Francesca Comencini
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing20
movieThe Time It Takes
2024
Director
tvDjango
2023
Director
tvLuna Nera
2020
Director
tvGomorrah
2014
Director
movieA Special Day
2012
Director
movieThe White Space
2009
Director
In fabbrica
2007
Director
movieOur Country
2006
Director
movieVisions of Europe
2004
Director
movieCarlo Giuliani, a Boy
2002
Director
movieThe Words of My Father
2001
Director
movieShakespeare a Palermo
1997
Director
movieMiracle of Marcellino
1991
Assistant Director
movieAnnabelle partagée
1991
Director
movieLa lumière du lac
1988
Director
moviePianoforte
1985
Director
Writing14
movieStories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World
2017
Novel, Screenplay
movieA Special Day
2012
Writer
movieThe White Space
2009
Writer
movieOur Country
2006
Story, Writer
movieThe Words of My Father
2001
Screenplay
movieShakespeare a Palermo
1997
Screenplay
movieAnnabelle partagée
1991
Screenplay
movieA Boy from Calabria
1987
Screenplay
moviePianoforte
1985
Writer
Acting7
movieWomen Directors
2014
Francesca Comencini
moviePilgrimage to Agen
1988
Herself
movieThe French as Seen by…
1988
Self (Segment "Pèlerinage à Agen")
Crew1
movieShakespeare a Palermo
1997
Cinematography