Elisabetta Sgarbi (born 1956) is an Italian filmmaker, publisher, and editorial director based in Milan.

After obtaining a degree in pharmacology, she started working in the communication department of Studio Tesi, a publisher firm.

In 2015, she co-founded the publishing house La Nave di Teseo with Umberto Eco and Mario Andreose.

[6] In 2017, she became the editorial director of Baldini & Castoldi (renamed Baldini+Castoldi in 2018), after La Nave di Teseo acquired the Milan-based publisher.

[7] Sgarbi was the curator of the magazine Panta and of the cultural review La Milanesiana, which she founded in 2000.