Valia Santella

Valia Santella (born 24 May 1965) is an Italian screenwriter and film director.

Life and career Born in Naples, Italy, Valia Santella is the daughter of the actors Mario and . Starting from the 1990 film Matilda by Antonietta De Lillo and Giorgio Magliulo, for about a decade she worked as a script supervisor, becoming a close collaborator of Nanni Moretti. Starting from Valeria Golino's Miele, she focused on screenwriting, collaborating with Moretti, Marco Bellocchio, Ferzan Özpetek, and Leonardo Di Costanzo, among others. In 2022, she won a second David di Donatello for the screenplay of Leonardo Di Costanzo's The Inner Cage.

Selected filmography

I Can See It in Your Eyes (2004, also director) Miele (2013) Me Romantic Romani (2014) Mia Madre (2015) Pericle (2016) Sweet Dreams (2016) Red Istanbul (2017) Naples in Veils (2017) Euphoria (2018) The Traitor (2019) The Inner Cage (2021) Three Floors (2021) A Brighter Tomorrow (2023) The Story of Frank and Nina (2024) The Art of Joy (2024) It Will Happen Tonight (2026) The Girl with the Leica (2026)