Directing · b. 1942 · Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Angela Ricci Lucchi

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.

Directed
Angela's Diaries. Two Filmmakers. Chapter Three 2025 Frente a Guernica 2023 Angela's Diaries. Two Filmmakers. Chapter Two 2019 À propos de nos Voyages en Russie 2016 Où en êtes-vous, Yervant Gianikian et Angela Ricci Lucchi? 2015 Barbaric Land 2013 Electric Fragments No. 7 - Gypsies Toward Bamyan 2013 Electric Fragments No. 8 - Shooting Party 2013 Malattia, Notes Moscovites 1, Notes Moscovites 2 2012 Notes sur nos voyages en Russie 1989-1990 2011 Electric Fragments No. 6 - Diary 1989. Dancing in the dark 2009 Ti rigalero il mio ultimo respiro 2009 Film perduto 2008 Ghiro ghiro tondo 2007 Electric Fragments No. 5 - Africa 2005 Lumières mystérieuses 2005 Electric Fragments No. 4 - Asia 2005 Oh! Man 2004 Electric Fragments No. 2 - Vietnam 2002 Electric Fragments No. 3 - Bodies 2002 Images of the Orient - "Vandalic Tourism" 2001 Electric Fragments No. 1 - Rom (Uomini) 2001 Balkan Inventory 2000 Terremoto 1999 On the Heights All Is Peace 1998 Trasparenze 1998 Nocturne 1997 Io ricordo 1997 Lo specchio di Diana 1996 Prisoners of War 1995 Criminal Animals 1994 African Diary 1994 Aria 1994 Mario Giacomelli - Contact 1993 Lettera a un amico 1992 People, Years, Life 1990 From the Pole to the Equator 1987 Return to Khodorciur—Armenian Diary 1986 La lotta eterna 1984 Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler 1982 Karagoez catalogo 9,5 1981 Essence of Absinthe 1981 Karagöz et les brûleurs d'herbes parfumées 1979 Catalogo n. 3 - Odore di tiglio attorno alla casa 1979 Cataloghi - Non è altro gli odori che sente 1976 Dal 2 novembre al giorno di Pasqua 1976 Cesare Lombroso - Sull'odore del garofano 1976 Un prestigiatore/Una miniaturista 1975 Viaggio di la rose 1975 Erat Sora 1975 Essence - Di una personalità limitata al senso dell'odorato 1975 Vladimir Propp- Profumo di lupo 1975
Other Credits
Angela's Diaries. Two Filmmakers. Screenplay 2018
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