FILM DIRECTOR

Gianfranco Rosi

1963 - Today

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gianfranco Rosi is the 1,641st most popular film director (down from 1,464th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Eritrea and the most popular Eritrean Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gianfranco Rosi ranks 1,641 out of 2,041. Before him are Rick Rosenthal, Todd Solondz, Lisa Cholodenko, Sergey Mikaelyan, Hito Steyerl, and Felix van Groeningen. After him are Fernando León de Aranoa, Ari Aster, Shirley Clarke, Deran Sarafian, Christophe Barratier, and Olivier Dahan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Gianfranco Rosi ranks 575. Before him are Cláudia Ohana, Damon Galgut, Joe Dumars, John Cameron Mitchell, Danko Cvjetićanin, and Guy Chambers. After him are Mogens Krogh, Jean-Michel Henry, Christophe Barratier, Domingos Simões Pereira, Wei Wei, and Elizabeth Fraser.

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In Eritrea

Among people born in Eritrea, Gianfranco Rosi ranks 6 out of 13. Before him are Isaias Afwerki (1946), Tedros Adhanom (1965), Remo Girone (1948), Aman Andom (1924), and Zeudi Araya (1951). After him are Zersenay Tadese (1982), Daniel Teklehaimanot (1988), Biniam Girmay (2000), Tadesse Abraham (1982), Lázaro Martínez (null), and Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (1995).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Eritrea

Among film directors born in Eritrea, Gianfranco Rosi ranks 1. 

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