Biography
Elena Rossini is a filmmaker, DP, photographer, multimedia producer, and blogger. At age 24, Elena worked as writer, producer, director, cinematographer, and editor on Dove Sei Tu, a feature-length narrative film set in between Milan, Lake Como, and Rome, Italy. Other notable film projects include the documentary short Direction, shot in Tokyo and Paris, and Ideal Women, a short documentary juxtaposing beauty ideals in the art world vs. mass media, commissioned by ARTE Web and the Louvre Museum. The film was screened at women's conferences in the United States and Argentina. In 2009, Elena launched a multimedia platform -- No Country for Young Women -- whose aim is to promote the visibility of professional women and to provide real role models for young girls. The site features over 100 interviews with women, ages 17 to 91, across five continents: from entrepreneurs to NASA engineers, illustrators, architects, filmmakers, non-profit directors, award-winning novelists, and more. In the summer of 2014, Elena co-founded Gender Gap Grader with Elian Carsenat -- a platform empowering companies and organizations with innovative tools to measure the gender gap. Elena also works as a freelance videographer, photographer, and writer. Her work has appeared on Corriere della Sera, Jezebel, indieWIRE, Adios Barbie, and Gender Across Borders. In 2014, Elena was selected for the prestigious Young Leaders program by the Council for the United States and Italy.