Elisa Fuksas

Elisa Fuksas
Born	1981 (age 42–43) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film director, writer

Elisa Fuksas (born 1981) is an Italian film director and writer.

Career

Born in Rome in 1981, she is the daughter of Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas and his second wife Doriana Mandrelli.[1][2][3] Her early short film Please Leave a Message was awarded with the Nastro d'Argento in 2007.[4][5] Fuksas debuted with a feature film in 2012 with Nina, starring Luca Marinelli and Diane Fleri.[6] In 2019, she directed the Netflix original film The App.[7] In 2021, her documentary Senza fine, about the life and career of Italian singer Ornella Vanoni, premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in the "Giornate degli Autori" panel.[8]

Filmography

• Please Leave a Message – short film (2007)
• L'Italia del nostro scontento – documentary (2009)
• Nina (2012)
• Chinese Honeymoon – documentary (2015)
• Albe: A Life Beyond Earth – documentary (2018)
• The App (2019)
• iSola – documentary (2020)
• Senza fine – documentary (2021)

Works

• La figlia di (Rizzoli, 2014)
• Michele, Anna e la termodinamica (Elliot, 2017)
• Ama e fai quello che vuoi (Marsilio, 2020)
• Non fiori ma opere di bene (Marsilio, 2022)

References

1. "Elisa Fuksas". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 2020-08-03.
2. Raffaele Panizza (18 April 2013). "Elisa Fuksas: "Grazie, papà, ora faccio da me"". Panorama (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
3. "Elisa Fuksas: il battesimo, la mia prima rivendicazione di autonomia". L'Osservatore Romano (in Italian). 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
4. "Nastri d'Argento corti a Fuksas e Rovere". Cinecittà News. 17 December 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
5. "Il cortometraggio per Elisa Fuksas, un posto ideale per essere coraggiosi". HuffPost (in Italian). 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
6. "Arriva "Nina", l'esordio alla regia di Elisa Fuksas". Huffington Post (in Italian). 17 April 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
7. "Passioni virtuali e solitudini in «The App», il film nato dall'opera". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 8 December 2019.
8. "Venezia 78, un party «Senza Fine». Una festa per celebrare il film su e con Ornella Vanoni diretto da Elisa Fuksas". Vanity Fair (in Italian). 11 September 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

External links

• Elisa Fuksas at IMDb