Person
Francesca Comencini
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Aug 19, 1961
- From
- Roma, Italy
Born in Rome in 1961, she is a director and screenwriter who studied philosophy at La Sapienza University before interrupting her studies to move to Paris, where she lived for eighteen years and where her three children were born. Her debut film, Pianoforte (1984), won the De Sica Award at the Venice International Film Festival. Since then, she has worked tirelessly across documentary and fiction, tackling themes that continually question reality and its conflicts, including Carlo Giuliani, Boy (2002), I Like to Work (Mobbing) (2004), In fabbrica (2007), and The White Space (2009). In the following years, he directed several episodes of TV series such as Gomorrah and Django. In 2024, he released The Time It Takes, an autobiographical film dedicated to his father, Luigi Comencini, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and won the Nastri d’Argento awards for Best Film and Best Screenplay.
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The French as Seen by…
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
What Do You Know About Me
Women Directors
Pilgrimage to Agen
Le Cercle
Visions of Europe
I Like to Work – Mobbing
The White Space
Our Country
A Special Day
Carlo Giuliani, a Boy
Pianoforte
A Boy from Calabria
In fabbrica
Annabelle partagée
The Words of My Father