1. Francesco Carrozzini was born on September 9,1982 and is an Italian-born director and photographer based in the United States.
12 Facts About Francesco Carrozzini
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Francesco Carrozzini is known for his portrait photography and has directed music videos for artists including Jay-Z, Lana Del Rey, Beyonce and Lenny Kravitz.
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Francesco Carrozzini has directed commercials for brands such as Apple and Fiat.
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Francesco Carrozzini began taking pictures and making short films with friends in his early teens.
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Francesco Carrozzini traveled to Poland the following year to shoot a documentary about the life and creative process of the Polish Theatre Wierszalin.
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In 2016, Francesco Carrozzini debuted his first feature-length film, a documentary focusing on the life and legacy of his mother entitled Franca: Chaos and Creation.
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Francesco Carrozzini directed a few episodes of the Netflix Original Series Supersex, based on the life of iconic porn star Rocco Siffredi which premiered at the 74th Berlinale and was released in March 2024 worldwide.
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Francesco Carrozzini is known for his portrait photography; he has photographed a diverse range of contemporary pop culture icons including actors Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Cate Blanchett, and Scarlett Johansson; models Naomi Campbell, Heidi Klum, Linda Evangelista, Milla Jovovich, Stephanie Seymour and Tyra Banks; musicians Beyonce, Lana Del Rey, Sting, Keith Richards, Kanye West, and Nicki Minaj, as well as artists Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, Andres Serrano, and Marina Abramovic.
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Francesco Carrozzini's images have appeared on the covers and in the pages of: Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, W, Rolling Stone, L'Uomo Vogue, Vogue Italia and Pop, among others.
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Francesco Carrozzini dated singer Lana Del Rey from 2014 until 2015.
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In 2018, Francesco Carrozzini married Bee Shaffer, the daughter of Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and child psychiatrist David Shaffer.
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In 2019, Francesco Carrozzini set up the Franca Sozzani Fund for Preventive Genomics in memory of his mother, the fashion journalist Franca Sozzani, and to support research at Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard into preventative genomics.