- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 19, 1961
- Place of Birth
- Roma, Italy
Francesca Comencini
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 Screen…
Filmography
La diaspora delle Vele
movieLa diaspora delle Vele
2025 · Director
movieThe Time It Takes
2024 · Writer, Director
tvDjango
2023 · Director
movieCinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021 · Self
tvLuna Nera
2020 · Director
movieStories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World
2017 · Director, Screenplay, Novel
movieWomen Directors
2014 · Francesca Comencini
tvGomorrah
2014 · Director
movieA Special Day
2012 · Director, Writer
movieWhat Do You Know About Me
2009 · Self
movieThe White Space
2009 · Director, Writer
movieL'Aquila 2009: Five Directors in the Rubble
2009 · Director
In fabbrica
movieIn fabbrica
2007 · Writer, Director
movieOur Country
2006 · Director, Story, Writer
tvLe Cercle
2005
movieVisions of Europe
2004 · Director
movieI Like to Work – Mobbing
2004 · Director, Writer
movieCarlo Giuliani, a Boy
2002 · Director, Writer
movieThe Words of My Father
2001 · Director, Screenplay
movieFilming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
2000 · Self
movieShakespeare a Palermo
1997 · Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound
movieMiracle of Marcellino
1991 · Assistant Director
movieAnnabelle partagée
1991 · Director, Screenplay
movieLa lumière du lac
1988 · Writer, Director
moviePilgrimage to Agen
1988 · Herself
movieThe French as Seen by…
1988 · Self (Segment "Pèlerinage à Agen")
movieA Boy from Calabria
1987 · Screenplay
moviePianoforte
1985 · Writer, Director