Federico Cambria is a director, photographer, author and founded Iclic, a creative collective developing audiovisual, photographic, and cultural content for national and international brands.

He graduated in Literature, studied music at the Ateneo della Chitarra, and trained in directing at the Civica Scuola di Cinema in Milan.

His work moves between cinema, photography, performance, and visual storytelling, combining narrative experimentation with a strong background in filmmaking and post-production.

Over the years, he has worked as assistant director, editor, videomaker, photographer, and performer, collaborating with figures such as Giorgio Serafini, Pierpaolo Ferrari, and Antonio Sixty.

Alongside his authorial projects, he has directed several audiovisual and photographic campaigns for brands including Sky, Juventus, Marvel, Maserati, P&G, Save the Duck, Pantene, FCA, and Citroën, working across Italy, China, and Poland with talents such as Marco D’Amore, Chiara Ferragni, Federica Pellegrini, Vanessa Incontrada, Vittorio Sgarbi and more.

In theatre, he wrote and directed four cross-media productions in Milan, while in cinema and documentary filmmaking he directed, with Artisti7607, a short documentary about legendary acting coach Michael Margotta. He received the Highlighting recognition at the BJCEM – Skopje Biennale as an Italian director for his theatre production Slavedrome.

His advertising work received recognition at major international awards, including six Cannes Lions, Clio Awards, ADC*E, Epica Awards, and Clio Health.

More recently, he wrote and published his first novel, I 46 mali, and is currently developing the sacred art photography book Sacred Daily with Dario Cimorelli Editore. Together with screenwriter Stefano Di Santi, he also co-created the comedy project Sante Capizzi – the Agent of the Stars, currently in development as a miniseries.