Francesca Comencini

Known for DirectingBorn 1961-08-19 (age 64)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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

Gomorrah

In fabbrica

La lumière du lac

Luna Nera

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

The Time It Takes

What Do You Know About Me

Carlo Giuliani, a Boy

The Words of My Father

The French as Seen by…

I Like to Work – Mobbing

A Boy from Calabria

Pianoforte

A Special Day

Miracle of Marcellino

The White Space

Django

Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World

Our Country

Visions of Europe

Annabelle partagée

La diaspora delle Vele

Women Directors

L'Aquila 2009: Five Directors in the Rubble

Le Cercle

Shakespeare a Palermo

Pilgrimage to Agen