Stefano Strocchi is a Berlin based independent author and documentary producer.
He started working on international co-productions in 2001 at Stefilm International, working on documentary projects and series for National Geographic Channels, PBS, ZDF ARTE and Discovery Channel Europe.
In 2008 he founded his first production company in Italy, where he produced Almost Married by F. Bucak (IDFA First Appearence Competition 2010), the cross-media series “From Zero-Stories from Earthquake tent camps” in co-production with Al Jazeera English (IDFA 2009, TFF2009, Bellaria 2010), and Return to L’Aquila by G.Barbieri in co-production with Al Jazeera English (2011). In 2013 he wrote and directed the feature doc La Politica a ZDF/ARTE,DR,VRT and NRK co-production.
In 2014 he moved to Berlin to work with colleagues and friends at Boekamp&Kriegsheim GmbH, where he worked as author and producer on documentary series. He wrote and produced the 3 part series 1968mm directed by J.Rothwell, F. Kriegsheim and S. Strocchi co-produced by RBB/ARTE, NRK, YLE, CZTV and A+E History Italy (2017) and produced the feature documentary Commander Arian by Alba Sotorra (2018) which premiered in Toronto Hot Docs 2018, Sheffield Doc Fest 2018 and Shanghai Documentary Festival 2018. In 2019 in Berlin he founded UNKNOWN MEDIA GmbH, specialized in non-fiction series formats only.
He started working on international co-productions in 2001 at Stefilm International, working on documentary projects and series for National Geographic Channels, PBS, ZDF ARTE and Discovery Channel Europe.
In 2008 he founded his first production company in Italy, where he produced Almost Married by F. Bucak (IDFA First Appearence Competition 2010), the cross-media series “From Zero-Stories from Earthquake tent camps” in co-production with Al Jazeera English (IDFA 2009, TFF2009, Bellaria 2010), and Return to L’Aquila by G.Barbieri in co-production with Al Jazeera English (2011). In 2013 he wrote and directed the feature doc La Politica a ZDF/ARTE,DR,VRT and NRK co-production.
In 2014 he moved to Berlin to work with colleagues and friends at Boekamp&Kriegsheim GmbH, where he worked as author and producer on documentary series. He wrote and produced the 3 part series 1968mm directed by J.Rothwell, F. Kriegsheim and S. Strocchi co-produced by RBB/ARTE, NRK, YLE, CZTV and A+E History Italy (2017) and produced the feature documentary Commander Arian by Alba Sotorra (2018) which premiered in Toronto Hot Docs 2018, Sheffield Doc Fest 2018 and Shanghai Documentary Festival 2018. In 2019 in Berlin he founded UNKNOWN MEDIA GmbH, specialized in non-fiction series formats only.