Daniela Recchia studied cinema at the Scuola Holden and Fandango. She perfected her art in workshops conducted by filmmakers of international renown such as Manoel de Oliveira, Vittorio Storaro and Abbas Kiarostami, with whom she made the short film La trappola (2005). With Alessandro Piva she co-directed the documentary Perotti Point (2006), which describes the demolition of Punta Perotti in Bari.
