Donatella Palermo

Donatella Palermo is an Italian producer. She received Academy Award for [Best Documentary Feature] nominations for Fire at Sea with director Gianfranco [Rosi (director)|Gianfranco Rosi] at 89th Academy Awards.

Career

Donatella Palermo started her career as a projectionist, later she moved on to production. By 2000, Palermo had already produced such successful film as To Die for Tano, Viol@, and Appassionate by Tonino De Bernardi. In 2015, she met Gianfranco Rosi and produced
his documentary Fire at Sea. The film won the Golden Bear in Berlin. Her second Berlinale-winning project was Caesar Must Die by Taviani brothers.

Filmography

2024 - Of Dogs And Men
2020 — Notturno
2020 — Last Words
2016 — Fire at Sea
2015 — Wondrous Boccaccio
2012 — L'Isola dell'angelo caduto
2012 — Tell No One
2012 — Caesar Must Die /
2009 — Poeti
2009 — The Red Shadows
2007 — Una notte
2007 — Night Bus
2006 — The Ball
2006 — Lettere dal Sahara
2006 — Gemelline
2003 — Cinghiali of Portici
2003 — Letters in the Wind
2003 — Cuore scatenato
2002 — L'inverno
2000 — South Side Story
1999 — Appassionate
1998 — Viol@
1997 — To Die for Tano
1993 — Niente stasera
1991 — Il senso della vertigine
1991 — Footsteps on the Moon
1989 — ''Orlando sei''

Awards and recognition

2022: Franco Cristaldi Award for Leonora addio.
2021: she was selected one of the most influential women in global Entertainment industry by Variety magazine.
2017: Academy Awards nomination for Best Documentary Feature for Fire at Sea
2016: Best Documentary Feature by International Documentary Association for Fuocoammare
1998: Best Producer Award by Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists for ''To Die for Tano''