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Francesco Zippel

Francesco Zippel

Director, writer and producer · Born February 9, 1979 (47) · Roma, Lazio, Italy

Cannes award nominee · Venice award nominee

Born
February 9, 1979 (47)
From
Roma, Lazio, Italy
Works as
Director, writer and producer
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all

What are Francesco Zippel's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

Steady 5 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
5
Warm
3
Hopeful
1
Tense
1

How their films end

  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Francesco Zippel's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Francesco Zippel's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

13 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

  • Vittorio De Sica: La vita in scena(2026)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Ellroy vs L.A. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Camilleri 100 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director

  • Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Walt's Early Wonderlands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking(2021)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director

  • Fantastic Mr. Fellini - Intervista con Wes Anderson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director

  • Friedkin Uncut(2018)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · Writer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel(2014)

    as Footman (1932)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Castello Cavalcanti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Casting · as Paparazzo

Career shape

A full career of 12 titles from 2013 to 2026.

Film career

  • 2013Screen debut· Castello Cavalcanti

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 12: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting10 of 12: 4 only directing, 6 with another roleWriting6 of 12: 0 only writing, 6 with another roleProducing4 of 12: 0 only producing, 4 with another roleOther crew1 of 12: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

12 titles, 7 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

2010s3 · 2 acting · 2 crew2020s9 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

4 major nominations and no wins, 2021–2026.

  1. 2026
    • Cannes award, nominated · Documentary Prize
  2. 2024
    • Venice award, nominated · Best Documentary on Cinema
  3. 2022
    • Venice award, nominated · Best Documentary on Cinema
  4. 2021
    • Cannes award, nominated

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Francesco Zippel's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81st percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 58/100 and the pacing 57/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Francesco Zippel work with?

People who share at least 2 of Francesco Zippel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Federica Paniccia shares the most, 5.

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles