Francesca Comencini
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 19, 1961
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- Il ritorno
Il ritorno 2026
Director
- La diaspora delle Vele
La diaspora delle Vele 2025
Director
The Time It Takes 2024
Director, Writer
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita 2021
as Self
Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World 2017
Director, Novel, Screenplay
Women Directors 2014
as Francesca Comencini
A Special Day 2012
Director, Writer
What Do You Know About Me 2009
as Self
The White Space 2009
Director, Writer
L'Aquila 2009: Five Directors in the Rubble 2009
Director
- In fabbrica
In fabbrica 2007
Director, Writer
Our Country 2006
Director, Story, Writer
Visions of Europe 2004
Director
I Like to Work – Mobbing 2004
Director, Writer
Carlo Giuliani, a Boy 2002
Director, Writer
The Words of My Father 2001
Director, Screenplay
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema 2000
as Self
Shakespeare a Palermo 1997
Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound
Miracle of Marcellino 1991
Assistant Director
Annabelle partagée 1991
Director, Screenplay
La lumière du lac 1988
Writer, Director
The French as Seen by… 1988
as Self (Segment "Pèlerinage à Agen")
Pilgrimage to Agen 1988
as Herself
A Boy from Calabria 1987
Screenplay
Pianoforte 1985
Writer, Director
Credits from TMDB.