Ezio Costanzo, a professional journalist, historian and documentary filmmaker, is the author of several books on the Anglo-American occupation of Sicily in 1943 and creator and curator of international photographic exhibitions on the themes of the Second World War and the history of photography.
Among the exhibitions, "Phil Stern. Sicily 1943" dedicated to the great American photographer, and "Children and war", which dealt with the dramas of childhood on the various fronts of the Second World War. He was part of the scientific committee for the creation of the Historical Museum of the Landing in Sicily 1943 of Catania with the assignment of researcher of the photographic material and filmed in the most important archives of the whole world and as author and director of the historical videos projected in the museum . He has published several essays on history, including: "La guerra in Sicilia. 1943, photographic history"; "Sicily 1943 - Brief history of the Allied landing"; "Mafia & Allies - American secret services and landing in Sicily", winner of the "Rocco Chinnici" award in 2007, translated and published also in the United States; "Instant and history. Reportage and photographic documentation. From the origins to the Magnum". He wrote and directed the documentary films "Phil Stern, the war and the soul" and "Sicily 1943. The Allied landings". He is delegate for Italy of the "Phil Stern Trust" in Los Angeles for the care and preservation of Phil Stern's World War II photo archive and for promoting events concerning the great American photographer. He collaborates with Rai Storia and has participated in the making of "Storia proibita delle guerre Italiane (History Channel), "Correva l'anno" (Rai Tre), "The beginning of the end. The battle of Sicily" (Rai Storia Dixit), "Sicily ’43" by Folco Quilici (Istituto Luce).He currently teaches "History of reportage and photographic documentation" and "Fotoreportage" at the Catania Academy of Fine Arts. He writes for the cultural page of La Repubblica (Palermo edition) and collaborates with many history magazines.