Francesca Archibugi

Francesca Archibugi is a filmmaker I'd happily champion. A Roman director and screenwriter, she arrived with a bang in 1989, sweeping Best New Director at both the David di Donatello and the Nastro d'Argento, then went on to collect screenplay, story and best-film honors and even a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. What draws me to her is the tenderness of her gaze: works like Mignon è partita and Towards Evening attend to children and families with a delicacy that's rare and hard-won. She strikes me as a quiet conscience of Italian cinema, more interested in human fragility than spectacle, and I value that enormously.

Name (English)

Francesca Archibugi

Name (Japanese)

フランチェスカ・アルキブージ

Reading

ふらんちぇすか・あるきぶーじ

Born

May 19, 1960 (age 66)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat

Origin

Rome, Province of Rome, Italy

Occupation

film director / actor / screenwriter / writer / film producer

Awards & achievements

• Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• 1989 David di Donatello for Best New Director
• 1989 Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director
• David di Donatello for Best Script
• David di Donatello for Best Film
• Nastro d'Argento for Best Subject
• Nastro d'Argento for Best Screenplay

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%96%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8

Tags

• Province of Rome
• film director
• actor
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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