Navigacija

Luciano Rigolini

Artist-photographer and producer (Switzerland)

Luciano Rigolini
Born in Italian Switzerland in 1950, Luciano Rigolini graduated in film studies at the University of Paris 8. In the early 1990s he gained international recognition for his photography through work which he explored the specificity of the medium and the relation between photography and painting; this is still his field of research today. From 1995 until 2015 he has been based in Paris as a commissioning editor for the European cultural channel ARTE, where hi is in charge of auteur documentary, seeking out new narrative forms and keeping alive independent filmmaking driven by the spirit of innovation and discovery. He has produced work by directors such as Chris Marker, Alexander Sokurov, Naomi Kawase, Alain Cavalier, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tsai Ming – liang, Laurie Anderson, and discovered numerous young talents.