Valentina Galdi was born in Battipaglia (SA) on 17th, January 1995. She attended the Commercial Technical Institute and completed her studies with top marks. She graduated in Economics and Business Management and then he achivied a 1st Level Master Degree in Marketing Management dealing with the topic of "Cinematographic Marketing" in both final papers.
She took her first steps in Arts in 2015/2016 with the foundation of an independent film production company called "The Gladiator Company".
In the meantime she achievied different courses:
- in scriptwriting with Dominick Tambasco;
- in assistant directing with Gianluca Fabrizio;
- a theatre workshop with Matteo Salsano and Chiara De Vita;
- in techniques of audiovisual representation with Alessandro De Filippo.
She wrore also a screenplay for a professional awarded short film in Italy ("Usura", 2019) and of a theatrical monologue for At The Root Theatre in Scotland ("Superheroes", 2020).
Her last written and directed short film called "Memorie Sbiadite" (Faded Memories) won many awards at festivals around the world, also collecting awards for directing.
In December 2021 she won the "Il Vince" Award at the 9th Edition of Premio Vincenzo Crocitti International in Rome as newcomer scriptwriter and director.