Stefania Casini
Acting • Born 1948-09-04
Biography
After graduating in Architecture, Stefania began a career in acting and worked with Pietro Germi, Bernardo Bertolucci, Peter Greenaway and Dario Argento. She moved to New York in the late 1970s, where she acted in Andy Warhol's 'Bad'. While in New York she decided to move behind the camera, and became a director. With Francesca Marciano, she wrote and directed the film "Lontano da dove", presented at the Venice Film Festival (1983). In 1997 she wrote and directed another feature film "Un Paradiso di Bugie". Her career as director also includes the making of six feature films for the Italian television network MEDIASET. A passionate traveler, Stefania has made a great number of documentaries and reportages for RAI and MEDIASET. She focuses her attention on contemporary topics concerning women and young people. She has made many hard-hitting series including: "Islam: stories of women"; "Latin America: stories of women"; "To be 20 years old in..." (broadcast in ten European Countries 2004-2005); "So close so far :portraits in the suburbs". "Schiaffo alla mafia"(A blow to the Mafia) Between 2000-2002 , Stefania was the Artistic Director of Siena's Film Festival "Terra di Siena". In 2010 she was Managing Director of DGTV IESTV. Currently, Stefania writes and directs programs, reportages and documentaries for RAI, and for satellite channels: RAI Sat Cinema World, Gambero Rosso Channel, and Sky. She also works as a journalist, contributing to several popular women's magazines.
Filmography
53 credits
1900
Movie • 1976
Neve
Blood for Dracula
Movie • 1974
Rubinia
Buio come il cuore
Movie • 2024
The Belly of an Architect
Movie • 1987
Flavia Speckler
Emergency Squad
Movie • 1974
Marta Hayworth
The Bloodstained Shadow
Movie • 1978
Sandra Sellani
Come ti rapisco il pupo
Movie • 1976
Rita
Lontano da dove
Movie • 1983
Desideria
Luna di miele in tre
Movie • 1976
Graziella Luraghi
I prosseneti
Movie • 1976
Odile
Good Vibes
Movie • 2023
The Goldsmith
Movie • 2022
Giovanna
Maicol Jecson
Movie • 2014
Maria
Dedicated to the Aegean Sea
Movie • 1979
Gloria
For Love One Dies
Movie • 1972
Tea
I mariti
Movie • 1974
Illa - Punto d'osservazione
Movie • 1981
Illa
Non si scrive sui muri a Milano
Movie • 1975
Anna
Geometra Prinetti, selvaggiamente Osvaldo
Movie • 1976
Nessuno siamo perfetti
Movie • 2015
Self
Cocktail Molotov
Movie • 1980
Anna-Maria
Cactus
Movie • 2023
A Way of Being a Woman
Movie • 1973
Francesca
Bad
Movie • 1977
P.G.
DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit
Movie • 2022
Self
Latin Male Wanted
Movie • 1977
Anna
Bye Bye Monkey
Movie • 1978
Feminist Actress
The Golden Mass
Movie • 1975
Loulou
How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover
Movie • 1978
Marisa - Eleonora's friend
Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato
Movie • 1992
Clari
The Big Delirium
Movie • 1975
Sonia
Habibi, amor mío
Movie • 1981
The Climber
Movie • 1975
Luciana
Nessuno deve sapere
Movie • 1973
Maria Petrulli
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Movie • 2001
Self
The Cousin
Movie • 1974
Lisa Scuderi
Dafne
Movie • 2019
Maria
Trevico-Torino (viaggio nel Fiat-Nam)
Movie • 1973
Diabolik Is Me
Movie • 2019
Bianca Rosselli
Suspiria
Movie • 1977
Sara
Ammazzare il tempo
Movie • 1979
Sara, la giornalista
Polsi sottili
Movie • 1984
Mora
Movie • 1982
Christina
A Pocketful of Chestnuts
Movie • 1970
Carla Lotito
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
Movie • 2009
Self
Operazione rosmarino
Movie • 2002
Portinaia
Story of a Night
Movie • 2025
Carla
Funeral: I Don't Want You
Movie • 2024
Madre di Miriam
Ladies of Italian Horror
Movie • 2012
self
You, Me & Tuscany
Movie • 2026
Nonna Alessia
Enchantment
TV • 1998
Carla Ferrini
Sanremo Music Festival
TV • 1951
Self - Host
Donna
TV • 1996
Annamaria