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Francesca Gregorini
Gregorini in 2015
BornFrancesca McKnight Donatella Romana Gregorini di Savignano di Romagna
(1968-08-07) August 7, 1968 (age 56)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Parents
RelativesRingo Starr (stepfather)

Francesca McKnight Donatella Romana Gregorini di Savignano di Romagna (born August 7, 1968), known professionally as Francesca Gregorini, is an Italian-American screenwriter and film director.

Early life

Born in Rome, Gregorini is the daughter of former "Bond girl" Barbara Bach and businessman Augusto Gregorini Savignano di Romagna lord of Savignano sul Rubicone. Her mother is of Jewish and Irish descent. Gregorini is also the stepdaughter of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, with whom she is close. After boarding at TASIS, she attended Brown University graduating in 1990.

Career

Gregorini contributed two songs to the soundtrack of the film See Jane Run (2001), in which she also had a small acting role. She worked as a musician with her first CD "Sequel" (2003), where she sings, and plays the guitar and bass.

Gregorini sold scripts to both HBO and Paramount Pictures before co-helming, with Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg, her directorial debut Tanner Hall, a coming of age story set in an all-girls boarding school in Rhode Island, starring Rooney Mara. Gregorini and von Fürstenberg also co-wrote the independent film, loosely based on their own adolescent experiences. Gregorini said in an interview, "Naturally there are some autobiographical elements, combined with things we'd witness in boarding school, and many other parts that we made up completely. You will certainly find characteristics of both of us in each of the four main girls and if you spend even a half-hour with us, it will be very apparent to you, which girls are most like me and which ones are most like Tatiana." The film was an official selection at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.

Gregorini's film The Truth About Emanuel – starring Jessica Biel, Kaya Scodelario and Alfred Molina – was selected for the US dramatic competition at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

In summer 2018, The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Killing Eve creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge hired Gregorini as a director for the show's second series.

In January 2020, Francesca Gregorini filed a lawsuit against Servant producers including Tony Basgallop and M. Night Shyamalan, the production companies involved, and Apple TV+, alleging copyright infringement for her 2013 drama film, The Truth About Emanuel. Basgallop and Shyamalan responded that neither had seen her film and that any similarity is coincidence. On May 28, 2020, a federal judge threw out the copyright lawsuit against Shyamalan and Apple, ruling that the TV show is not similar enough to the film to merit a lawsuit. On July 21, 2020, the court ordered Gregorini to pay the defendants' attorneys' fees of $162,467.30. She is producing HULU's 2022 episodic series “The Dropout” about Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos.

Personal life

Gregorini was in a relationship with actress Portia de Rossi from 2000 to 2004. Since January 2014, she has been dating producer Morgan Marling, sister of actress Brit Marling.

References

  1. "Your Voice in My Head". Internet Movie Database. 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  2. McClintock, Pamela. "AFM: Sony Worldwide Signs on for Emma Watson's 'Your Voice in My Head'".
  3. Kaufman, Amy (September 13, 2011). "'Tanner Hall' is a product of their differences" – via LA Times.
  4. Carlos N. (June 17, 2003). "Biography of Barbara Bach". barbara-bach.com. Retrieved November 24, 2006. Biography has been written from information compiled by press interviews, books, newspaper articles and biographies.
  5. ^ Moodie, Clemmie (December 14, 2004). "Ringo's girl dumped by lesbian". Standard. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017.
  6. "Inside Francesca Gregorini's Magical Thinking". The Advocate. January 10, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "AWFJ Women On Film – Tatiana von Furstenberg and Francesca Gregorini on "Tanner Hall" – Jennifer Merin interviews – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS". awfj.org.
  8. ^ Gilbert, Sophie (January 15, 2020). "The Filmmaker Who Says M. Night Shyamalan Stole Her Movie". The Atlantic. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  9. Porter, Rick (July 27, 2018). "'Killing Eve' Hires New Head Writer, Directors for Season 2". hollywoodreporter.com (The Hollywood Reporter). Archived from the original on December 30, 2018.
  10. "Blinding Edge, Apple, and M. Night Shyamalan Awarded $162,467 After Defeating Copyright Claims". Davis Wright Tremaine. October 28, 2020.
  11. Marling, Morgan. "Sometimes magical, sometimes real, always an adventure with this girl ... 3 years today ..." Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021.

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