Nina Di Salvo is an award-winning Filmmaker, Production Designer, and Photographer from a small midwestern town near Akron, Ohio, USA. 

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Her pursuit in the theatre industry launched her opportunities to travel across northeast Ohio, Chicago, and Orlando where she honed her character work and physical storytelling skills as a performer. She later went to film school at the Savannah College of Art and Design where she worked in a variety of positions on over 68 collaborations in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, and North Carolina. She also had the opportunity to photo document the Kent State University's geography department trip across Peru in 2013 and work as a production designer for a short film in Rome, Italy back in 2017. Nina loves the nomadic element to film production, and adores being exposed to others' stories, global perspectives, and varying life views through her work.

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Since 2020, Nina has had the fortunate opportunity to work with a number of film festivals at a programming, marketing, and screening capacity. Bringing people together to discuss cinematic stories, reflect on personal perspectives in response, and unpack societal, economic, political, environmental, etc. themes through discussing the film is Nina's greatest pursuit. Planning, running, and managing film-centric events with impactful goals and outcomes has become an increasing emphasis in Nina's career path. Film making is only half of the journey, without sharing our stories and the cinematic tales of others, how are we to make a difference?

 

Nina is a self starter who is often required to wear multiple hats during projects, which has pushed her creative abilities and communication skills. Often working on independent projects outside of work, Nina is constantly creating, seeking professional development opportunities, applauding others' work, and sharing her creative finds along the way.

Based in Cleveland, Ohio, but always on the go, Nina works professionally as a freelance film programmer, essayist, and producer.

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Currently,

• Working with Case Western Reserve University as their Video

   Production Coordinator.

• Developing exciting new content with Nina's Film Notes

• Watching far too many documentaries 

• And am accepting freelance production scheduling, film programming, and film criticism work from anywhere and everywhere.

 

Let's keep in touch!

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Contact: ninadisalvo12@gmail.com