Emma Dante

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Emma Dante
Dante at the 70th Venice Film Festival (2013)
Born	(1967-04-06) 6 April 1967 (age 57) Palermo, Italy
Occupation(s)	Playwright · theatre director · actress · filmmaker
Years active	1990–present

Emma Dante (born 6 April 1967) is an Italian playwright, theatre director and stage actress. She wrote, directed and starred in the 2013 film A Street in Palermo.^[1] She later directed numerous operas, including Richard Strauss' Feuersnot^[2] and Hans Werner Henze's Gisela! in Palermo, and Carmen at the Teatro alla Scala.^[3] In 2020 The Macaluso Sisters, a film she co-wrote and directed based on her own acclaimed play, was entered into the main competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.^[4] Her third film Misericordia was awarded the Grand Prix for the Best Film at the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.^[5]