Valerio Ciriaci is a Brooklyn based documentary filmmaker. He graduated with a major in Communication Sciences from La Sapienza University in Rome with a thesis on Jean Rouch and ethno-fiction. In 2011 he moved to New York City to attend documentary classes at New York Film Academy. In 2012 he cofounded Awen Films and directed two short documentary films: "Melodico", featuring Tony Maiorino, barber and singer from the Bronx's Little Italy, and "Treasure - The Story of Marcus Hook", which chronicles the efforts of a community after the shut down of the local oil refinery. In 2013 he created Short Italian Tales, a documentary series portraying the lives of Italians living in New York, for i-Italy TV airing on NYC Life (Channel 25).

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