Davide Arcuri is a freelance journalist and filmmaker based in
Milan.Emergency and crisis contexts, social issues and investigations are the focus of his work.
In 2019 he covered the
illegal immigration in
Côte d'Ivoire.In 2020 he reported from the
Lombardy region on
Covid-19 pandemic.
He was awarded the 2021
Guido Vergani journalistic prize as "reporter of the year" together with his colleague
Sacha Biazzo for his work
"I nuovi senzatetto". In 2021
Davide Arcuri followed
the economic crisis in
Lebanon and in late 2021 he was contributor for
"Lobby Nera" investigation about the
far right lobby in Milan and
"I superdiffusori" investigative series about
Italian anti-vax movement. In 2022, when the
war in Ukraine started, he reported from the main frontlines of the conflict.
After that he covered the political crisis in
Sri Lanka and in late 2022 he produced a
short movie about women empowerment and education in
South Sudan. He was one of DOPs of the
investigative movie "I Fuorilegge" about
mafia infiltration in the politics of the Roman coast together with the investigative journalist
Alberto Nerazzini.
He is currently producing a
docufilm about Ukraine war together with his colleagues
Salvatore Garzillo and
Gabriele Micalizzi.
Davide Arcuri's works have been published and broadcast by
RAI, Mediaset, La7, RSI, SBS Korea, Fanpage, Il Messaggero and
La Stampa. He also worked with the NGOs
AVSI and
Médecins Sans Frontières.