbs and Human Planet, or the movie Touching the Void, are part of his wide CV, capturing the essence of adventure in over 60 extreme films.
A very experienced and award-winning cameraman and director of photography for films, documentaries, series and TV films. He has been awarded for features such as Arriya, Soroa, Bertsolari, Torre or El Trabajo. Furthermore, he has worked in some of the most successful TV shows in Spain, as well as other great films such as Nora, Un Otoño sin Berlín, Andia, Agur Etxebeste, Vitoria 3 de marzo, The Whisper of the Rocks… He attended the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.
