Roberto Faenza

Biography

Roberto Faenza (born 21 February 1943 in Turin) is an Italian film director. He received a degree in Political Science and a diploma at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Faenza made his directing debut in 1968 with the international success, Escalation, a film that describes the different sides of power through the relationship between a middle-class father and his hippie son. Immediately after that he directed H2S, an angry apology of the 1968 movement, seized two days after its release and not distributed since. Upon this sequestration he travelled to the United States to teach at the Federal City College of Washington DC.

Directed

1. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012) — Director
2. Come Into the Light (2005) — Director
3. Pereira Declares (1995) — Director
4. Look to the Sky (1993) — Director
5. The Soul Keeper (2003) — Director
6. La verità sta in cielo (2016) — Director
7. Anita B. (2014) — Director
8. The Days of Abandonment (2005) — Director
9. The Case of Unfaithful Klara (2009) — Director
10. I Vicerè (2007) — Director
11. Silvio Forever (2011) — Director
12. Copkiller (1983) — Director
13. Marianna Ucrìa (1997) — Director
14. H2S (1969) — Director
15. Hill of Vision (2022) — Director
16. Folle d'amore - Alda Merini (2023) — Director
17. Escalation (1968) — Director
18. Il delitto di Via Poma (2011) — Director
19. Forza Italia! (1977) — Director
20. The Lost Lover (1999) — Director
21. The Bachelor (1990) — Director
22. Si salvi chi vuole (1980) — Director
23. Bambini nel tempo (2015) — Director
24. Dopo il buio (1964) — Director
25. Bangkok 24/7 - Italian Eyes (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Ennio (2022) — Self
2. Ferrante Fever (2017)
3. Bangkok 24/7 - Italian Eyes (2026)