Federico Pontiggia is an Italian journalist, critic, screenwriter and film director. After a degree in History and Criticism of Cinema at the University of Turin, Pontiggia began working as a journalist, even television, conducting the programs Cinemag and Cine Talk on Rai Movie. In 2016, he wrote the script for the documentary “E venne l’uomo: Un dialogo con Ermanno Olmi” by Alessandro Bignami. In 2018, he participated in Venice 75 in the Venezia Classici section with the documentary “24/25 Il fotogramma in più”, as writer and director, together with Giancarlo Rolandi.