Donatella Palermo

Donatella Palermo is an Italian producer. She received Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature nominations for Fire at Sea with director Gianfranco Rosi^[1] at 89th Academy Awards.^[2][3]

Donatella Palermo (2022)

Career

Donatella Palermo started her career as a projectionist, later she moved on to production.^[4] By 2000, Palermo had already produced such successful film as To Die for Tano, Viol@, and Appassionate by Tonino De Bernardi.^[5] In 2015, she met Gianfranco Rosi and produced his documentary Fire at Sea.^[4] The film won the Golden Bear in Berlin. Her second Berlinale-winning project was Caesar Must Die by Taviani brothers.^[6]

Filmography

• 2024 - Of Dogs And Men (docudrama) (producer)
• 2020 — Notturno (documentary) (producer)
• 2020 — Last Words (producer)
• 2016 — Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare) (Documentary) (producer)
• 2015 — Wondrous Boccaccio (producer)
• 2012 — L'Isola dell'angelo caduto (executive producer)
• 2012 — Tell No One (line producer)
• 2012 — Caesar Must Die (executive producer) / (co-producer)
• 2009 — Poeti (Documentary) (producer)
• 2009 — The Red Shadows (producer)
• 2007 — Una notte (associate producer)
• 2007 — Night Bus (executive producer)
• 2006 — The Ball (producer)
• 2006 — Lettere dal Sahara (producer)
• 2006 — Gemelline (Short) (producer)
• 2003 — Cinghiali of Portici (producer)
• 2003 — Letters in the Wind (producer)
• 2003 — Cuore scatenato (producer)
• 2002 — L'inverno (associate producer)
• 2000 — South Side Story (producer)
• 1999 — Appassionate (producer)
• 1998 — Viol@ (producer)
• 1997 — To Die for Tano (producer)
• 1993 — Niente stasera (producer)
• 1991 — Il senso della vertigine (producer)
• 1991 — Footsteps on the Moon (producer)
• 1989 — Orlando sei (executive producer)

Awards and recognition

• 2022: Franco Cristaldi Award for Leonora addio.^[7]
• 2021: she was selected one of the most influential women in global Entertainment industry by Variety magazine.^[8]
• 2017: Academy Awards nomination for Best Documentary Feature for Fire at Sea
• 2016: Best Documentary Feature by International Documentary Association for Fuocoammare
• 1998: Best Producer Award by Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists for To Die for Tano