EMMY AWARD NOMINATED FRANCESCO CARROZZINI HAS DIRECTED A WIDE RANGE OF FEATURE PROJECTS, AS WELL AS COMMERCIALS FOR CLIENTS SUCH AS APPLE AND MUSIC VIDEOS FOR ARTISTS JAY-Z, LENNY KRAVITZ AND BEYONCE’ AMONGST OTHERS.
FRANCESCO’S FEATURE DOCUMENTARY “FRANCA: CHAOS AND CREATION”, AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF HIS LATE MOTHER, WENT ON TO PLAY IN OVER 30 FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD AND PREMIERED ON NETFLIX IN OCTOBER 2017.
HIS FEATURE FILM DEBUT, “THE HANGING SUN”, AN ADAPTATION OF JO NESBO’S NOVEL “MIDNIGHT SUN”, WAS CHOSEN TO BE THE CLOSING FILM AT THE 79TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL IN 2022. THE MOVIE STARS CHARLES DANCE, PETER MULLAN, JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY AND ALESSANDRO BORGHI.
FRANCESCO RECENTLY DIRECTED EPISODES OF THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES “SUPERSEX” BASED ON THE LIFE OF THE ICONIC PORN STAR ROCCO SIFFREDI. THE SHOW MADE ITS WORLD PREMIERE AT THE 74TH INTERNATIONAL BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL IN FEBRUARY 2024.
FRANCESCO IS ALSO KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY FOR HIS PHOTOGRAPHS. HIS PORTRAITS APPEARED ON THE COVERS AND PAGES OF VANITY FAIR, L’UOMO VOGUE, THE NEW YORKER, W MAGAZINE AND ROLLING STONE. HE HAS PHOTOGRAPHED CELEBRITIES ROBERT DE NIRO, LADY GAGA, KANYE WEST, KEITH RICHARDS, JEFF KOONS TO NAME A FEW.
FILMOGRAPHY
“SUPERSEX”, NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES, 74TH BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL, 2024
“THE HANGING SUN”, FEATURE FILM, 79TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL, OFFICIAL SELECTION, 2022
“FRANCA: CHAOS AND CREATION”, FEATURE DOCUMENTARY, 73RD VENICE FILM FESTIVAL, OFFICIAL SELECTION, 2016
“1937”, SHORT FILM, 65TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL, SHORT FILM COMPETITION, 2008
VIDEOGRAPHY
YEBBA: “BOOMERANG”, 2021
JAY-Z: “MANYFACEDGOD”, 2017
MARILYN MANSON: “THE MEPHISTOPHELES OF LOS ANGELES”, 2015
NICKI MINAJ: “I LIED”, 2014
DAMIAN MARLEY: “IS IT WORTH IT?”, 2014
LENNY KRAVITZ: “NEW YORK CITY”, 2014
LANA DEL REY: “ULTRAVIOLENCE”, 2014
BEYONCÉ: “JEALOUS”, 2013
A$AP ROCKY: “PHOENIX”, 2013