Gianfranco Rosi (director)
Gianfranco Rosi is an Italian director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter. His film Sacro GRA won Golden Lion at 70th Venice International Film Festival. Sacro GRA is the first documentary film to win Golden lion in history of the Venice film festival and the first Italian film to win in fifteen years, after Gianni Amelio's The Way We Laughed in 1998. His 2016 film Fire at Sea won the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
Life and career
Rosi was born in 1964 in Asmara, Eritrea; during the Eritrean War of Independence, at just 13 years old, he was carried to safety in Italy in a military plane, leaving his parents in Eritrea.[2] After living as a youth at Rome and Istanbul, at 20 Rosi moved to New York to attend the New York University Film School.[2]
He made his film debut with Boatman, which was screened at various international film festivals, including Sundance Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. His film Below Sea Level won the Orizzonti Doc Award at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.[3]
At the 70th Venice International Film Festival his film Sacro GRA won the Golden Lion award.[4]
Filmography
- 1993 - Boatman[5]
- 2001 - Afterwords[6]
- 2008 - Below Sea Level[7]
- 2010 - El Sicario, Room 164
- 2013 - Sacro GRA
- 2016 - Fire at Sea
References
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External links
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