Angela Ricci Lucchi
Born: 1942-01-01 in Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Died: 2018-02-28
Known For: Directing
Biography
Angela Ricci Lucchi was an Italian filmmaker and artist. She studied painting under Oskar Kokoschka in Salzburg. In the 1970s, she began a lifelong collaboration with her partner, Yervant Gianikian. Together, they created influential found-footage films examining the specters of war, genocide, and colonialism. Their notable works include From the Pole to the Equator (1986) and Prisoners of War (1995). Ricci Lucchi's contributions to avant-garde cinema are celebrated for their profound historical and political insights.
Filmography
2025
- Angela’s Diaries. Two Filmmakers. Chapter Three ... (Director)
2023
- Frente a Guernica ... (Writer)
2019
- Angela’s Diaries. Two Filmmakers. Chapter Two ... (Writer)
2018
- Angela’s Diaries. Two Filmmakers. ... (Screenplay)
2016
- À propos de nos Voyages en Russie ... (Director)
2015
- Où en êtes-vous, Yervant Gianikian et Angela Ricci Lucchi? ... (Director)
2013
- Electric Fragments No. 8 - Shooting Party ... (Director)
- Electric Fragments No. 7 - Gypsies Toward Bamyan ... (Director)
- Barbaric Land ... (Director)
2012
- Malattia, Notes Moscovites 1, Notes Moscovites 2 ... (Director)
2011
- Notes sur nos voyages en Russie 1989-1990 ... (Director)
2009
- Electric Fragments No. 6 - Diary 1989. Dancing in the dark ... (Director)
- Ti rigalero il mio ultimo respiro ... (Director)
2008
- Film perduto ... (Director)
2007
- Ghiro ghiro tondo ... (Writer)
2005
- Electric Fragments No. 4 - Asia ... (Director)
- Lumières mystérieuses ... (Director)
- Electric Fragments No. 5 - Africa ... (Director)
2004
- Oh! Man ... (Director)
2002
- Electric Fragments No. 3 - Bodies ... (Director)
- Electric Fragments No. 2 - Vietnam ... (Director)
2001
- Electric Fragments No. 1 - Rom (Uomini) ... (Director)
- Images of the Orient - "Vandalic Tourism" ... (Director)
2000
- Balkan Inventory ... (Director)
1999
- Terremoto ... (Director)
1998
- On the Heights All Is Peace ... (Director)
- Trasparenze ... (Director)
1997
- Io ricordo ... (Director)
- Nocturne ... (Director)
1996
- Lo specchio di Diana ... (Director)
1995
- Prisoners of War ... (Director)
1994
- African Diary ... (Director)
- Criminal Animals ... (Director)
- Aria ... (Director)
1993
- Mario Giacomelli - Contact ... (Director)
1992
- Lettera a un amico ... (Director)
1990
- People, Years, Life ... (Director)
1987
- From the Pole to the Equator ... (Director)
1986
- Return to Khodorciur—Armenian Diary ... (Director)
1984
- La lotta eterna ... (Director)
1982
- Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler ... (Director)
1981
- Essence of Absinthe ... (Director)
- Karagoez catalogo 9,5 ... (Director)
1979
- Catalogo n. 3 - Odore di tiglio attorno alla casa ... (Director)
- Karagöz et les brûleurs d'herbes parfumées ... (Director)
1976
- Cataloghi - Non è altro gli odori che sente ... (Director)
- Cesare Lombroso - Sull'odore del garofano ... (Director)
- Dal 2 novembre al giorno di Pasqua ... (Director)
1975
- Essence - Di una personalità limitata al senso dell'odorato ... (Director)
- Un prestigiatore/Una miniaturista ... (Director)
- Viaggio di la rose ... (Director)
- Erat Sora ... (Director)