Mario Casella

Writing and mountaineering are the two great passions of Swiss journalist, filmmaker and mountain guide Mario Casella. For many years, he worked as a foreign affairs cameraman for radio and TV stations in Italian-speaking Switzerland. After working as a foreign correspondent in Washington DC (USA), he returned to Switzerland, where he spent his time writing, pursuing his own film projects and taking part in various expeditions. Several of his books have won awards, including Nero-bianco-nero, Il peso delle ombre and Oltre Dracula. Together with director Fulvio Mariani, he made internationally acclaimed films, for which the two were honoured with the Albert Mountain Award 2018. His work as a mountain guide has taken him to places such as Tibet, Kyrgyzstan, Alaska and the Peruvian Andes.