Francesco Carrozzini

Francesco Carrozzini (born September 9, 1982) is an Italian-born, Emmy Award-nominated film director and photographer currently based in Los Angeles.

Carrozzini was born in Monza, Italy. The son of Franca Sozzani, former Italian Vogue's editor-in-chief, he grew up surrounded by actors, musicians and artists, and spent time on set with photographers Bruce Weber and Peter Lindbergh. He began taking pictures and making short films with friends in his early teens. In the summer of 1999, he relocated to Los Angeles to study film at the University of California, Los Angeles. He later returned to Italy to study philosophy at the University of Milan before moving to New York City in 2004.

Carrozzini's first major film job came at age 19, when he directed a 30-second spot for Italian MTV. In 2005, commissioned by advertising agency McCann Erickson, he created a television promo for the 51st Venice Biennale. He traveled to Poland in 2006 to shoot a documentary about the life and creative process of the Polish Theatre Wierszalin. Later that year, he collaborated with The New York Times on a project that became known as “The New York Times Screen Tests,” a collection of intimate video interviews with a variety of entertainment figures that included Natalie Portman,Charlize Theron, and Marion Cotillard. The series received a nomination in the "New Approaches - Daytime Entertainment" category at the 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

Also in 2008, Carrozzini directed the short film "1937", a psychological thriller shot in Suite #822 of the infamous Chelsea Hotel, which screened in competition at the Venice Film Festival. In the years since, he has directed commercials for clients such as Tommy Hilfiger, DKNY, Fiat 500 and Ray Ban. In 2009, his Ray Ban viral short "Color Goes Pop" received a Young Director Award nomination at the Cannes Lion International Festival of Creativity.

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