Draft:Andrea Rovetta

Andrea Rovetta (Italian, 1971) is an italian film and documentary director.

Life and career
Born in Brescia, Rovetta began his career by writing and directing short films screened at major international festivals and obtaining a David di Donatello nomination for L'amore è un giogo. He worked on the TV series La Squadra and on Rai TV programs, the Italian public television.

In 2017, he realized the documentary Il Fuoco della terra for Rai1 on the complex situation of the territory of Castel Volturno near Naples and the documentary "Mina reads Carlo Emilio Gadda" with the voice of Mina on the occasion of the centenary of the First World War.

In 2018 he directed the documentary Palermo Renaissance on the cultural rebirth of Palermo after the dark years of the mafia. The documentary is produced by Arté and Rai.

In 2024, his documentary An Emperor's Jewel - The making of the Bulgari Hotel Roma available on Amazon Prime Video filmed over two years, with the partecipation of Priyanka Chopras Jonas, tells the story of the birth of Bulgari's luxury hotel in the Mausoleum of Augustus square in Rome.

Selected filmography

 * An Emperor's Jewel - The making of the Bulgari Hotel Roma (2024)
 * People of Messolonghi (2023)
 * People of Sfakia (2020)
 * Palermo Renaissance (2018)
 * Il fuoco della terra (2017)
 * Mina reads Carlo Emilio Gadda (2017)