Cast & creator
Francesca Comencini
Best known for Gomorrah, Le Cercle, Django
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.
41
film credits
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television credits
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1985–2025 · acting roles
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average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (45)
Showing 45 of 45 credits
Gomorrah
Director
2014
Le Cercle
2005
Django
Director
2023
Luna Nera
Director
2020
The French as Seen by…
Self (Segment "Pèlerinage à Agen")
1988
Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World
Director
2017Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World
Novel
2017Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World
Screenplay
2017
Visions of Europe
Director
2004
Miracle of Marcellino
Assistant Director
1991
What Do You Know About Me
Self
2009
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Self
2021
The Words of My Father
Director
2001The Words of My Father
Screenplay
2001
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
Self
2000
A Boy from Calabria
Screenplay
1987
The Time It Takes
Director
2024The Time It Takes
Writer
2024
La lumière du lac
Writer
1988La lumière du lac
Director
1988
Pianoforte
Director
1985Pianoforte
Writer
1985
Shakespeare a Palermo
Director
1997Shakespeare a Palermo
Screenplay
1997Shakespeare a Palermo
Cinematography
1997Shakespeare a Palermo
Sound
1997
I Like to Work – Mobbing
Director
2004I Like to Work – Mobbing
Writer
2004
The White Space
Director
2009The White Space
Writer
2009
L'Aquila 2009: Five Directors in the Rubble
Director
2009
Annabelle partagée
Director
1991Annabelle partagée
Screenplay
1991La diaspora delle Vele
Director
2025
Our Country
Director
2006Our Country
Story
2006Our Country
Writer
2006
Women Directors
Francesca Comencini
2014
A Special Day
Director
2012A Special Day
Writer
2012
Carlo Giuliani, a Boy
Director
2002Carlo Giuliani, a Boy
Writer
2002
Pilgrimage to Agen
Herself
1988In fabbrica
Director
2007In fabbrica
Writer
2007