Cristina Comencini (; born 8 May 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist.
Biography
She is one of four daughters of Italian film director
Luigi Comencini
Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007) was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola, and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the "commedia all'italiana" genre.
His daughters Cristina Comencin ...
. She attended with her sisters the
Lycée français Chateaubriand (Rome).
Cristina Comencini's 2005 film ''
The Beast in the Heart'', based on her own novel ''La bestia nel cuore'', was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Her upcoming film ''
When the Night'', also based on her own novel and published in the United States by
Other Press, is scheduled to compete in competition at the
68th Venice International Film Festival in September.
She is mother of former
Minister of Economic Development,
Carlo Calenda.
Filmography
* 1989: ''Zoo''
* 1993: ''La fine è nota''
* 1996: ''
Va' dove ti porta il cuore''
* 1998: ''
Matrimoni''
* 2000: ''
Liberate i pesci!''
* 2002: ''
The Best Day of My Life'' (''Il più bel giorno della mia vita'')
* 2005: ''
La mia mano destra''
* 2005: ''
The Beast in the Heart'' (''La bestia nel cuore'')
* 2008: ''
Black and White''
* 2009: ''Due partite''
* 2011: ''
When the Night'' (''Quando la notte'')
* 2015: ''
Latin Lover''
* 2016: ''Something new''
* 2018: ''Sex Story''
* 2019: ''To Return''
* 2024: ''
The Children's Train''
Books in translation
* 1994: ''The Missing Pages''
* 2012: ''
When the Night'', published by
Other Press
References
External links
*
Official Website(Italian)
Speciale Cristina Comencinisu Locanda Almayer
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1956 births
Living people
Italian women film directors
Italian screenwriters
20th-century Italian novelists
21st-century Italian novelists
Italian women novelists
Writers from Rome
Film directors from Rome
21st-century Italian women writers
20th-century Italian women writers