Francesco Piccolo (b. 1964) is a writer and screenwriter.
Among his latest books, published by Einaudi: The Separation of the Male, Moments of Negligible Happiness, The Desire to Be Like Everyone (Strega Prize 2014), Moments of Negligible Unhappiness, The Animal I Carry Inside, Negligible Moments vol.3, The Beautiful Confusion.
He signed, among others, screenplays for Nanni Moretti (Il Caimano, Habemus Papam, Mia madre), Paolo Virzì (My name is Tanino, La prima cosa bella, Il capitale umano, Ella & John – The Leisure Seeker, Notti magiche, Siccità), Francesca Archibugi (Il nome del figlio, Gli Sdraiati, Vivere, Il colibrì), Silvio Soldini (Agata e la tempesta, Giorni e nuvole), Daniele Luchetti (Momenti di trascurabile felicità, taken from his books; Laces), Marco Bellocchio (The Traitor).
He scripted the TV series L’amica geniale and La vita bugiarda degli adulti based on best-selling novels by author Elena Ferrante.
For theater, in 2019, he wrote the Satyricon inspired by Petronius, directed by Andrea De Rosa.
He has been the author of many television programs such as: Come away with me, What I (don’t) have, Viva il 25 aprile, FalconeeBorsellino, Binario 21.
He collaborates with Republic.
