Emanuele Crialese: Emanuele Crialese. Writer: Respiro. Although born in Rome in 1965, Emanuele Crialese has Sicilian roots, to which he pays tribute in film after film. In 1991 he leaves for the USA where he studies film direction at New York University. After making several shorts, he directs his first feature-length movie Once We Were Strangers (1997), in New York. The year was 1997, the film was in English and was awarded...
Known For: Respiro (Writer), Terraferma (Writer), Golden Door (Writer), Once We Were Strangers (Writer)