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Francesca Comencini

Italian film director and screenwriter · Italy · On the map · Directors · Born 1961 · age 65

Francesca Comencini is an Italian film director and screenwriter. She attended the Lycée français Chateaubriand school with her sisters. She has directed 14 films since 1984. Her film The Words of My Father was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.

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2025La diaspora delle VeleFilm, Director2024The Time It TakesFilm, Director, Writer2023DjangoSeries, Director2020Luna NeraSeries, Director2017Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This WorldFilm, Director, Writer2014GomorrahSeries, DirectorWomen DirectorsFilm, 2014Francesca Comencini2012A Special DayFilm, Director, Writer2007In fabbricaFilm, Director, Writer2006Our CountryFilm, Director, Writer2005Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAwardLe CercleSeries, 20052004I Like to Work - MobbingFilm, Director, Writer2002Carlo Giuliani, a BoyFilm, Director, Writer2000Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women's CinemaFilm1997Shakespeare a PalermoFilm, Director, Writer1991Annabelle partagéeFilm, Director, Writer1987A Boy from CalabriaFilm, Writer1985PianoforteFilm, Director, Writer1961Born19 August 1961

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Filmography 23

45 credits on file

Television 4

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Awards

Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic2005
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

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In 2012, her film A Special Day was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. She was married to French producer Daniel Toscan du Plantier.

Country
Italy
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1961 · age 65