Alice Rohrwacher

Alice Rohrwacher (Italian: [aˈliːtʃe rorˈvaːker] , German: [ˈʁoːɐ̯vaxɐ]; born 29 December 1981) is an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter. She made her directorial debut with Heavenly Body (2011) and gained international attention with The Wonders (2014), which won the Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival). She received further acclaim for Happy as Lazzaro (2018), winner of the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay, and for La chimera (2023), which competed for the Palme d'Or. Her short film Le pupille (2022) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.