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My name is Elisa di Francesco, screenwriter and actress. I graduated in Legal Sciences from RomaTre University before earning my degree in acting from the Centro Internazionale La Cometa in Rome. I have worked as an actress and assistant director/dramaturg with, among others, Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli and Lucia Calamaro. I studied screenwriting in Washington, D.C. with Kevin Downs (Georgetown University) and, upon returning to Italy, with Lucio Besana. I was a finalist for the 2023 Premio Solinas Experimenta Serie with a teen mystery TV series currently in pre-production. Also in pre-production is a documentary on physics, of which I am the author. In 2025, I wrote the screenplay for a short film as part of the FilmLab project by OffiCine, under the artistic coordination of Silvio Soldini. In the same year, I was a finalist in the story concept category at both the Premio Condor and the Bari Puglia International Film Festival. I am also a finalist for the ALF Women Screenwriters Award (Premio Donne Sceneggiatrici ALF), which will be presented this coming June, with a psychological horror based in Germany.…My name is Elisa di Francesco, screenwriter and actress. I graduated in Legal Sciences from RomaTre University before earning my degree in acting from the Centro Internazionale La Cometa in Rome. I have worked as an actress and assistant director/dramaturg with, among others, Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli and Lucia Calamaro. I studied screenwriting in Washington, D.C. with Kevin Downs (Georgetown University) and, upon returning to Italy, with Lucio Besana. I was a finalist for the 2023 Premio Solinas Experimenta Serie with a teen mystery TV series currently in pre-production. Also in pre-production is a documentary on physics, of which I am the author. In 2025, I wrote the screenplay for a short film as part of the FilmLab project by OffiCine, under the artistic coordination of Silvio Soldini. In the same year, I was a finalist in the story concept category at both the Premio Condor and the Bari Puglia International Film Festival. I am also a finalist for the ALF Women Screenwriters Award (Premio Donne Sceneggiatrici ALF), which will be presented this coming June, with a psychological horror based in Germany.

Elisa Di Francesco

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My name is Elisa di Francesco, screenwriter and actress. I graduated in Legal Sciences from RomaTre University before earning my degree in acting from the Centro Internazionale La Cometa in Rome. I have worked as an actress and assistant director/dramaturg with, among others, Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli and Lucia Calamaro. I studied screenwriting in Washington, D.C. with Kevin Downs (Georgetown University) and, upon returning to Italy, with Lucio Besana. I was a finalist for the 2023 Premio Solinas Experimenta Serie with a teen mystery TV series currently in pre-production. Also in pre-production is a documentary on physics, of which I am the author. In 2025, I wrote the screenplay for a short film as part of the FilmLab project by OffiCine, under the artistic coordination of Silvio Soldini. In the same year, I was a finalist in the story concept category at both the Premio Condor and the Bari Puglia International Film Festival. I am also a finalist for the ALF Women Screenwriters Award (Premio Donne Sceneggiatrici ALF), which will be presented this coming June, with a psychological horror based in Germany.…My name is Elisa di Francesco, screenwriter and actress. I graduated in Legal Sciences from RomaTre University before earning my degree in acting from the Centro Internazionale La Cometa in Rome. I have worked as an actress and assistant director/dramaturg with, among others, Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli and Lucia Calamaro. I studied screenwriting in Washington, D.C. with Kevin Downs (Georgetown University) and, upon returning to Italy, with Lucio Besana. I was a finalist for the 2023 Premio Solinas Experimenta Serie with a teen mystery TV series currently in pre-production. Also in pre-production is a documentary on physics, of which I am the author. In 2025, I wrote the screenplay for a short film as part of the FilmLab project by OffiCine, under the artistic coordination of Silvio Soldini. In the same year, I was a finalist in the story concept category at both the Premio Condor and the Bari Puglia International Film Festival. I am also a finalist for the ALF Women Screenwriters Award (Premio Donne Sceneggiatrici ALF), which will be presented this coming June, with a psychological horror based in Germany.

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My name is Elisa di Francesco, screenwriter and actress. I graduated in Legal Sciences from RomaTre University before earning my degree in acting from the Centro Internazionale La Cometa in Rome. I have worked as an actress and assistant director/dramaturg with, among others, Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli and Lucia Calamaro.

I studied screenwriting in Washington, D.C. with Kevin Downs (Georgetown University) and, upon returning to Italy, with Lucio Besana. I was a finalist for the 2023 Premio Solinas Experimenta Serie with a teen mystery TV series currently in pre-production. Also in pre-production is a documentary on physics, of which I am the author.

