Gianfranco Rosi ( born 30 November 1963 ) is an Italian director , cinematographer , producer and screenwriter . His film '' Sacro GRA '' won Golden Lion at 70th Venice International Film Festival . '' Sacro GRA '' is the first documentary film to win Golden Lion in history of the Venice film festival and the first Italian film to win in fifteen years , after Gianni Amelio 's '' The Way We Laughed '' won the award in 1998 . His 2016 film '' Fire at Sea '' , a documentary focused on European migrant crisis on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa , won the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival . Rosi is the only documentary filmmaker to win two top prizes at major European film festivals ( Cannes , Berlin and Venice ) and is currently the only filmmaker besides Michael Haneke , Jafar Panahi , Ang Lee , and Ken Loach to win two top European festival prizes in the 21st century
70th Venice International Film Festival
70th Venice International Film Festival
Gianfranco Rosi (director)