Gloria Aura Bortolini

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.

Following graduation, she worked as a journalist. After two years in Brazil and Argentina, she moved to London. Her 2015 film, London afloat,[1] was shown at several film festivals.[2][3][4]

She hosted a television series, Londra, linea Greenwich,[5] 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[6] at the Sony World Photography Awards.[7]

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)

• Official website
• Zealous – Freedom of press photo project
• Facing, Fabrica Archived July 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
• 1 day 6 cities Archived May 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
• Londra, Linea Greenwich Kilimangiaro RAI Archived January 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
• "From Leoni film set, with Neri Marcoré,Pietro Parolin,Gloria Aura Bortolini". YouTube.
• Cervello di ritorno. Succede Oggi
• "Londra a galla: il Sacro Gra delle houseboats". Cinecittà News. September 17, 2013.
• "Londra, il quartiere più chic ora galleggia sul Tamigi". La Stampa. September 23, 2013.
• "Vite sul Tamigi:il docu-film di Gloria Aura Bortolini". La Nuova Venezia. September 16, 2013.
• "Gloria, regista dei trevigiani nel mondo". La Tribuna. December 30, 2012.
• "Lei è mio marito". Vanity Fair. June 24, 2013.
• "Londra, storie di vita in una casa galleggiante". L'espresso. October 6, 2014