Gianfranco Rosi (director), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gianfranco Rosi (director)

Italian director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1964

Place of Birth: Asmara, Eritrea

Profession: screenwriter, cinematographer, film director, film producer

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Gianfranco Rosi (born 30 November 1963) is an Italian director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter.
His film Sacro GRA won Golden Lion at 70th Venice International Film Festival.
Sacro GRA is the first documentary film to win Golden Lion in history of the Venice film festival and the first Italian film to win in fifteen years, after Gianni Amelio's The Way We Laughed won the award in 1998.
His 2016 film Fire at Sea, a documentary focused on European migrant crisis on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, won the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.
Rosi is the only documentary filmmaker to win two top prizes at major European film festivals (Cannes, Berlin and Venice) and is currently the only filmmaker besides Michael Haneke, Jafar Panahi, Ang Lee, and Ken Loach to win two top European festival prizes in the 21st century.