Francesco Stefani (film director)
Francesco Stefani was a German film director of Italian descent. Stefani lived in the Federal Republic of Germany and worked in the 1950s, mainly at children's film productions. He became famous with the film The Singing Ringing Tree, for which he led as a guest at the DEFA Director. In 1980 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, in 1983 the Bavarian Order of Merit.
