Marina Cicogna

Contessa Marina Cicogna Mozzoni Volpi di Misurata (29 May 1934 – 4 November 2023) was an Italian film producer and photographer. She produced the film Belle de Jour, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1967.

Early life and education Marina Cicogna was born in 1934 in Rome, and grew up in Milan, Venice, and Cortina. She was the daughter of Countess Annamaria Volpi di Misurata and Count Cesare Cicogna Mozzoni, a banker. Her mother owned Euro International Films, which she later handed control over to Marina and her brother Bino Cicogna. Cicogna's maternal grandfather was Giuseppe Volpi, an influential figure in Italy's history; one of the country's richest men, he held many government posts through his Fascist party connections and was Italy’s minister of finance in Mussolini's government. He founded the Venice Film Festival.

Cicogna attended Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, staying less than a year.

Photography Her interest in photography led to the publication of two books, one of them displaying images of her family's 18th-century home in Tripoli.

Personal life and death For 20 years her life partner was the actress Florinda Bolkan. which lasted until Cicogna's death. Cicogna legally adopted Gardona Same-sex unions were not legally recognized at the national level in Italy until 2016.

Cicogna died from cancer in Rome, on 4 November 2023, at the age of 89.