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cristina spina
(She/Her)
Bitetto ProductionsBitetto Productions
Cristina Spina is an Italian actor, writer, and filmmaker based in New York City.In 2016, she directed her debut short film So Be It, which won Best Short Film at RIFF, Rome Independent Film Festival. She wrote and directed 500 Calories.
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Cristina Spina is an Italian actor, writer, and filmmaker based in New York City and Rome.
She started her career as a dancer and actor in Rome, working with top Italian theater directors, such as Luca Ronconi, Massimo Castri and Carlo Cecchi.
Cristina made her American debut when she was chosen by choreographer and director Martha Clarke for a lead role in the play Kaos by Frank Pugliese at the New York Theatre Workshop. In 2014, she performed in Martha Clarke's production of Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York. In 2015, she played a lead role in Karin Coonrod_x0019_s Texts and Beheadings/Elizabeth R at The Folger in D.C. and then at BAM_x0019_s Next Wave Festival in Brooklyn. In 2018, she played the lead role of Eleonora Duse in Imperfect Love by Brandon Cole, directed by Michael Di Giacomo. In film, she has worked with Pupi Avati (La Via Degli Angeli and Il Cuore Altrove), Irene Papas and Giuliana Berlinguer (Hecuba), Matteo Rovere (Veloce Vome Il
She started her career as a dancer and actor in Rome, working with top Italian theater directors, such as Luca Ronconi, Massimo Castri and Carlo Cecchi.
Cristina made her American debut when she was chosen by choreographer and director Martha Clarke for a lead role in the play Kaos by Frank Pugliese at the New York Theatre Workshop. In 2014, she performed in Martha Clarke's production of Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York. In 2015, she played a lead role in Karin Coonrod_x0019_s Texts and Beheadings/Elizabeth R at The Folger in D.C. and then at BAM_x0019_s Next Wave Festival in Brooklyn. In 2018, she played the lead role of Eleonora Duse in Imperfect Love by Brandon Cole, directed by Michael Di Giacomo. In film, she has worked with Pupi Avati (La Via Degli Angeli and Il Cuore Altrove), Irene Papas and Giuliana Berlinguer (Hecuba), Matteo Rovere (Veloce Vome Il
- Professional Credits
- Consider the Lilies, So be it, 500 calories, veloce come il vento,
- Industry Awards
- AWARDS;
CONSIDER THE LILIES (short film - 2023 - usa-italy - 23')
- Best Short film PARIBAS Alice Nella Città. - Best Short film AMARCORT Film Festival.
500 CALORIES (short film - 2020 usa-italy - 17')
- Best Photography, Cortinametraggio, Cortina, Italy
- Best Short Film TATATU award by producer Andrea Iervolino, Italy - Best Short Theme AFRODITE SHORT, Rome, Italy
- Best Short film Indie Short Awards New York.
- Fabriano film Fest Winner of Women Empowerment.
- Corto e a Capo Premio Mario Punzo.
SO BE IT (short film - 2016 - Italy - 19')
- Best Short Film - Rome international Film Festival, Rome Italy, 2016 -
2nd Best Short Film
Smita Patil Short Film Festival, Pune, India 2017
