Gianfranco Annichini

Editing · Directing · Crew · Writing · Acting · Camera

Gianfranco Annichini Somalvico (Novara, 1941 - Lima, February 12, 2025) was an Italian filmmaker, photographer, editor and screenwriter whose career in Peru spanned more than five decades. He was born in Novara, Italy, in 1939. He grew up in Switzerland, where, at the age of 20, he earned a diploma from the École des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne. He worked in Stockholm until 1961, when he decided to travel to Peru—the country where he would ultimately settle. In Peru, his early work involved drawing and advertising film; he later went on to handle cinematography, photography, or editing for countless documentaries, short films, and feature films. During this time, he collaborated with a wide range of Peruvian filmmakers from various eras and styles, including Armando Robles Godoy, Francisco Lombardi, Chicho Durant, José Antonio Portugal, Augusto Tamayo, and the Vega brothers, among others. Beginning in 1981, he started directing his own documentary projects, most notably “María del desierto” (1981), “Radio Belén” (winner of an award at the Oberhausen Film Festival in 1983), and “Una novia en Nueva York” (which received a special mention at Oberhausen in 1987).

Filmography

• 2024Para — Editor
• 20209 ½
• 2014La curiosa vida de Piter Eustaquio Rengifo Uculmana — Director
• 2013El mudo — Editor
• 2010October — Editor
• 2005El diente de oro — Editor
• 2003Paper Dove — Writer
• 2002Confianza — Writer, Editor
• 1999Triunfador — Editor
• 1998El colchón — Editor
• 1992Deseos de niño — Editor
• 1992El pecador de los 7 mares — Writer
• 1992Sobre la Bienal de Trujillo — Editor
• 1992¡Nunca más, lo juro! — Editor
• 1991Alias 'La Gringa' — Editor
• 1991Mamani Vais — Director
• 1989Domingo de Ramos en Porcón — Editor, Cinematography
• 1989Semana Santa en Porcón — Cinematography
• 1988La Casa del Recuerdo — Director
• 1988La Memoria Ancestral — Director
• 1988Una novia en Nueva York — Director
• 1987Perú: Cuando el Mundo Oscureció — Director
• 1986Amores Desesperados — Editor
• 1986Modus vivendi — Editor
• 1986Profession: Detective — Cinematography, Editor
• 1986Stigma — Editor
• 1986Volverán las Naves — Director
• 1985El hombre solo — Director
• 1985The City and the Dogs — Editor
• 1984La Edad Eterna — Director
• 1983Callejón Oscuro — Editor
• 1983El Almirante Jonás — Director
• 1983Medea, una puesta en escena — Cinematography
• 1983Radio Belén — Director
• 1983The Wind of Ayahuasca — Director of Photography
• 1982María del desierto — Director
• 1981Camino a las Estrellas — Director
• 1980Muerte de un Magnate — Editor
• 1978Cuentos inmorales — Gigi
• 1977José María Arguedas: Realidad y Mito - El Arpa — Cinematography
• 1977José María Arguedas: Realidad y Mito - Los Cerros — Cinematography
• 1977Juliucha El Charanguero — Cinematography
• 1974Estación de Amor — Camera Operator
• José María Arguedas: Realidad y Mito - El Ayllu o Viseca — Cinematography