Deborah Young

Head of Jury

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Deborah graduated with honors from Wellesley College and received an M.A. in Cinema Studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. After moving to Italy, she worked as a journalist, film critic, screenwriter and translator. From 1990 to 1993 she was Variety's Rome Bureau Chief. In 2008, became the International Film Editor of The Hollywood Reporter. She is also a contributing editor of the American quarterly Cineaste. Deborah has been a consultant for the Tribeca Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. She was the Artistic Director of the Taormina Film Fest from 20072011-. Under her mandate, the festival assumed a strong Mediterranean identity and greatly increased its international audience and prestige with films from Egypt and the Maghreb.

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