

Francesca Comencini
Director · Actor · WriterBorn 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.
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FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR6
DIRECTOR17
- La diaspora delle Vele
La diaspora delle Vele
2025
Director

The Time It Takes
2024
Director

Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World
2017
Director

A Special Day
2012
Director

The White Space
2009
Director

L'Aquila 2009: Five Directors in the Rubble
2009
Director
- In fabbrica
In fabbrica
2007
Director

Our Country
2006
Director

Visions of Europe
2004
Director

I Like to Work – Mobbing
2004
Director

Carlo Giuliani, a Boy
2002
Director

The Words of My Father
2001
Director

Shakespeare a Palermo
1997
Director

Annabelle partagée
1991
Director

Miracle of Marcellino
1991
Assistant Director

La lumière du lac
1988
Director

Pianoforte
1985
Director
WRITER14

The Time It Takes
2024
Writer

Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World
2017
Screenplay, Novel

A Special Day
2012
Writer

The White Space
2009
Writer
- In fabbrica
In fabbrica
2007
Writer

Our Country
2006
Story, Writer

I Like to Work – Mobbing
2004
Writer

Carlo Giuliani, a Boy
2002
Writer

The Words of My Father
2001
Screenplay

Shakespeare a Palermo
1997
Screenplay

Annabelle partagée
1991
Screenplay

La lumière du lac
1988
Writer

A Boy from Calabria
1987
Screenplay

Pianoforte
1985
Writer











