About the Author

Born in Rome, Italy, Sclavi grew up in the US. He moved to the UK where he completed his Masters at Cambridge University. He then moved to London where during the day he wrote articles for various banking and industry trade magazines, while in the evenings he mixed drinks in a bar in Brixton. After work, with his 35mm camera on his shoulder, he would wander the streets where he lived and try to tell the stories of that grubby neighbourhood. In 2000 Sclavi set up his first production company with a brilliant drug addict comedian - Russell Brand.Sclavi speaks and writes in English, Italian and German. He regularly travels to LA, New York, London, Rome, Munich and Berlin. No longer able to read, Sclavi makes up fairy tales to accompany his young son Miro to his dreams.

Reviews

'The Finch in my Brain is a memoir of startling originality, entirely devoid of self-pity. It's a love story, a meditation on mortality and a humorous rumination about adventures in the film world'
*Penny Woolcock*