Born in 1959, Caterina Borelli is a dual-citizen of Italy and the U.S. She has worked in radio, television, and independent film since the early 1980's. Her work includes a wide range of genres: experimental video, documentaries, and News coverage. In addition to many festivals and screenings internationally, her work has shown at the Museum of Modern Art, Pacific Film Archives, American Museum of the Moving Image, and the British Museum and is used in university's curricula.

A former Senior Producer and U.S. Correspondent for the science series SuperQuark on RAI Channel 1 in Italy currently she is working on a daily News Talk Show.

Ms Borelli is a graduate of the 1987/88 Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Studies Program - Artists' Studio.


Filmography
Asmara, Eritrea, 2008
63 min. 40 sec. Dist: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Lilli e il Cavaliere - 10 days to challenge Berlusconi (57min), 2005
Qudad, Re-Inventing a Tradition (58min), 2004
Dist: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Guided Tour, video installation, 2002
Architecture of Mud (52 min), 1999
Dist: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Prologue, 1995
Intervenciones Urbanas, 1995
Memoria Desordenada, short, 1993
Generazione Zero, short, 1990
The Discovery of the Tropical World, short, 1990
Passeggiate Romane, short, 1985
The Date, short, 1984


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Caterina Borelli è regista e produttrice indipendente.
Ha iniziato la sua carriera nel campo sperimentale nel 1980 quando si è trasferita a New York, dove vive attualmente.
Per i suoi progetti ha ricevuto finanziamenti da: Villa Montalvo (artist in residence, 2004), Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in Fine Arts (2002), American Institute for Yemeni Studies (1997, 1999, 2001 e 2003), New York State Council on the Arts (1999), Harvestworks Digital Media Arts (Artist in Residence, 1996).
I suoi lavori sono stati presentati in musei e festival, tra i quali: Museo d'Arte Moderna di New York; Nazioni Unite; British Museum; American Museum of Natural History, New York; National Building Museum e Freer Art Gallery - Smithsonian Institute, Washington; Centro de Arte Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Madrid; Anthology Film Archives, New York; Pacific Film Archives dell'Università della California a Berkeley; alle università di Columbia, Cornell, e Texas a Austin; Cambridge e School of African and Oriental Studies, in Gran Bretagna. Nel 1987-88 è stata selezionata per l'Artists Studio Program del Whitney Museum of American Art's Independent Studies Program.