Katherine Schimmel
Progetto Galileo / Project Galileo, Le Mobile Remote Recording Studio
Author and Researcher
Florence, Italy
September 2016
2 days ago
0
About Katherine
Katherine is an independent researcher, award-winning writer, and musician. She has a passion for history but also creativity; with respect to the latter, how it's expressed in the visual and performing arts. Her projects may be divided into two areas: those that relate to sound and music, and those that relate to science as applied to the study of artworks. Over the years, she has written for a variety of music and production/engineering trade magazines, scientific journals, along with an award-winning literary review. Since 2011, she has been affiliated with the remote recording studio, Le Mobile; and since 2012, multi-Grammy winning music producer, David May. She also shares an ongoing long-time research collaboration with artist and Humboldt Prize winning astrophysicist, Ed Belbruno.
With respect to film, she has been working on developing a book she wrote into a historical series. The book is based on her own 12-year journey into an important Italian painting she researched while in Italy. The story is heavily nuanced, multi-layered, and wrought with much symbolism, which has made it a tremendous challenge to adapt and complete.
In 2023, she wrote a short screenplay called, DINNER WITH DANTE, which is about a WWII widow and the unique relationship she strikes up over the course of her lifetime with the statue of Dante in the Piazza di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy. The story is set during the early post war years and is reminiscent of European experimental filmmaking in the 1950's/60's. Dinner with Dante also marks her debut as a screenwriter on the festival circuit. She hopes to go into production in Italy in 2024.
Unique traits: Likes to perform before her animals the mini operettas she's composed for them.
Certifications
Links
Loglines
-
Dinner with Dante Budget: $0 - $100K | Experimental Over the course of her lifetime, a young Italian widow living in post WWII Florence, Italy, forges a unique relationship with the statue of Dante in the Piazza di Santa Croce.
-
The Force of Destiny (Historical Series) Mystery ⋄ Drama Multiple worlds collide in this true story of one woman's 12 year quest to uncover the history behind a mysterious Italian painting of a Roman emperor after the emperor appears to her in the middle of the night as an apparition, and begs her to find him.
-
A Tree, a Well and a War Historical A moving portrait that reveals the lives of six children who are trying to cope with everyday life in Naples, Italy, during the 1930’s, as they come of age and use an ancient Well to help them deal with life, love, and loss.
Credits
-
Andrea Bocelli live at the Dolby Theater (
2015 )
Music by Le Mobile Remote Recording Studio ProTools -
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (
2013 )
Video (Music) Sound department Captured across two nights at Madison Square Garden, the Crossroads Guitar Festival offers a variety of legendary guitarists performing a mix of sultry blues, classic rock and country jams. While Madison Square Garden is an epic arena, the concert remains intimate as Clapton and others collaborate on a sampling of the greatest hits of their careers. Held to benefit Crossroads Centre, a drug treatment and education facility in Antigua founded by Clapton, each concert has become a jam session of Clapton's closest friends and music's biggest stars - where anything can unfold onstage. In fact, this year's concert welcomed an impromptu visit from Keith Richards. A full list of participating artists can be found above. In addition to legendary guitar performances, cinema audiences will be treated to exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from this year's Crossroads Guitar Festival. You won't want to miss your chance to see the past, the present and the future come together for an unparalleled ... Written by Anonymous
Awards
-
DaVinci International Film Festival Storyline Competition (LA), DWD- Semi-Finalist
(2024) -
8 & Half Film Awards (Rome, Italy), Best Short Script, Best Historical Drama-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Naples Film Awards (Naples, Italy), Best Short Script, Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Oniros Film Awards (Manhattan, NY), Best Short Script, Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Independent Shorts Awards (Los Angeles, CA.), Finalist, Best Short Script, Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Rome International Movie Awards (Rome, Italy), Best Original Script, Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Frida Film Festival (France), Best Short Script, Best International Screenwriter, Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Majorca Atlanteans (Majorca, Spain), Best Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Indobali International Film Festival (Bali, Indonesia), Best Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
New York International Film Awards (Manhattan, NY), Grand Jury Award, Best Original Script-DWD
(2023) -
Swedish International Film Festival (Sweden), Best Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
IndieX Film Fest (Los Angeles, CA.), Semi-Finalist, Best Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Latitude Film Awards (London, UK.), Silver Award, Best Original Short Screenplay-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Reale Film Festival (Milan, Italy), Best American Film-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA.), 2nd Place, Best Short Screenplay-DWD
(2023) -
Top Shorts Film Festival, Nominee, Best Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
4th Dimension Independent Film Festival, Best Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Los Angeles Film Awards (Los Angeles, CA.), Semi-Finalist, Best Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
New York Neorealism Awards (NY, New York), Best International Screenwriter, Best Short Script-DWD
(2023) -
Liber Int. Film Festival, Best Short Screenplay, Best Screenwriter Debut, Best Script Unproduced,DWD
(2023) -
Fox International Film Festival (Nice, France), Honorable Mention, Best Short Screenplay-DWD
(2023) -
Rome Movie Awards (Rome, Italy), Best Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Milan Gold Awards (Milan, Italy), Best Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Florence Film Awards (Florence, Italy), Silver Award (April), Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
New York Movie Awards (New York, NY), Silver Award (April), Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Hollywood Gold Awards (Los Angeles, CA), Best Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
London Movie Awards (London, UK), Gold Award, Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Sweet Democracy Film Awards (Italy), Charles Bukowski Prize, Best Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Florence Film Awards (Florence, Italy), Gold Award (May), Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
New York Film Awards (New York, NY), Gold Award(May), Short Script-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Berlin Art Film Festival (Berlin, Germany), Best Short Screenplay-Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Creative Screenwriting Pilot Screenplay Competition, Quarter-Finalist, The Force of Destiny
(2023) -
SoCal Film Awards (Los Angeles, CA) - Season 17- Finalist - Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
Golden Laurel International Film Festival (Athens, Greece) -Best War Screenplay - Dinner with Dante
(2023) -
8 & Halfilm Awards, Venice Event (IT), The Force of Destiny, Best Television Script (August)
(2023) -
8 & Halfilm Awards, Venice Event (IT), Dinner with Dante, Best Historical Drama & Best Short Script
(2023) -
NFA, E Morricone Prize (Naples, IT), The Force of Destiny-Best Hist. Drama & Best Television Script
(2023) -
Italian Cultural Capital Festival (Brescia), Dinner with Dante- Best Screenplay
(2023)
Education
Share This Profile
Register / Log In
