Niccolò Falsetti
Niccolò Falsetti | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 June 1987 Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy |
| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Niccolò Falsetti (born 1 June 1987) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in 1987 in Grosseto, Falsetti attended the "Carducci-Ricasoli" classical lyceum. In 2005, he co-founded the street punk band Pegs with his schoolmate Francesco Turbanti, and they performed at numerous concerts within the local hardcore scene.[1][2] After earning a degree in Forms and Techniques of Entertainment from La Sapienza University of Rome, he lived in London and Berlin, beginning a professional path as a director and screenwriter.[3][4] Since 2010, he has been a member of the creative collective ZERØ, producing documentaries, short films, advertising campaigns, cross-media projects, and online content.[5]
Falsetti has collaborated with the Manetti Bros. both in cinema and music, working as an operator on the films of the Diabolik trilogy and on the television series Inspector Coliandro, as well as co-directing the music videos for "Duri da battere" by Max Pezzali featuring Nek and Francesco Renga (2017) and "La profondità degli abissi" by Manuel Agnelli (2021).[6][7]
In 2022, he made his debut as a director with the feature film Margins, produced by Dispàrte, Manetti Bros., and Rai Cinema, and written with childhood friend Turbanti.[1][8] The film was selected for competition at the International Critics' Week of the 79th Venice Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award.[9] Falsetti received two nominations for Best New Director at the David di Donatello and the Nastri d'Argento awards.[10][11]
In 2024, he directed Dritti contro il cielo, a documentary that tells the story of the meeting between the CS Lebowski, a self-managed football team from Florence, and young Palestinian refugees from the Shatila camp in Beirut.[12] It premiered as the opening film of the 4th Sentiero Film Factory.[13]
In 2025, Falsetti began production on his second feature film, Caro mondo crudele.[14][15]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Margins | |
| 2024 | Dritti contro il cielo | Documentary |
| TBA | Caro mondo crudele † | Post-production[15] |
| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | The Good Boss † | Netflix | Completed[16] |
References
- ^ a b "Venezia 79 / Margini - L'intervista a Niccolò Falsetti, Francesco Turbanti e ai Manetti Bros". BestMovie. YouTube. 3 September 2022. Archived from the original on 20 August 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Arianna Finos (2 September 2022). "Zerocalcare e il punk di 'Margini'. "Quel concerto è il racconto delle nostre vite"". la Repubblica. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Margini fa volare Grosseto alla mostra di Venezia". Maremmaoggi. 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Niccolò Falsetti: "In Margini la vita difficile e piena di sogni della provincia"". Sentieri del Cinema. 9 December 2022.
- ^ Colletti, Giampaolo (13 January 2014). "Freelance sì, #coglioneNo, il grido del giovane creativo". Il Fatto Quotidiano.
- ^ "Max Pezzali, Nek e Francesco Renga nel nuovo singolo Duri da battere: testo e video ufficiale + date dell'inedita tournée collaborativa". Nuovecanzoni.com. 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Diabolik: Manuel Agnelli canta "La profondità degli abissi" per la colonna sonora del film". BadTaste. 3 December 2021.
- ^ Luca Barnabé (7 September 2022). "Vivere punk: la vera sorpresa di Venezia 79 è 'Margini', da Grosseto con furore". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Premio del pubblico TheFilmClub per 'Margini'". Cinecittà News. 9 September 2022.
- ^ "David di Donatello 2023, tutte le candidature". Rai Cinema. Archived from the original on 2024-05-19. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ "Nastri d'Argento 2023, dai film agli attori. Tutte le candidature". Sky TG24. 1 June 2023.
- ^ "'Dritti contro il cielo' di Niccolò Falsetti è la storia piccola di una grande comunità (calcistica)". Rolling Stone. 7 October 2024.
- ^ Giampaolo, Federica (4 September 2024). "'Dritti contro il cielo' di Niccolò Falsetti inaugura Sentiero Film Factory". Taxidrivers.it.
- ^ "Nuovo set in Toscana: al via in Maremma le riprese di "Caro mondo crudele"". Toscana Film Commission. 8 May 2025.
- ^ a b De Marco, Camillo (27 June 2025). "In postproduzione Caro mondo crudele di Niccolò Falsetti". Cineuropa.
- ^ "Il capo perfetto, al via le riprese della serie televisiva con Luca Zingaretti". Sky TG24. 27 November 2024.
