Ciro Cappellari is film director, cinematographer, and screenwriter based in Berlin, Germany.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1959, he grew up in a small town in Patagonia, Ingeniero Jacobacci.
In 1980 Cappellari came to Europe, first to Italy and then later Munich, where he found work as a photo journalist with the agency Interfoto where he took portraits of public figures for newspapers in Germany and throughout Europe.
After this period he continued writing and directing several films such as Sin Querer –Time of the Flamingos (1997) and the documentary about the famous South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, A Struggle For Love (2004).
Ciro has won several awards including the best European screenplay for 100 years of Cinema at the Sundance Film Festival, Cinema 100 Award for Sin Querer, Tiempo de Flamencos in 1996 and in 2005 he received the Grimme-Preis in Germany for directing, and cinematography for A Struggle For Love.