about me
Cecilia Albertini is a Los Angeles-based director/writer whose work in TV is beginning to garner attention. She has just finished directing five half hour episodes for the HBO Max/BBC series “Home Sweet Rome” by Michael Poryes, the creator of Hannah Montana. Prior to that, she directed 15 episodes for 3 different TV series for Brat TV, one of the most watched Youtube Channels among Gen Z.
Cecilia hails from Italy, and came to the US in 2011 to purse her dream of becoming a film director after working successfully as an actress in Film and TV. She earned her BA from Columbia University and received her MFA in Directing from UCLA. Cecilia has directed content in multiple countries and languages, both in narrative and documentary form. She has directed Emmy Award winning actors as well as world-famous influencers, independent films and multi-million dollar productions. No matter what she directs, her specialty lies in delivering touching performances in both comedies and dramas, while always looking for innovative visual storytelling to elevate the script.
At UCLA, she was the recipient of the Delia Salvi Award for directing actors, and she was one of only three directors in the program to be selected to direct an episode for the Time Warner sponsored TV series “Sanity”, which went on to be nominated for a Student Emmy Award. Her award-winning short films have been selected by over 60 film festivals all around the world, including HollyShorts, the Los Angeles Film Festival and The Wrap Shortlist. She has also directed commercials and branded content for clients such as Nike, Starburst and Chess.com.
AWARDS:
Winner | Best Mid-Length Documentary | DOC LA - “The City of Human Chess” | 2023
Winner | Best Documentary | Official Latino Film and Arts Festival - “Basta” | 2020
Winner | Best Director | Moscow Shorts International Film Festival - “Labor” | 2018
Winner | Best Film | Afrodite Shorts Film Festival - “Labor” | 2018
Official Selection | The Wrap Shortlist film festival - “Labor” | 2018
Winner | Best Comedy | Austin Comedy Short Film Festival - "Allegra's Body Shop" | 2018
Nominated | Best Web Series | Student Emmy Awards - “Sanity” | 2017
Winner | Delia Salvi Thesis Award, UCLA Award | 2017
Winner | Mary Pickford Award, UCLA Award | 2017
Winner | Award of Merit, Global Shorts Competition - “First Love” | 2017
Winner | Best Actress Giglio d'Argento Valdarno Cinema Fedic with “La Strada Verso Casa” | 2012
SELECTED FESTIVALS:
Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival (“Daughterhood”) | 2021
HollyShorts Film Festival (“Daughterhood”) | 2020
Venice Film Festival - Giovani Autori Italiani - I LOVE GAI Section (“Labor”) | 2019
KCET Fine Cut 2018 (“Labor”) | 2018
LA Shorts Film Festival (“Labor”) | 2018
DC Shorts Film Festival (“Labor”) | 2018
Urbanworld Film Festival (“Labor”) | 2018
El Gouna Film Festival (“Labor”) | 2018
Sedicicorto Film Festival (“Labor”) | 2018
Nastri D’Argento Official Selection (“Labor”) - 2018
PRESS:
Cinema Femme: “Filmmaker Cecilia Albertini brings underrepresented female-centric stories of immigrants to the screen”
Screen Magazine: “Daughterhood Director Cecilia Albertini and Star Carmela Corbett”
Deadline.com: “Labor at the Urbanworld Film Festival”
Il Giornale: “Cecilia Albertini, la regista milanese che rivoluziona il set”