Giovanni Princigalli

Giovanni Princigalli studied Political Science at the University of Bari. After receiving his degree, he studied screenwriting at the professional school of Cagli followed by anthropological documentary studies at the haute ecole des Etudes and the ecole doctorale de cinema anthropologique of Paris under the direction of Jean Rouch, Annie Comolli and Claudine de France, among others. He also worked with Carl Alberto Pinelli at the International School of Documentary Cinema. As a documentary cinematographer, his work includes Stewart Copland's documentation of the La Notte della Taranta Festival featuring both pizzica (traditional music of south Italy) and contemporary rock music. Currently he resides in Montreal, where he is member of the CRI (centre de recherche sur l'intermedialite) and the Critical World, a group dedicated to the study of visual anthropology and ethnomusicology. Roma Stories (Japigia Gagi) is Princigalli's first film.

Films:
Roma Stories (Japigia Gagi)

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