Biography
Francesco Clerici is an award-winning documentary director. Since 2009, he has been collaborating with the Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d’Art et d’Essai and with contemporary artist Velasco Vitali, as well as teaching courses and lessons for schools and universities (Università degli studi di Milano, Università degli studi di Parma, Università Bicocca di Milano, IULM Milano, Roma Tre, Raffles Milano).
Since 2018 he collaborates with the Museum of science and Technology of Milan filming and documenting Intangible heritages.
Il Gesto delle Mani (eng. Hand Gestures), his first feature film documentary, was presented at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival, in the FORUM section, where it won the International Critics’ Award (FIPRESCI). He collaborated with Peter Greenaway for his installation "Mortality with Vitali" at Casa del Manzoni for the exhibition of Giancarlo Vitali in 2018. In the same occasion Palazzo Reale exhibited for three months his documentary then selected at the Bu...