Roberto Faenza

Directing

Born: 1943-02-21
From: Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2

Biography

Roberto Faenza (born 21 February 1943 in Turin) is an Italian film director. He received a degree in Political Science and a diploma at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Faenza made his directing debut in 1968 with the international success, Escalation, a film that describes the different sides of power through the relationship between a middle-class father and his hippie son. Immediately after that he directed H2S, an angry apology of the 1968 movement, seized two days after its release and not distributed since. Upon this sequestration he travelled to the United States to teach at the Federal City College of Washington DC.

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Awards & Nominations3 won · 7 nominated

Nominated

David Giovani Award

I Vicerè

2008
🏆 Won

David Giovani Award

Come Into the Light

2005
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Director

Come Into the Light

2005
Nominated

David Giovani Award

Come Into the Light

2005
Nominated

David di Donatello for Best Film

Marianna Ucrìa

1997
Nominated

David di Donatello for Best Director

Marianna Ucrìa

1997
🏆 Won

David di Donatello for Best Director

Jonah Who Lived in the Whale

1993
Nominated

David di Donatello for Best Director

Jonah Who Lived in the Whale

1993
Nominated

David di Donatello for Best Film

Jonah Who Lived in the Whale

1993
🏆 Won

Grolla d'oro for Best New Director

Escalation

1968

Acting3 titles

Directing25 titles

Writing22 titles