Personal profile: Stefano Collizzolli

Stefano Collizzolli is a documentary film author and Participatory Video (PV) practitioner. He worked as a project designer and field trainer in PV workshops in Italy (Padova, Bologna, Roma, Modena, Lecce), Spain, Palestine, Tunisia and Dominican Republic.He’s a documentary film director (Fermi al primo approdo, 2009; I nostri anni migliori, 2011; Il pane a vita, 2013, E' finita, 2014, fuoriClasse, 2016, Dove Bisogna Stare, 2019). He also worked as editor. As a lecturer in Sociology of Communication at Padova and Bologna Universities, his main research interest are: visual methodologies; migrations and visual identities; participatory video. After co-founding zaLab in 2006, he works primarily with developing Participatory Video (PV) as a communication tool for grassroots participation and alternative communication.