Federico Cambria is a director, author, and photographer. He graduated in Literature, studied music at the Ateneo della Chitarra, and trained in directing at the Civica Scuola di Cinema in Milan. His practice exists at the intersection of cinema, photography, and performance, where the image is not merely representation but a device: a field of forces in which sound, body, editing, and scenic space generate meaning. His work has developed through extensive experience on film sets and in post-production — as assistant director for TV series alongside director Giorgio Serafini, assistant photographer to Pierpaolo Ferrari, editor, videomaker, and still photographer with Antonio Sixty, as well as through experiences as an actor and impersonator. This background became a method: a focus on timing, framing, performer direction, and the grammar of rhythm. In theatre, he wrote and directed four productions in Milan, including collaborations with Teatro Libero and MTM – Litta Produzioni, conceived as laboratories of cross-media experimentation. In these works, narrative is dismantled and recomposed into fragmented dramaturgies, where linearity gives way to blocks, short circuits, and layered structures: words and gestures alternate with visual materials, sound inserts, recordings, and live editing “cuts,” challenging the boundary between stage and screen and shifting attention toward process itself. In cinema and documentary filmmaking, with Artisti7607 he directed a film about Michael Margotta, the renowned acting coach, exploring the relationship between performance and character construction. In 2009 he received the Highlighting recognition at BJCEM – Association Internationale pour la Biennale des Jeunes Créateurs d’Europe et de la Méditerranée, Skopje Biennale, as an Italian director. Alongside his authorial projects, he directs and produces photography for campaigns and audiovisual content for national and international brands including Sky, Juventus, Marvel, Maserati, P&G, Save the Duck, Pantene, FCA, and Citroën. His work has taken him across Italy, China, and Poland, directing talents and personalities such as Marco D’Amore, Vittorio Sgarbi, Ilary Blasi, Chiara Ferragni, Federica Pellegrini, and Vanessa Incontrada. In 2017 he received recognition at major international awards in image-making and communication, including Cannes Lions, Clio Awards, ADC*E, Epica Awards, and Clio Health. Today he continues a research-based practice that moves across formats and languages: he is author, actor, and co-director of the comedy podcast “Sante Capizzi – the Agent of the Stars”, currently also in development as a miniseries together with screenwriter Stefano De Santi. More recently, he wrote and published his first novel, the episodic ensemble work “I 46 mali”, in which the writing unfolds through fragments and multiple voices, continuing his exploration of multiplicity of perspectives and segmented narrative structures. He is also founder of the collective Iclic, which develops cultural and audiovisual content for national and international brands.