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Francesca Scorsese Directs Finale of Fox Nation’s The Saints, Acknowledges Nepotism

She says her father’s executive-producer role secured the assignment, stressing ethical restraint in depicting Carlo Acutis.

Overview

  • The Carlo Acutis episode, which Francesca Scorsese directed, premiered December 7 on Fox Nation as the series finale of Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints.
  • Francesca says she declined to film Acutis’s entombed body in Assisi, opting for only a slight amount of stock footage to avoid disturbing the site.
  • She openly notes she got the job because Martin Scorsese oversaw the project as executive producer and narrator.
  • Francesca says she hesitated to work with Fox Nation due to its politics but adds Fox was the only outlet that backed the series.
  • During production she shared dailies with her father, who praised the rushes and largely held substantive notes until post-production.