Ester Sparatore graduated in 2001 from the Abadir Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo, with a thesis on the history of the documentary. From 1999 to 2006 she worked with the production company C.L.C.T. Broadcasting, curating the directing and editing of documentaries and shorts. In the same period she created video installations and works of video art, taking part in numerous exhibitions in Italy. From 2007 she collaborated on the directing and photography of documentaries with the director Stefano Savona and the screenwriter Alessia Porto, including: Palazzo delle Aquile (2011). From 2010 she did interviews for the magazine of the Sky channel, Babel tv. From 2012 she worked on directing documentaries for Italian and French productions, In 2014 she wrote and directed with Letizia Gullo Mare magnum. Celles qui restent was presented at the Compétition Internationale Longs Métrages at Visions du Réel and won the first prize as the best Italian film at the Biografilm Festival 2019.