Charlotte Fantelli is a British entrepreneur and filmmaker.[1]
Entrepreneurship and awards
editFantelli founded Uncovered in 2010, a bimonthly magazine on mental health and wellbeing, using seed capital from entrepreneur Simon Dolan.[2] This led to her being shortlisted for the 2011 Women of the Future Awards in the Entrepreneur category.[3][4] The print magazine ceased publication in April 2011 after four issues.[5][6]
Fantelli was among the winners of the Women's Aid charity's 2012 Empowering Women Awards for her work with domestic violence and mental health.[7][8]
Charlotte now runs production company Branded Studios, which specialises in male skewing documentary films.[9][10]
Film
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In 2014 Fantelli's first feature film Journey to Le Mans was released,[11][12][13][14][15] The film tells the story of British team Jota Sport's bid for success in its class in the Le Mans 24-hour race. It was first broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom and premiered at London’s Leicester Square before screening at cinemas across the UK.[16] The documentary is narrated by Patrick Stewart.[17] Journey to Le Mans was Fantelli's first production and she had to teach herself film-making as well as raise the funds required to finance it.
Charlotte was Associate Producer of Le Mans feature film Gentleman Driver, released in 2019 on Netflix.[18]
In June 2020 Charlotte was credited as Co-Executive Producer of Becoming Rocky (international title 40 Years of Rocky) released by her company Branded Studios[19] the official documentary on the creation of Rocky, narrated by Sylvester Stallone.[20] She is also credited as Co-Executive Producer on the 2021 documentary Stallone, Frank That Is on Frank Stallone, Sylvester's younger brother. [21]
Fantelli produced and directed Another Way, a documentary about the effect COVID-19 has had on the arts[22] and directed Access All Areas, a 2022 film about disabled rights activist Simon Samsone.[23]
In 2022 Fantelli Directed and Produced Hunt Vs Lauda; The Next Generation starring Freddie Hunt and Mathias Lauda, sons of Niki Lauda and James Hunt.[24][25][26] She is now attached to Car and Country series 2, to be released by Branded Studios in 2023 airing on Amazon Prime.[27][28]
Publications
editFantelli has had articles published on topics such as psychopathy, criminology, psychology, relationships and sexuality on her own and other websites. Her writing on abortion was published as part of the national education curriculum in the United Kingdom.[29]
In March 2023 she was featured in a ten page spread in FHM Magazine and appeared on the cover of FHM Sweden.[30][31]
Personal
editFantelli was born on 31 January 1984, in Stroud, Gloucestershire in the United Kingdom.[32]
References
edit- ^ "How I blagged my way into filmmaking - and you could, too". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "The Business : This is a news story". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Women of the Future Awards Winners & shortlist 2011". Women of the Future Awards. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Britain's Women of the Future are being celebrated tonight - Real Business". 16 November 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Charlotte Fantelli". Mental Healthy. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Back Issues". Mental Healthy. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Empowering Women Awards 2012". Women's Aid. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "'I have found being in business and being a woman incredible'". The Breaker - MA Multimedia Journalism students at Bournemouth University. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Christchurch company to release new Rocky documentary to worldwide audience". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ Magazine, FABUK (21 November 2021). "Meet The Woman Behind The Next Generation of Male Action Stars". Fabuk Magazine. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ Jackson, Rebecca (12 November 2014). "Journey to Le Mans review". The Telegraph.
- ^ Pulver, Andrew (6 November 2014). "Journey to Le Mans review – workmanlike motorsport documentary". Retrieved 4 October 2016 – via The Guardian.
- ^ "Journey to Le Mans", Close-up Film, by Daniel Woburn
- ^ "Journey to Le Mans". Sportscar Racing News. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Mum's film dream ends in success ahead of London premiere". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Journey to Le Mans: the film director who raised £400,000 to follow her dream set for premiere". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Sir Patrick Stewart narrates film by former Stroud High pupil". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ Copper, Tommy (27 February 2019). "The Gentleman Driver Now Available Worldwide on NETFLIX". Medium. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ Newswire, PR (6 June 2020). "Sylvester Stallone's Rocky Documentary Secures Worldwide Release as 'Becoming Rocky'". Retrieved 5 June 2020 – via PR Newswire.
- ^ Studios, Branded (6 June 2020). "Narrator Sylvester Stallone Best Revelations 40 Years of Rocky". Retrieved 6 June 2020 – via Branded Studios.
- ^ Soon, Coming (2 December 2020). "Exclusive Stallone Frank That Is Trailer". Retrieved 2 December 2020 – via Coming Soon.
- ^ "Another Way". 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020 – via IMdB.
- ^ Felperin, Leslie (20 November 2022). "Access All Areas review – brave family's quest to change attitudes to disability". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ Fantelli, Charlotte (25 October 2022), Hunt Vs Lauda; The Next Generation (Documentary), Branded Studios, retrieved 18 March 2023
- ^ "Hunt vs Lauda: The Next Generation - Kaleidoscope Film Distribution". Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ Lucas, Darren (5 December 2022). "Hunt vs Lauda: The Next Generation (2022) Movie Review". Movie Reviews 101. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Europe's popular adventure travel show 'Car and Country' comes to Kerala". OnManorama. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Popular travel show 'Car and Country' to be shot in Kerala". Explore the World with Adequate Travel - Your One-Stop Destination for Travel Planning-adequatetravel.com. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "The abortion debate". Independence Educational Publishers. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Doing it Better!". FHM Sweden. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "FHM Magazine Sweden on Instagram: ""I have always been a dreamer, but equally someone who does anything and everything it takes to make those dreams come true. "- March cover @cfantelli Photography | @andyhornbyportraits River shoot | @libertyphotographyuk Gym Shoot | @dysonphoto . . . #FHM#itsaguything #magazine #newissue #travel #travel #model #"". Instagram. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "I hope you dance - Mental Healthy". Retrieved 4 October 2016.