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Alice Rohrwacher
Italian film director From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alice Rohrwacher (Italian: [aˈliːtʃe rorˈvaːker] ⓘ, German: [ˈʁoːɐ̯vaxɐ]; born 29 December 1981) is an Italian film director, editor, and screenwriter. She made her directorial debut with Heavenly Body (2011). She has since directed notable films such as The Wonders (2014), winner of the Grand Prix; Happy as Lazzaro (2018), which she also wrote and which received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay; and La chimera (2023). Her short Le pupille (2022) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.[1]
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Early life
Rohrwacher was born in Fiesole, Tuscany, to an Italian mother and German father.[2] She lived as a youth in the village of Castel Giorgio, Umbria, where her mother was born and her father Reinhard worked as a beekeeper. Her older sister is Alba Rohrwacher, who became an actress in Italy.[3] After studying Classics at the University of Turin, she specialized in screenwriting at the Holden School in Turin.[3]
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Her first experience in filmmaking was in 2006, when she directed a part of the Italian documentary Checosamanca.
In 2011, she directed her first feature film, Heavenly Body, which premiered at the Directors' Fortnight during the 2011 Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim.[4][5]
Her second feature film, The Wonders, won the Grand Prix at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[6] Also in 2014, Rohrwacher was appointed the President of the International Jury for the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.
She announced filming of her third work, Lazzaro Felice in 2017; the film starred Sergi López and Rohrwacher's sister Alba Rohrwacher.[7] The film premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Screenplay, which Rohrwacher wrote. It was released by Netflix in December of that year.
In June 2018, Rohrwacher was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[8]
Rohrwacher was invited to serve on the jury at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[9] In 2023, she was nominated together with Alfonso Cuarón for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for their short Le pupille (2022); the award was won by An Irish Goodbye.[1]
Her feature film La chimera (2023), starring Josh O'Connor and Isabella Rossellini, premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or.[10]
In 2024, Rohrwacher co-directed with JR the short film An Urban Allegory, which will make its world premiere out of competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.[11]
In 2025, Rohrwacher presided as the Jury President for the Caméra d'Or of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.[12]
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Style
Bong Joon-ho described her work as "a mix of magic realism and neorealism, innocent characters butting up against corrupt behemoths".[13]
Favorite films
In 2022, Rohrwacher listed her 10 favorite films in a Sight & Sound poll.[14]
- Strike (1925)
- Miracle in Milan (1951)
- Vagabond (1985)
- La Terra vista dalla Luna (1967)
- Nights of Cabiria (1957)
- Getting to Know the Big, Wide World (1980)
- The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
- Tale of Tales (1979)
- Blue Planet (1982)
- Le Havre (2011)
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