Faculty
Moruzzi, Nicola
Adjunct Professor
Nicola Moruzzi is a director, producer, film editor and film professor. His feature doc 鈥淩evelstoke, a Kiss in the Wind鈥� was nominated by the David di Donatello Academy (Italian Oscars) as best documentary in 2016. The film was distributed in Italy (LaEffe), Switzerland (RSI), Canada (TVO and Knowledge TV) and won several awards, including first prize at the International Documentary Festival 鈥淰isioni dal Mondo鈥� in Milan and the the Italian Documentarist Association (DOC-IT) prize in 2016. In 2018 Nicola directed the documentary series 鈥淧rogramma Italia鈥�, co-produced by Italian NGO 鈥淓mergency鈥� and Zelig Media Company. The series aired on Zelig TV and was nominated best tv program at the Diversity Media Awards. In 2009 he co-founded Fake Factory, a production company credited for several films, awarded by Italian and international film festivals (鈥淔ratelli d鈥橧talia鈥� by Claudio Giovannesi - Special Mention, Rome Film Festival 2009, 鈥淐i vorrebbe un miracolo鈥� winner - Rome Independent Film Festival 2014, 鈥淩agazze la vita trema鈥� by Paola Sangiovanni, Venice International Film Festival LXVI Edition - Giornate degli Autori - In competition). As film editor, Nicola has recently worked on several films such as 鈥淧assione Cinema鈥�, by Francesco Martinotti (2022 Venice Film Festival), 鈥淟a Versione di Anita鈥�, by Luca Criscenti (produced by RAI, 2022) and 鈥淒鈥檃nnunzio, l鈥檜omo che invent貌 se stesso鈥�, by S. Viali and F. Pirani (produced by RAI, 2022).
Education
- Rain Dance London Guillermo Arriaga Scriptwriting Masterclass
- Laboratorio Cinema, Film School Diploma, Rome
- Scriptwriting course 鈥淭racce鈥� Scriptwriting School
- Master鈥檚 Degree in Communication magna cum laude, with a dissertation on the narrative structure in film
- Erasmus Scholarship - Universit茅 de Montpellier I, France
- Script doctoring workshop "South by southwest" at ANICA, Rome