November 30, 1963 · 62 years old
Gianfranco Rosi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaɱˈfraŋko ˈrɔːzi]; born 30 November 1963) is an Italian-American documentary filmmaker. 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…

Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.

Gianfranco Rosi's new documentary is an immersive portrait of those trying to survive in the war-torn Middle East.

During a five year period an Italian filmmaker documents the world of down-on-their-luck individuals who live in a Californian desert trying to get by one day at a time. None of them has more than a vehicle, a dog and some clothes.

Renato Nicolini is sitting in a mini-van traveling along the Grande Raccordo Annular. The traffic flows behind him, incessantly, like thoughts and considerations that have suddenly been triggered in a logic of free association. Hi...