Ilaria Macchia was born and raised in San Donato, a small town in the province of Lecce.
A graduate in Cinema, she lives in Rome where she studied screenwriting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.
A number of short films written by her have been selected for major film festivals, including Cannes, Turin, Rotterdam.
He participated in “Roland – emerging writings,” as part of the 2012 Pordenonelegge literature festival.
He wrote the screenplay for L’attesa, directed by Piero Messina, a film in official competition at the 72nd Venice Film Festival.
In 2017 he published, with Mondadori, his first book Ho visto un uomo a pezzi.
