Photography by Reto Sterchi

Francesca Scorsese

DIRECTOR AND ACTOR

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS YOUR BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION TO CULTURE?

Exposing my generation to older filmmakers, such as my father.

WHAT’S SOMETHING PEOPLE GET WRONG ABOUT YOU?

A lot of people think I’m from LA, but I’m a New Yorker since birth.

“I was majorly influenced by silent films when I was younger. I even tried to make my own. I love that that genre of film is a universal language.”

NAME AN INFLUENCE OF YOURS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE PEOPLE.

I was majorly influenced by silent films when I was younger. I even tried to make my own. I love that that genre of film is a universal language.

WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, WHAT WERE YOU KNOWN FOR?

Being very shy. I would also refuse to smile for photos. I remember Brigitte Lacombe doing a portrait of me and I frowned the whole time. She even tried to make me laugh by telling me about a lion she photographed peeing on her set.

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