Director and screenwriter, Margherita Ferri studied at UCLA and Centro Sperimentale, National School of Cinema, Rome. Her documentaries and narrative short films have been screened in many international film festivals. In the past ten years she has worked in documentary TV productions, first as camera operator and then as a director. She is one of the creators and directors of STATUS - the web series, produced by Milano Film Festival and later awarded in web fests both in Italy and abroad. She won special mentions the screenwriting contests Premio Solinas and Premio Tonino Guerra. In 2016 she wrote a branded content docu-series for Arabic network MBC about women who make a difference in the Arab world. In 2017/18 she took part in Biennale College Cinema program and her first feature film, "Zen in the ice rift" won the final grant and was produced by Biennale di Venezia and Articolture. It premiered at 75° Mostra del Cinema di Venezia in 2018 then screened at many international festivals and it was distributed by Istituto Luce. She was nominated as Best Emerging Director at Nastri D'argento 2019. 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.
