Francesca Comencini

Director

Born: August 19, 1961 (age 64)
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…

Filmography (22)

La diaspora delle Vele
La diaspora delle Vele (2025)
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The Time It Takes (2024)
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Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita (2021)
Self
Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World (2017)
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Women Directors (2014)
Francesca Comencini
A Special Day (2012)
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What Do You Know About Me (2009)
Self
The White Space (2009)
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L'Aquila 2009: Five Directors in the Rubble (2009)
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In fabbrica
In fabbrica (2007)
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Our Country (2006)
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Visions of Europe (2004)
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I Like to Work – Mobbing (2004)
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Carlo Giuliani, a Boy (2002)
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The Words of My Father (2001)
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Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema (2000)
Self
Shakespeare a Palermo (1997)
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Annabelle partagée (1991)
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La lumière du lac (1988)
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Pilgrimage to Agen (1988)
Herself
The French as Seen by… (1988)
Self (Segment "Pèlerinage à Agen")
Pianoforte (1985)
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