Marco Leopardi was born in Rome on May 10th 1961. He graduated in Physical Education from the Aquila ISEF in 1984 and in 1993 he took a diploma in photography at the Rome European Design Institute. Since 1990 he has been working as a documentary-maker, taking charge of both direction and photography. He mainly collaborates with the RAI programmes Geo&Geo and Alle Falde del Kilimangiaro.