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Nick Brandestini
Zurich
Director/Producer
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Title/Occupation:  Cinematographer  Director  Editor  Producer 
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian/White
Citizenship: Swiss
Languages Spoken: English, German, French

Biography: 

Nick Brandestini is a filmmaker based in Zurich, Switzerland. His first documentary, Return to Florence (2006), about a small group of young American and British artists studying classical methods at an unconventional school in Florence, screened at numerous film festivals across North America, winning several awards. His next documentary, H.R. Giger's Sanctuary (2007), about the renowned and reclusive artist, H.R. Giger, most famous as the creator of Ridley Scott's “Alien”, was an official selection at the AFI Film Festival in Los Angeles.

From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Brandestini was a Producer and Editor for the music television channel VIVA (now part of the MTV network), where he produced, among other things, a weekly program about the latest movie releases.

Mr. Brandestini holds a Master's degree in Business & Economics from the University of Zurich. He joined the financial consulting firm Fincoord in 2002. He is currently Head of Global Marketing at Proceq, a manufacturing company of material testing instruments.