Angela Ricci Lucchi

Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1942
Died
February 28, 2018 (aged 76)
Birthplace
Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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.

Known For

Filmography

2025
Angela's Diaries. Two Filmmakers. Chapter Three poster

Angela's Diaries. Two Filmmakers. Chapter Three

Movie · Director

2023
Frente a Guernica poster

Frente a Guernica

Movie · Director

2019
Angela's Diaries. Two Filmmakers. Chapter Two poster

Angela's Diaries. Two Filmmakers. Chapter Two

Movie · Director

2016
À propos de nos Voyages en Russie poster

À propos de nos Voyages en Russie

Movie · Director

2015
Où en êtes-vous, Yervant Gianikian et Angela Ricci Lucchi? poster

Où en êtes-vous, Yervant Gianikian et Angela Ricci Lucchi?

Movie · Director

2013
Barbaric Land poster

Barbaric Land

Movie · Director

2013
Electric Fragments No. 7 - Gypsies Toward Bamyan

Electric Fragments No. 7 - Gypsies Toward Bamyan

Movie · Director

2013
Electric Fragments No. 8 - Shooting Party

Electric Fragments No. 8 - Shooting Party

Movie · Director

2012
Malattia, Notes Moscovites 1, Notes Moscovites 2

Malattia, Notes Moscovites 1, Notes Moscovites 2

Movie · Director

2011
Notes sur nos voyages en Russie 1989-1990

Notes sur nos voyages en Russie 1989-1990

Movie · Director

2009
Electric Fragments No. 6 - Diary 1989. Dancing in the dark

Electric Fragments No. 6 - Diary 1989. Dancing in the dark

Movie · Director

2009
Ti rigalero il mio ultimo respiro

Ti rigalero il mio ultimo respiro

Movie · Director

2008
Film perduto poster

Film perduto

Movie · Director

2007
Ghiro ghiro tondo

Ghiro ghiro tondo

Movie · Director

2005
Electric Fragments No. 5 - Africa poster

Electric Fragments No. 5 - Africa

Movie · Director

2005
Lumières mystérieuses

Lumières mystérieuses

Movie · Director

2005
Electric Fragments No. 4 - Asia poster

Electric Fragments No. 4 - Asia

Movie · Director

2004
Oh! Man poster

Oh! Man

Movie · Director

2002
Electric Fragments No. 2 - Vietnam poster

Electric Fragments No. 2 - Vietnam

Movie · Director

2002
Electric Fragments No. 3 - Bodies poster

Electric Fragments No. 3 - Bodies

Movie · Director

2001
Images of the Orient - "Vandalic Tourism" poster

Images of the Orient - "Vandalic Tourism"

Movie · Director

2001
Electric Fragments No. 1 - Rom (Uomini) poster

Electric Fragments No. 1 - Rom (Uomini)

Movie · Director

2000
Balkan Inventory poster

Balkan Inventory

Movie · Director

1999
Terremoto

Terremoto

Movie · Director

1998
On the Heights All Is Peace poster

On the Heights All Is Peace

Movie · Director

1998
Trasparenze poster

Trasparenze

Movie · Director

1997
Nocturne

Nocturne

Movie · Director

1997
Io ricordo poster

Io ricordo

Movie · Director

1996
Lo specchio di Diana

Lo specchio di Diana

Movie · Director

1995
Prisoners of War poster

Prisoners of War

Movie · Director

1994
Criminal Animals poster

Criminal Animals

Movie · Director

1994
African Diary poster

African Diary

Movie · Director

1994
Aria poster

Aria

Movie · Director

1993
Mario Giacomelli - Contact

Mario Giacomelli - Contact

Movie · Director

1992
Lettera a un amico

Lettera a un amico

Movie · Director

1990
People, Years, Life poster

People, Years, Life

Movie · Director

1987
From the Pole to the Equator poster

From the Pole to the Equator

Movie · Director

1986
Return to Khodorciur—Armenian Diary poster

Return to Khodorciur—Armenian Diary

Movie · Director

1984
La lotta eterna

La lotta eterna

Movie · Director

1982
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler

Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler

Movie · Director

1981
Karagoez catalogo 9,5 poster

Karagoez catalogo 9,5

Movie · Director

1981
Essence of Absinthe

Essence of Absinthe

Movie · Director

1979
Karagöz et les brûleurs d'herbes parfumées

Karagöz et les brûleurs d'herbes parfumées

Movie · Director

1979
Catalogo n. 3 - Odore di tiglio attorno alla casa

Catalogo n. 3 - Odore di tiglio attorno alla casa

Movie · Director

1976
Cataloghi - Non è altro gli odori che sente

Cataloghi - Non è altro gli odori che sente

Movie · Director

1976
Dal 2 novembre al giorno di Pasqua

Dal 2 novembre al giorno di Pasqua

Movie · Director

1976
Cesare Lombroso - Sull'odore del garofano poster

Cesare Lombroso - Sull'odore del garofano

Movie · Director

1975
Un prestigiatore/Una miniaturista

Un prestigiatore/Una miniaturista

Movie · Director

1975
Viaggio di la rose

Viaggio di la rose

Movie · Director

1975
Essence - Di una personalità limitata al senso dell'odorato

Essence - Di una personalità limitata al senso dell'odorato

Movie · Director

1975
Erat Sora poster

Erat Sora

Movie · Director

1975
Vladimir Propp- Profumo di lupo poster

Vladimir Propp- Profumo di lupo

Movie · Director