Netflix Italian Originals Chief Eleonora Andreatta to Receive ITTV International Award During Venice Fest
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent Eleonora Andreatta, Netflix’s VP of Italian originals who oversees the streaming giant’s local output of series, movies, and non-scripted shows, will receive the ITTV International Award during the Venice Film Festival from the Los-Angeles based Italian Television Festival.
Affectionately known as Tinny, Eleonora Andreatta has long been a fundamental figure in Italian scripted content production.
As head of drama at pubcaster RAI, she ushered in a new era by commissioning and carefully shepherding global hits such as the Elena Ferrante adaptation “My Brilliant Friend.” At Netflix, which she joined in mid-2020, Andreatta recently shepherded another well-received series based on Ferrante’s novel, “The Lying Life of Adults” directed by Edoardo De Angelis, who happens to also be the helmer of Venice’s opening film “Comandante.” Netflix’s next high-profile show out of Italy is “The Leopard,” based on the classic Sicily-set novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, which marks the streamer’s most ambitious Italian original to date. “Tinny’s significant contribution to the audiovisual industry and the spread of Italian culture in the world is second to none,” said ITTV festival founders and organizers Valentina Martelli and Cristina Scognamillo.
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