Gianfranco
Rosi was born in 1963 in Asmara, then Ethiopian–occupied Eritrea. His Italian
father worked there as foreign section manager for a bank owned by the IRI.
Because of the threat posed by the ongoing Eritrean War of Independence, his
parents brought him back in Italy when he was 11. He grew up in Italy and
Turkey. At age 19, Rosi dropped out from University of Pisa, where he was
studying medicine, to attend the New York University Film School. He stayed in
the United States, eventually gaining dual citizenship.
His 2013 film
Sacro GRA won the Golden Lion at the 70th Venice Film Festival, while his 2016
film Fire at Sea won the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin Film Festival. Rosi is
the only documentary filmmaker to win two highest awards at the three major
European film festivals (Venice, Berlin, and Cannes) and is the only director
besides Michael Haneke, Ang Lee, Ken Loach, and Jafar Panahi to do so in the
21st century.
He was also
nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Fire at Sea.
Films :
Fire at Sea
Produced by : Gianfranco Rosi,
Paolo Del Brocco, Donatella Palermo
Written by : Gianfranco Rosi
Music by : Stefano Grosso
Cinematography : Gianfranco
Rosi
Edited by : Jacopo Quadri
Distributed by : 01
Distribution
Release date : 13 February
2016
Running time : 108 minutes
Country : Italy
Language : Italian
Sacro GRA
Written by : Gianfranco Rosi
Cinematography : Gianfranco
Rosi
Edited by : Jacopo Quadri
Release date : 4 September
2013
Running time : 90 minutes
Country : Italy
Language : Italian
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