Chiara Bove Makiedo

Chiara Bove Makiedo is a filmmaker of Italian, Serbian and Croatian descent. She studied filmmaking at PCFE Film School in Prague and at LCC, University of the Arts, London, where she was awarded a BA in Film & Video. She has directed and co-produced various short films that were screened at the BFI, Southbank. Amongst these was the docufiction, 'I Sette Vizi della Capitale' , a collaboration between UAL and UK Film Council, featuring internationally renowned actress Milena Vukotic and up-and-coming talents Marco Iermanò and Giulia Michelini. Chiara was commissioned by award-winning senior producer, Emily Caston, to co-direct a five-minute behind-the--scenes documentary, (UAL/BFI): 'The making of: 'The Projectionist', a film reconstructing the mysteries associated with Alfred Hitchcock's missing film, 'The Mountain Eagle'. Chiara has worked for several directors on independent feature- and short-film productions in Rome and London, including with the award-winning production company, Pinch Media. Forming a collaboration with Pinch Media in 2012, Chiara wrote, directed and co-produced her first feature-length documentary, 'Fishermen's Conversations'. The film will reach festivals in late 2014. Chiara is developing her next documentary feature film. 'Il Coloraro' ('The Colourist'), a documentary portraying the journey of an artisan from the heart of Rome who, with his custom-made colours, supplied some of the most important artists of the past and present centuries. "Dali and his wife would always travel to Rome for that essence of Lavender I would purposely create for them."