Born in Turin, Chiesa graduated in philosophy and letters with a thesis in cinema, then he moved in New York where he was the correspondent of several music magazines, but also the assistant of film directors such as Michael Cimino, Amos Poe and Jim Jarmusch, among others.
==Biografia==Nato nel 1959 a Torino e cresciuto a Cambiano, nel 1983, dopo aver terminato gli studi universitari, si trasferisce per dieci anni negli Stati Uniti, dove lavora per alcuni film di Jim Jarmusch, Amos Poe, Nicolas Roeg e Michael Cimino.