Gloria Aura Bortolini

Gloria Aura Bortolini (born January 27, 1982) is an Italian television presenter and documentary filmmaker.

Early life and education Bortolini was born in Treviso, Italy. She graduated from Pompeu Fabra University in 2007 with a degree in economics and a master’s degree in marketing and communication.

Career Following graduation, she worked as a journalist. After two years in Brazil and Argentina, she moved to London. Her 2015 film, London afloat, was shown at several film festivals.

She hosted a television series, Londra, linea Greenwich, a program about London's fashion scene, on Kilimangiaro - Come è piccolo il mondo for RAI 3. She presented a vlog, Glorious Postcards, on YouTube.

One of Bortolini’s photographs won an award in 2013 at the Sony World Photography Awards.

Works

Filmography

The two stories of Adamà (2010) ( assistant director) Non ho paura ( 2010) ( camera assistant) The lane ( 2011) (director) Autrefois (2012) (assistant director, producer) Luoghi comuni, little migrating stories (2013) (Video journalist) The daily Lidia ( 2013) (second camera) Leoni (2013) (assistant director) Lei è mio marito – she is my husband (2013) ( co-director, co-author) Alle falde del Kilimangiaro (2014) (author, TV presenter) Facing (2015) (researcher, co-author) Metropolis, Travel Channel (2015) (TV presenter) London afloat (2015) (director, author) (con)fine (2016) (director, author) Out of the blue (2016) (director)

Photography

1 day 6 cities (2011) è Africa (2013) East end, photobook (2013) Press Freedom (2015)

Writing

Malta, Capital (2011) Pernambuco, Il Mondo (2011) Argentina, Il Mondo (2011) Brazil, fDi Financial Times (2011)