Film and TV director and screenwriter, Margherita Ferri studied at UCLA and Centro Sperimentale, National School of Cinema, Rome. In 2017/18 she took part in the Biennale College Cinema program. Her first feature film, "Zen - in the ice rift" has been produced by the Biennale di Venezia and Articolture. It premiered at 75° Mostra del Cinema di Venezia in 2018 then screened at many international film festivals winning a special mention for best debut at Frameline Film Festival. She was nominated as Best Emerging Director at Nastri D'argento 2019. Then, she directed two episodes of the Netflix Original Series ZERO (2021) and two episodes of the Amazon Prime Video original series Bang Bang Baby (2022). As a screenwriter, she wrote the thriller-horror feature film "The Nest", directed by Roberto De Feo, produced by Colorado Film and distributed by Vision and Universal. The film premiered at Locarno Film Festival in 2019.
