Federica Belletti (She/Her) is an Italian filmmaker based in Brooklyn, who is a Creative Executive at Film Manufacturers Inc.
She started out at Gamechanger Films, Maven Pictures, and was an assistant to the producers at CounterNarrative Films, where she worked on JC Chandor's TRIPLE FRONTIER (Netflix). She also worked as a Locations Manager on TAPE (Amazon), ITALIAN STUDIES (Apple TV+), and DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD (Netflix).
Federica has produced a dozen narrative shorts that have played at festivals worldwide, including REFUGE, released by The New Yorker, NICE TALKING TO YOU, a SXSW premiere, and AYAAN, which premiered at the Sydney Film Festival and was long-listed for an Academy Award® in 2023. Most recently, she produced KEEP IT OPEN, which premiered at the Museum Of Moving Images in NYC and PINK FLAGS a sport-thriller. In 2024 she completed her directing debut ARIA, with Pauline Chalamet and Joseph Longo, produced by Nina Cochran and Mahak Jiwani, and made possible by the BAFTA-Yugo Production Award.
Federica contributes to the Cinecitta’ sponsored initiative “Cinema Made In Italy”, which promotes Italian films theatrically released in American theaters. She is an alumna of the Tribeca Film Institute All Access Program and of BAFTA Newcomers, for which she had the honor to interview the Italian legendary icon Sophia Loren. She holds a BA from IULM University in Milan and an MFA in Creative Producing from Columbia University, where she was the recipient of the Arthur Krim Memorial Award For Excellence in Producing.
She is an enthusiastic Taurus.
Federica Belletti is not accepting unsolicited proposals and materials.