With a Ph.D. in Comparative Studies, and as fellow of Columbia University in the city of New York, Michela is an award-winning screenwriter and producer (Manchester, Ischia, Rome, Cannes, Durban) who has been working in TV and film since graduating from Vassar College in 2003. Michela has ollaborated in worldwide successes, with Giuseppe Tornatore, David Lynch, Christian Mungiu, Umberto Eco, Robbie Little and many other acclaimed filmmakers.

She has collected and published a variety of interviews with some Hollywood icons: Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson, Lady Gaga, Robert De Niro and Pope Francis (not from Hollywood).

Michela has just written and directed her first feature film, “Sicilian Holiday.” Her short “Hannah Can You Hear Me” was awarded Best Art Film at Cannes 2019.