In 2025, I wrote the screenplay for a short film as part of the FilmLab project by OffiCine, under the artistic coordination of Silvio Soldini. In the same year, I was a finalist in the story concept category at both the Premio Condor and the Bari Puglia International Film Festival. I am also a finalist for the ALF Women Screenwriters Award (Premio Donne Sceneggiatrici ALF), which will be presented this coming June, with a psychological horror based in Germany.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

German

Beginner

Work Experience

Screenwriter (Co-Writer) at Oltre la Collina (Short Film)

January 1, 2025 - Present

Co-writer for the short film Oltre la Collina; artistic direction by Silvio Soldini.

Screenwriter at Why Is the Sky Blue? (Documentary)

January 1, 2021 - Present

Co-writer; in development.

Screenwriter at Nova Mondo (TV Series)

January 1, 2023 - Present

Co-writer; Finalist at Premio Solinas - Experimenta Serie (in development).

Writer at Wuthering Heights (Theatre)

January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014

Theatre piece written with Mattia Cinquegrani; performed with Rosa Palasciano.

Assistant Director / Dramaturgy at Theatre im OP, Göttingen (Germany)

January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2019

Dracula.

Assistant Director / Dramaturgy at Teatro India, Rome

January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

Diario del Tempo, by Lucia Calamaro.

Assistant Director / Dramaturgy at Lacasad’argilla (Theatre India), Rome

January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2014

Assistant to Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli; works include Art You Lost?, Jacob Van Gunten, Katzelmacher.

Actor at Theatre Shakespeare Company, Washington D.C.

January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020

Stupid Fucking Bird, directed by K. Gilbert.

Actor at Teatro India, Rome

January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014

Lear, directed by Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli.

Actor at Teatro Scuderia, Bologna

January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013

Blues in Sedici, by Stefano Benni.

Actor at Collettivo La Lingua del Disordine

January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012

Mikrokosmos; Special Mention at the Genova Film Festival.

Actor at Lacasad’argilla / Moscow International Festival of Acting Schools

January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2013

Katzelmacher, directed by Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli.

Co-writer (Screenwriter) at Oltre la Collina (Short film)

January 1, 2025 - Present

Co-writer for a short film; artistic direction by Silvio Soldini.

Co-writer (Screenwriter) at Why Is the Sky Blue? (Documentary film)

January 1, 2021 - Present

Co-writer for a documentary in development.

Co-writer (Screenwriter) at Nova Mondo (TV Series)

January 1, 2023 - Present

Co-writer; finalist at Premio Solinas - Experimenta Serie (in development).

Writer at Wuthering Heights (Theatre piece)

January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014

Wrote a theatre piece with Mattia Cinquegrani; performed with Rosa Palasciano. Stage Preview Frammenti, Teatro Odeon, Ponsacco.

Assistant Director / Dramaturgy at Theatre im OP, Göttingen

January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2019

Assistant Director and dramaturgy for Dracula production.

Assistant to Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli / Lacasad’argilla at Theatre India, Rome / Teatro Cometa Off / Angelo Mai

January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2014

Assistant to Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli for selected works: Art You Lost?, Jacob Van Gunten, Katzelmacher.

Actor at Collettivo La Lingua del Disordine / Mikrokosmos

January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012

Mikrokosmos, directed by Marco Longo; Special Mention at the Genova Film Festival.

Actor at Lacasad’argilla / International Festival of Acting Schools, Moscow

January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2013

Katzelmacher, directed by Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli.

Screenwriter

January 1, 2025 - Present

Co-writer on the short film 'Oltre la Collina' (2025), with artistic direction by Silvio Soldini.

Screenwriter

January 1, 2021 - Present

Co-writer on the documentary 'Why Is the Sky Blue?' (in development).

Screenwriter

January 1, 2023 - Present

Co-writer on TV series 'Nova Mondo'; finalist at Premio Solinas - Experimenta Serie (in development).

Screenwriter

January 1, 2014 - Present

Wuthering Heights theatre piece written with Mattia Cinquegrani, performed with Rosa Palasciano.

Screenwriter

January 1, 2014 - Present

Stage Preview 'Frammenti' performed at Teatro Odeon, Ponsacco.

Assistant Director / Dramaturgy at Theater im OP, Göttingen

January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2019

Assisted Dracula production in dramaturgy and direction.

Assistant to Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli / Lacasad’argilla

January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2014

Assistant to Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli for selected works: Art You Lost? (Teatro India, Rome / Santarcangelo di Romagna); Jacob Van Gunten (Teatro India, Rome); Katzelmacher (Teatro Cometa Off / Angelo Mai, Rome).

Actor at Theatre Shakespeare Company, Washington D.C., USA

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2020

Staged acting in Stupid Fucking Bird, directed by K. Gilbert.