Stefano Casertano

While working in various productions in Rome, Italy[3], Casertano completed a B.A. and M.A. in Economics and Business from Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli of Rome, and later an MBA from Columbia University in New York. In 2011 he earned a Ph.D. "Magna cum Laude" at the University of Potsdam in Politics and held an adjunct professor position at the same University.[4]

After an experience at Miramax Italy, in 2011 Casertano founded the movie company "Daring House" in Berlin, Germany.[5] His first production "The Last Days of Tacheles" has been selected for the official competition of the Rome Independent Film Festival and the Munich International Film Festival, and received a Honorable Mention at the International Berlin Film Awards in 2014.[6] His 2016 film "People of Love and Rage" ("Gente di amore e Rabbia") won the DocFeed Film Festival in Eindhoven[7], received a Special Mention of the Jury at the Rome Independent Film Festival[8] and has been selected by the Venice Film Week and the Broadway International Film Festival.[9][10] The production "The Ballad of the Homeless" by Monica Manganelli screened at Cannes Film Festival and has been awarded, among the others, a "Nastro d'Argento" prize in Italy, and won the "LA Short Fest", an Academy Awards Qualifier.[11] Casertano has been associate producer of the film "The Mafia is no longer what it used to be" by Franco Maresco, produced by Rean Mazzone, awarded a "Silver Lion" as Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival - La Biennale di Venezia[12] in 2019.

In 2019 Casertano has been awarded the "Massimo Mannozzi" prize in Berlin for achievements in filmmaking and writing.[13]

• "The mafia is no Longer what it used to be" by Franco Maresco, 2019, Documentary, color, 105' - Associate Producer[14]
• "People of Love and Rage", 2016, Docufiction, B/W, 88' - Writer and Director[15]
• "The Ballad of the Homeless" by Monica Manganelli, 2015, Animation, color, 12' - Executive Producer[16]
• "There Was Once a Sea", 2015, Documentary, color, 84' - Writer and Director[17]
• "The Last Days of Tacheles", 2014, Documentary, color, 93' - Writer and Director[18]

• Greco, Ennio (as) (2014), Mao e Me. Cento italiani in Cina. goWare. ASIN B00I2MXZ1Y
• Kaiser (as) (2013), L’elogio dei cretini. Brevi note sulla sconfitta dell’intelligenza. goWare. ASIN B00B1EIVFU
• Casertano, Stefano, Lavorare è un lusso. Edizioni Progetto Cultura. ISBN 978-8860920843

• Casertano, Stefano (2012), Germania Copia & Incolla. goWare. ISBN 978-88-97324-37-9 EPUB
• Casertano, Stefano; Ruffo, Pietro (2011), L'enfer c'est les autres : Exposition du 25 mars au 28 mai 2011. Communic Art. ISBN 978-2916277301
• Casertano, Stefano (2011), La Guerra del Clima. Francesco Brioschi Editore. ISBN 978-88-95399-45-4
• Casertano, Stefano (2009), Sfida all'Ultimo Barile. Francesco Brioschi Editore. ISBN 978-88-95399-22-5

• Casertano, Stefano (2016), Russische und Arabische Öl- und Gasexporte, in Atlas des arabischen Frühlings - Eine Weltregion im Umbruch, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
• Casertano, Stefano (2015), Broken Peaces: The Israeli-Palestinian Hyperconflict. World Affairs, January/February 2015
• Casertano, Stefano (2013), The New Geopolitics of Energy Resources - Global Politics and Supply Security. BIGS Studie September 2013
• Casertano, Stefano (2013). "International oil companies in the post-studio era: Strategic responses of energy majors to the 2003–2008 price boom". Energy Strategy Reviews. 1 (3): 211–217. doi:10.1016/j.esr.2012.12.005.
• Casertano, Stefano (2012), Gaza 2012: La Battaglia d’Israele. goWare. ASIN: B00AESM67S
• Casertano, Stefano (2012), Entitled to Fail: Inside Italy's Downward Spiral. World Affairs, July/August 2012
• Casertano, Stefano (2012), Our Land, Our Oil! Natural Resources, Local Nationalism and Violent Secession. Springer. ISBN 978-3-531-19443-1