Darianna Cardilli

Darianna Cardilli was born in Africa from Italian parents. Growing up in the Middle East, she acquired a taste for the colorful and exotic at an early age. Educated in the Netherlands and England, she went on to study Economics at Cambridge University, graduating with BA Honours. After working as an investment banker for Goldman Sachs in London, New York and Hong Kong, she left a lucrative financial career in order to pursue her love of film-making. She graduated from the American Film Institute with an MFA in Film Editing, where she edited James Brett's award-winning thesis film Deadtime (1999). Working in Los Angeles as a documentary film-maker, her editing credits to date include: Bravo's Flipping Out (2007), Hollywood Home Movies for A&E (directed by Academy Award winning Morgan Neville), David Ben-Gurion: Lion of Judah (2004) for the Biography Channel, and AMC's Hollywood Fashion Machine Series. She has also edited features Hollywood 5, Hammerlock (2000) and Frozen Stars (2003) She is a Contributing Editor to Documentary Magazine. When not in front of an editing system, her hobbies include figurative and plein air painting.