Valeria Orlando is a beauty director, make-up artist and hair stylist with over 25 years of experience working for fashion, advertising, editorials and catwalk events.

Valeria also is the owner of vormakeup.com. Eight V)Or Make-up Academies are located across Italy: Milan, Verona, Spoleto, Rome, Ostia, Naples, Salerno and Taranto. Her goal is to open at least one V)Or Academy per-region in Italy and to make her products known throughout Europe, Russia, Asia and the US.

In 2020 she will continue her International Masterclass series after successful events in Armenia in August of this year.

Valeria is based in Milan but travels throughout the world to locations including Rome, Berlin, Paris, and New York City. In September and October 2019, she was a key artist and sponsor with her V)Or Make-up at Milan Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week SS20.

Valeria speaks Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese fluently. Honesty and passion are the distinctive elements of her approach, and she continually works on her professional development to improve her knowledge about new techniques in the cosmetic industry.

Giorgio Cravero has 20 years' experience as a photographer specialising in drinks, liquids and food still life photography and motion. He loves working with light and taking care of every detail.

In 2016, Giorgio became the first Italian photographer to win first prize in the 'Still Life' category at the Hasselblad Master's Awards. He is currently working with both Italian and international agencies and companies and is available for shoots on location or at his fully-equipped studio in Turin, where he also has an in-house post-production department.

Clients include Diageo Global, Constellation Brands, Grand Frais, De Cecco, Ferrero, Naj Oleari, FCA and Comau.

"Contents Production is a full service production company specialising in commercial video and video advertising. With over 15 years of experience, we offer a solid and complete support system for photographic and video services in Italy, especially in central and southern areas including Tuscany, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Sicily and Puglia.

We process every phase of production, beginning with the acquisition of the most qualified people to execute your vision, up to the creation of a budget. Our services range from acting as a local link to providing complete production services, art purchases, budget management, travel and accommodation planning, transportation, catering, location vehicles and equipment rental, building construction and design and negotiation of contracts.

Clients include The Disney Channel, Fendi, Honda, Adidas, Etro, Furla, Le Coq Sportif, Condé Nast (Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, Wired), Mondadori (Grazia, Donna Moderna, Panorama, Men’s Health), Saatchi & Saatchi, Sky, Sony (Italy, Germany), and many more."

LUME is an indipendent Italian production company founded in 2014 by Adriano Bassi, CEO and executive producer, and Lara Calligaro, producer.

LUME Productions is a full service production company based in Turin and Milan that provides film production services in Italy for foreign production companies.

LUME estimates, creates, and executes cost-effective budgets while maintaining clients’ creativity. The team is comfortable producing both motion, still shoots and movies. The in-house staff works with A-list film crews who are all English-speaking.

"Because sometimes words are not enough, let LUME figure it out"

Silvia Gerzeli is a freelance make-up artist and hair stylist based in Florence from where she easily works across Italy and internationally. She is specialised in fashion, private make-up and hairstyling, and regularly works in the photo industry.

Silvia is highly creative and always looks to art and the great masters of make-up for new inspiration. She recently started her own blog where she writes about how and where inspiration comes from.

Silvia loves to teach and she has always been very active in organising creative workshops around Italy as well as from her own studio in Florence. She also art directs most of the beauty and fashion shoots she conceptualises, and is often the first line of contact for many of her editorial clients.

Her passion for make-up allows her portfolio to constantly grow, thanks to the quantity of collaborations she undertakes. Silvia is so motivated by make-up and in love with art in general that she mixes them to create a unique kind of design.

Sharpen Studio is perfect for high quality photo shoots and film productions. The 500 m² ground floor studio features a professional hair and make-up room with adjustable light panels, fully mirrored walls, a separate styling room and shower - an ideal base for all photographers, directors, models and artists.

The well-equipped studio offers parking spots right in front of the door (enough space for trucks, cars, big teams and sets), a Sound Music System, two 32A high-voltage power outlets, fast Wi-Fi, lighting equipment, a bar and fully equipped kitchen, and much more.

The industrial style adds charm to the overall package, loved by national and international photographers and directors as well as advertising companies, magazines, TV and film productions and brands.

