Gianfranco Rosi was born to Italian parents in Asmara, Eritrea, and grew up in Eritrea, Rome, and Istanbul before moving to New York City, where he studied film at NYU. His documentaries include Boatman (1993), Below Sea Level (2008), El Sicario, Room 164 (2010), Sacro GRA (2013), and the TIFF selection Fire at Sea (2016), which won the Berlin Golden Bear for Best Documentary Feature and was nominated for an Academy Award. Notturno (2020) is his latest documentary feature.
