Ilaria Bernardini

Ilaria Bernardini is a writer and screenwriter. She is the author of nine novels, two graphic novels and two collections of short stories. Her novels Faremo Foresta ( We Will Be Forest ) and The Portrait were longlisted for Italy's prestigious Strega Prize. Both are being adapted for film; The Portrait is currently being adapted into a movie with Pie Films and The Apartment, and We Will Be Forest is a collaboration between Bernardini and Ginevra Elkann, Olivia Musini, Ludovica Rampoldi and...See more

Ilaria Bernardini is a writer and screenwriter. She is the author of nine novels, two graphic novels and two collections of short stories. Her novels Faremo Foresta ( We Will Be Forest ) and The Portrait were longlisted for Italy's prestigious Strega Prize. Both are being adapted for film; The Portrait is currently being adapted into a movie with Pie Films and The Apartment, and We Will Be Forest is a collaboration between Bernardini and Ginevra Elkann, Olivia Musini, Ludovica Rampoldi and Carolina Cavalli . Ilaria has also created TV shows, including Ginnaste and Ballerini (MTV) and has written for Rolling Stone , Vogue , Vanity Fair and GQ . The Girls are Good has been adapted, with Bernardini, into a six-part TV series for Paramount+. She is also currently developing 12 Dinners , an original TV series for producers Lorenzo Mieli's The Apartment and Andy Harries' Left Bank Pictures and Sony International. For Amazon Studios, the Russo Brothers (as directors and creators) & Cattleya she wrote on international science fiction TV series, Citadel . For producer Francesco Melzi D'Eril ( Bones and All ), Ilaria is developing a remake in the English language of 1970s Italian language feature film The Anonymous Venetian and 10 Days , based on Bernardini's short story of the same name. She is continuing to develop Bernardo Bertolucci's final script (which Ilaria co-wrote with him) for The Echo Chamber . See less