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Nina Di Majo

Nina Di Majo is an Italian actress, film director and screenwriter. Majo’s films are humanitarian and focus on the rise of the average human in an Italian context. Calling herself a pacifist, activist, ecologist, Majo is also a devout feminist and believes in the power of the ‘creative women’, a cause she herself partakes in.

Early Life
Majo was born to the musician Giulio Di Majo and actress Adele Nunziante Cesaro on August 20th, 1975 in Naples, Italy. She graduated from University of Bolognia with a degree in DAMS (Drama, Arts and Music Studies) under the Philosophy and Literature Department. Majo then went on to gain directing experience by working as an Assistant Director under Italian Directors such as Sandro Sequi, Armando Pugliese, Franco Autiero, Giorgio Magliulo, Manlio Santanelli, and finally had her major film training with Mario Martone under whom she worked on the film Nasty Love (L’amour Molesto) as a second assistant director.

Career
Under the director Mario Martone, Majo made her acting debut with Rehearsals for War/Teatro di Guerra as the role of Giornalista. She then went on to make her own three short films called Spalle al muro (1997), Era una note buia e tempestosa (1997) and Corti Steralli 2 (1998) and eventually made her feature film breakout in directing with Autunno (1999), a story about three different characters who want to make sense of their lives; Majo also plays the role of Costanza in this film as well as being the screenwriter for the film. Majo has worked on a couple of feature films since as a director, actress and a screenwriter while turning on to documentary in her latest acting role in Registe (2014), about women directors, where she plays as herself.

Filmography
•Spalle al muro (1997) – Director •Era una notte buia e tempestosa (1997) – Director •Corti steralli 2 (1998) – Actress and Director •Rehearsals for War (1998) – Actress •Autunno (1999) – Actress, Director and Screenwriter •Nostalgia (2000) - Director •L’inverno (2002) – Director and Screenwriter •The Three-Legged Fox (2004) – Actress •Weddings and Other Disasters (2010) – Director and Screenwriter •Registe (2014) – Actress •Hans Werner Henze: Music, Friendship and Game (2017) - Director

Awards and Nominations
•Sacher d’oro and d’argento - Spalle al muro (1997) [Winner] •David di Donatello: Best Italian short film – Spalle al muro (1997) [Winner] •Venice-Hollywood Festival in L.A [Selected] •Nice Film Festival -NY, San Francisco, Morocco, Moscow- [Selected] •Hamburg Festival [Selected] •Hollywood Film Festival: European Haward [Nominated]