Elisabetta Sgarbi (born 1956) is an Italian filmmaker, publisher, and editorial director based in

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Career

Sgarbi was born in

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. She is the younger sister of art historian and politician

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. After obtaining a degree in pharmacology, she started working in the communication department of Studio Tesi, a publisher firm. She later worked as editorial director of the publishing house

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for over 25 years. In 2009, she founded the Elisabetta Sgarbi Foundation. In 2015, she co-founded the publishing house La Nave di Teseo with

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and Mario Andreose. In 2017, she became the editorial director of

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(renamed Baldini+Castoldi in 2018), after La Nave di Teseo acquired the Milan-based publisher. Sgarbi was the curator of the magazine ''Panta'' and of the cultural review ''La Milanesiana'', which she founded in 2000. Since 1999, she has made dozens of films, documentaries, short films, and video clips. Sgarbi's work as filmmaker includes short films and documentaries, including ''When the Germans Couldn't Swim'', ''For Men Only'', ''Twice Delta'', ''Extraliscio – Dance Punk'', and ''The Ship on the Mountain''.

Documentaries

* ''When the Germans Couldn't Swim'' (2013) * ''For Men Only'' (2014) * ''Twice Delta'' (2014) * ''Where Is the Goldfish?'' (2015) * ''The Language of the Scoundrels – Romanino in Valle Camonica'' (2016) * ''Extraliscio – Punk da balera'' (2020)

Short films

* ''Miss Vila's Journey'' (2012) * ''The Ship on the Mountain'' (2021) * ''It Is So'' (music video of Luca Barbarossa and Extraliscio) (2022)

References

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