Marco Ferrari is a director/screenwriter for fiction films, documentaries and branded content, based in Milan. He graduated in Entertainment Studies, with a focus on directing and feature film writing, at UCLA, Los Angeles.

His latest documentary Never Whistle Alone, co-produced by the dutch broadcaster VPRO, premiered at DOK Leipzig 2019 in the Next Master Competition. In 2017 his short sci-fi documentary Infinite Plan opened the G7 Environment Summit in Bologna. In 2015 he has been finalist at the Italian screenwriting competition “Premio Solinas” with his documentary project “Island”. In 2014 his first feature film, Simple Being, has been presented at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival; it won 5 awards and has been invited in 12 film festivals around the globe. He has been shadow director on the TV series Desperate Housewives (ABC), produced by ABC Studios at Universal Studios, Hollywood.

From 2006 to 2009, he created video installations for international organisations and art foundations such as UNESCO and Triennale di Milano.

He has been guest lecturer at Politecnico di Milano, IULM University and Bocconi University.