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Biography
Alice Rohrwacher is an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter. She made her directorial debut with Heavenly Body (2011) and gained international attention with The Wonders (2014), which won the Grand Prix. She received further acclaim for Happy as Lazzaro (2018), winner of the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay, and for La chimera (2023), which competed for the Palme d'Or. Her short film Le pupille (2022) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. In 2026, she will receive the European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award.
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Awards & recognition
- European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award · 2026
- European University Film Award · 2018
- Ciak d'oro - Best first work by an Italian director
- Nastro d'Argento — Best New Director
- Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film · 2023 · nominated
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- European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2019 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Film · 2018 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Director · 2018 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2018 · nominated
- European University Film Award · 2018 · nominated
Filmography10 titles
My Brilliant Friend
2018Director
2018Director
An Urban Allegory
2024Director, Screenplay
2024Director, Screenplay
Futura
2021as Self (voice)
2021as Self (voice)
Happy as Lazzaro
2018Director, Writer
2018Director, Writer
La Chimera
2023Director, Writer
2023Director, Writer
The Pupils
2022Director, Writer
2022Director, Writer
Corpo Celeste
2011Director, Screenplay
2011Director, Screenplay
The Wonders
2014Director, Writer
2014Director, Writer
Four Roads
2020Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
2020Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Room 999
2023as Self
2023as Self