I was born in Sondrio in 1974. I make documentaries in German and write in Italian. Sometimes the other way around.

I hold degrees in Political Economy from Bocconi University in Milan and in Philosophy from Heidelberg University. After twenty-seven years in Germany, I moved back to Italy, where I stay connected to the world through the Internet from an Alpine village.

I began by writing: as a journalist, consultant and translator. For years I portrayed Germany for Italian readers, and I edited the Italian editions of two books by Imre Kertész. I still write at scritti.melazzini.com.

Then I self-produced my first documentary, about the Italians in Bavaria, and in 2010 founded the production company Alpenway Media GmbH in Munich. As a director and producer I work with RAI, ARD, ZDF and ARTE and with both German and Italian Film Commissions, using European funding; the films screen at international festivals and are broadcast on European cultural channels.

For my work as an entrepreneur with a migrant background, I was awarded the PhönixPreis by the City of Munich, the first Italian ever to receive it. In 2020 the Migrantes Foundation featured me in its Rapporto Italiani nel Mondo. The German Embassy in Italy features my story, and I have been covered, among others, by Corriere della Sera and Süddeutsche Zeitung.

My contact details are here.