Eleonora Contessi (1996) is a cinematographer. She graduated in 2019 from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, marking the beginning of her journey into the world of cinema. She has worked on various projects, including Gas Station by Olga Torrico, shot on 35mm, which won the award for Best Technical Contribution at the Venice Critics’ Week in 2020; Happily Ever After by Domenico Croce, which competed at the 2021 Giffoni Film Festival; and Tria – del sentimento del tradire, written and directed by Giulia Grandinetti, which was in competition in the Orizzonti section at the 79th Venice Film Festival and at Visioni Italiane 2022, Italy, where it won the Pelliconi/Best Film Award.
In 2022, she received the Kinéo Award, presented at the 78th Venice Film Festival, as Best Emerging Cinematographer. In 2023, she was selected at the Rome Film Festival with a new project, Chello n’cuollo by Olga Torrico, which won the Rai Cinema Channel Award and was subsequently selected as one of the five official nominees for the Nastri d’Argento 2024. Since 2019, she has been the co-creator, along with Camilla Cattabriga and Claudia Sicuranza, of a printed art magazine on light, Eki magazine.