Since 2011 Creative ProShow, a company from the UK, has held events targeted towards creatives, photographers, retouchers and digital illustrators in order to spread and share creative knowledge and experience worldwide. 

This year Production Paradise will be attending the Creative ProShow Conference, taking place in Rome, Italy on the 30th November and 1st December. Our Head of Creative Relations, Sergio Cattivelli, will be discussing crucial marketing techniques to ensure creatives get the right visibility and self-promotion using the tools that the web has to offer.

For more information visit Creative ProShow's website. 

Sicily Productions is a full service photo and film production company based in Sicily and Sardinia. As a premier production service, the company delivers nothing but first-rate services within agreed timelines at the most reasonable costs.  

Over the last 17 years, Sicily Productions has worked with some of the fashion world’s top brands and most talented photographers and directors. Italy is their back yard and they lead a team of dedicated professionals whose goal is to provide personalised and hassle-free production, while ensuring that all needs of the clients are met.  

They welcome both small and large-scale productions.  

Clients include Nanushka, Chloe, Justin Alexsander, Lillian West, Elle UK, High by Claire Campbell, H&M, Dolce & Gabbana, Beymen Club, Gioseppo, Airbnb, Morris Stockholm, Bloomingdales, DAKS London, Marks & Spencer, Panasonic, Faraz Manan, MarieClaire, Cosmopolitan, Elle Russia, Matches Fashion, Sabyasachi India, Otto Group, Next Directory, Chico’s New York, Look Magazine, Ferrari Magazine, Sheego, MAX Dubai, ShopDirect, Adidas, Fornarina, Pirelli, Fabulous Magazine, Poetry, Chlosio Hong Kong, Interfashion, Bonaparte DK, WJAccessories Brazil, Kingfisher and many more.  

The company is looking forward to another great season packed with exciting new locations. Quotes can be handled within 24 hours. For more information visit the website or call +39 347 688 1606.

Andrea Turri is a highly creative and dedicated DoP with an excellent record in commercials, corporate and industrial commercial video productions, TV and independent film production. Clients include Barilla, Mitsubishi, Campari, Ferrero, Ferrari Spumante and Honda.

Andrea's passion for nature and wildlife has allowed him to focus on documentaries which have taken him to more than 50 countries.

Awards and prizes include:

• 'Best Documentary Cinematography' for a piece citing the travesty of infibulation in Mali (2001).
• 'Alessi, Daily Stories' directed by Anna Pitscheider, won the award for 'Best Corporate' (2005).
• The movie 'Sidetracked', directed by Francesco Bori, won the Grand Jury Prize (2015) in the Van Gogh Awards.
• 'Ferrero' won the prize for 'Best Italian Corporate Video' (2016) in the Media Key Awards.

Andrea splits his professional time between Italy, Singapore and Los Angeles and also teaches cinematography in Milan.

Nonsololoft is a scouting location company based in Milan, working for over 10 years on locating new spaces for photo shoots, video productions, runways, showrooms, business and private events, press days, Design and Fashion Weeks.

"At Nonsololoft, the location is essential and crucial for the success of the event. What makes us competitive is our ability to discover peculiar and unique locations. Our portfolio, always up-to-date, includes more than 250 locations in Milan, Italy, France, Spain and throughout Europe.

Our location managers offer a complete consultancy, from the selection of the location (available on our website) to specific research aimed at finding the most suitable solution to meet the needs of the client."

Clients include RAI, Freemantle, Google, YouTube, Vitra, Wallpaper, Fay, Delonghi, Heineken, Nintendo, Delta Light, Oysho, Netflix, Red Bull, Huawei, Gucci, Moncler, Diesel, Bikkembergs, Byblos, Ferretti, Airbnb, Di Saronno, Iceberg, Panasonic, Discovery, Disney, L'Oréal, La Perla, LVMH, Dior, Sephora, BMW Mini, La Prairie, Elle Decor, Renault, Emilio Pucci, Samsung, Logitech, Bulgari, Mattel, Mediaset, Moleskine Spa, Stabilo, Chicco, Garnier, Nike and many others.