Roberto Faenza

Roberto Faenza (born 21 February 1943 in Turin) is an Italian film director. He received a degree in Political Science and a diploma at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Faenza made his directing debut in 1968 with the international success, Escalation, a film that describes the different sides of power through the relationship between a middle-class father and his hippie son. Immediately after that he directed H2S, an angry apology of the 1968 movement, seized two days after its release and not distributed since. Upon this sequestration he travelled to the United States to teach at the Federal City College of Washington DC.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1943-02-21 · Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Known for
- Ennio (2022) — Self
- Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012) — Director
- Come Into the Light (2005) — Story
- Pereira Declares (1995) — Screenplay
- Look to the Sky (1993) — Screenplay
- La verità sta in cielo (2016) — Story
- The Soul Keeper (2003) — Story
- Anita B. (2014) — Director
- The Days of Abandonment (2005) — Screenplay
- The Case of Unfaithful Klara (2009) — Director
- I Vicerè (2007) — Story
- Silvio Forever (2011) — Director
- Copkiller (1983) — Director
- Marianna Ucrìa (1997) — Screenplay
- H2S (1969) — Director
- Hill of Vision (2022) — Story