BORN IN ITALY IN 1982, FRANCESCO CARROZZINI GREW UP IN MILAN AND HAS BEEN BASED IN NEW YORK SINCE 2004.
HIS CAREER SPANS FEATURE FILMS, GLOBAL CAMPAIGNS, AND MUSIC VIDEOS FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS LENNY KRAVITZ AND BEYONCÉ, AS WELL AS COLLABORATIONS WITH BRANDS LIKE APPLE. ACROSS FORMATS, HIS WORK IS DEFINED BY A STRONG VISUAL SENSIBILITY AND A FOCUS ON THE EMOTIONAL CORE OF HIS CHARACTERS.
THIS APPROACH TOOK A DEEPLY PERSONAL TURN WITH HIS FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FRANCA: CHAOS AND CREATION, AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF HIS LATE MOTHER, WHICH PREMIERED ON NETFLIX. HE LATER EXPANDED INTO NARRATIVE FILMMAKING WITH THE HANGING SUN, AN ADAPTATION OF JO NESBØ’S NOVEL MIDNIGHT SUN, SELECTED AS THE CLOSING FILM OF THE 79TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL AND STARRING CHARLES DANCE AND PETER MULLAN. CONTINUING TO MOVE BETWEEN PERSONAL STORIES AND CULTURAL ICONS, HE DIRECTED THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES SUPERSEX IN 2023, INSPIRED BY THE LIFE OF ROCCO SIFFREDI, WHICH PREMIERED AT THE 74TH BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
IN 2026, FRANCESCO WRAPPED PRODUCTION ON HIS LATEST FEATURE, BLAME IT ON ROME, PRODUCED BY AMAZON MGM STUDIOS.
ALONGSIDE HIS WORK IN FILM, CARROZZINI HAS ESTABLISHED AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION AS A PHOTOGRAPHER. HIS PORTRAITS HAVE APPEARED IN PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS VANITY FAIR, L’UOMO VOGUE, THE NEW YORKER, W MAGAZINE, AND ROLLING STONE, CAPTURING FIGURES INCLUDING ROBERT DE NIRO, LADY GAGA, KANYE WEST, AND KEITH RICHARDS.
FILMOGRAPHY
“BLAME IT ON ROME”, AMAZON MGM STUDIOS, 2026
“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
SELECTED MUSIC VIDEOS
JAY-Z: “MANYFACEDGOD”, 2017
TRAVIS SCOTT: “ANTIDOTE”, 2015
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