Varushka Franceschi 

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Producer  Actress  screeenwriter and Filmmaker

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Varushka is a filmmaker based out of New York. The founder of Shapeshift Dream Productions she is the daughter of an American foreign service officer and grew up all over the world. As a child Varushka was fascinated by the arts and her artistic temperament was nurtured by her Italian painter mother who was a direct descendant of the Renaissance painter Piero Della Francesca. 
After studying in Paris at the international theater school L’Ecole Jacques Lecoq, and the American University in Paris, Varushka went on to study and work in London as a model and actress. She worked extensively in theater in London and on British TV, including an Agatha Christie series produced by the BBC. Varushka became captivated by the work of producers, and began her career in production working in Europe with such artists as Krzysztof Zanussi and Ben Gazzara.

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