Alessandra Pasquino

Alessandra Pasquino has produced broadcast commercials, documentaries and special projects for over 10 years. She has collaborated with many filmmakers and artists including: Oliver Stone, Wayne Wang, Klaus Kinski, Gregory Colbert, Leonardo Di Caprio, Pietro Scalia and Matthew Rolston. She is currently a freelance documentary producer and independent filmmaker. Her video installations and still photography have been featured in the "New Contemporaries Show" at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. She is currently developing documentary projects both with Elemental Productions and independently.

Ethics November 15, 2013

Ethics and Voyeurism

By Alessandra Pasquino

During our trip to Bali, I was considering both visual ethnography and documentary. Specifically, I was wondering when and how are they forms of…

Filmmaking November 15, 2013

Anthropologists vs. Filmmakers: The Personal Perspective of a Commercial Producer

By Alessandra Pasquino

Anthropologists have a strong intellectual background and a radically different way of approaching the filming process and the making of a film than that…

Field Notes November 15, 2013

Visual ethnography of people and their pets globally

By Alessandra Pasquino

A “visual ethnography” made of stills recording people and their connection to pets around the world.