Michele Conforti
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Biography
Michele Conforti is an Italian filmmaker and television director. He studied architecture in the earlt 70s and then went on to study film at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome under the pedagogical direction of Roberto Rossellini. Conforti was a fellow student of Ellis Donda - they both graduated from Centro Sperimentale in 1974 - and helped Donda producing the short films Engel und Puppe and Come cinema. From 1989 to 1994 he served as a member, by ministerial appointment, of the Film Credit Committee, representing filmmakers organizations. From 1994 to 1996 he was president of the National Association of Cinematographic Authors (ANAC). From 2002 to 2010 he served as secretary general of the Associazione Registi della Fiction televisiva (ART). From 2006 to 2009 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Cinecittà Holding spa and a board member of Cinecittà Studios spa upon ministerial designation and appointment. In April 2013, he was appointed by the SIAE Supervisory Board as a member of the association's Cinema Commission. From 2010 to June 2017 he was a member, as an independent director, of the Board of Directors of Cinecittà Digital Factory. He is a member of the David di Donatello and EFA (European Film Academy) jury.
