Director
Francesca Comencini was born in Rome, Italy in 1961. She lives in Rome with three sons and a granddaughter. As a director and screenwriter, some of her most important works are :
● Pianoforte (1984)
● La luce del lago (La lumière du lac) (1988)
● Annabelle partagée (1991)
● Elsa Morante (1997) (documentary on Elsa Morante)
● Shakespeare a Palermo (1997) (Documentary about the theatrical works of Carlo Cecci)
● The Words of My Father (2001)
● Another World is Possible (2001) (collective documentary)
● Carlo Giuliani, a boy (2002) (documentary)
● I Like to Work (Mobbing) (2004)
● Our Country (2006)
● In the Factory (2007) (documentary TV)
● L’Aquila 2009 – Cinque registi tra le macerie (2009) (collective documentary)
● The White Space (2009)
● A Special Day (2012)
● Gomorrah – The Series (4 seasons, since 2014) (Serie TV)
● Stories of Love that Cannot Belong to This World (2017)
● Black Moon (Netflix Series) in post-production stages
She also leads the dramaturgy and direction of theater play “Tante facce nella memoria”, ( by Alessandro Portelli) which is based on spoken testimonies of the Ardeatine Caves massacre.
MIA | Drama Speakers 2019