Mario Martone

Mario Martone
Born	(1959-11-20) 20 November 1959 (age 65) Naples, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1985–present

Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959) is an Italian filmmaker. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His films have been shown in prestigious international film festivals over the world.

His films Nasty Love (1995) and Nostalgia (2022) were selected competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. ^[1] While Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992), The Vesuvians (1997), We Believed (2010), Leopardi (2014), Capri-Revolution (2018), The Mayor of Rione Sanità (2019) and The King of Laughter (2021) were selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

For Nostalgia, Martone won his first Nastro d'Argento for Best Director in 2022. ^[2]

Career

He is also a noted stage director for operas. He staged the premiere performance of Lorenzo Ferrero's opera Charlotte Corday , which opened at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma on 21 February 1989.

Martone has since also staged three new productions of Gioachino Rossini's operas in the Rossini Opera Festival: Matilde di Shabran (2004, 2012), Torvaldo e Dorliska (2006, 2017), Aureliano in Palmira (2014, 2023). ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Filmography

Feature Films

Year	English Title	Original Title	Notes
1992	Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician	Morte di un matematico napoletano	Grand Special Jury Prize at the 49th Venice International Film Festival
1993	Rasoi
1995	Nasty Love	L'amore molesto
1997	The Vesuvians	I vesuviani	Co-directed with Antonio Capuano, Pappi Corsicato, Antonietta De Lillo and Stefano Incerti
1998	Rehearsals for War	Teatro di guerra
2001	Lulu
2004	The Scent of Blood	L'odore del sangue
2010	We Believed	Noi credevamo
2014	Leopardi
2018	Capri-Revolution
2019	The Mayor of Rione Sanità	Il sindaco del Rione Sanità
2021	The King of Laughter	Qui rido io	[6]
2022	Nostalgia		Nastro d'Argento for Best Director
2025	Fuori		Post-Production [7]

Documentaries

Year	English Title	Original Title	Notes
2005	Caravaggio, the Last Act	Caravaggio, l'ultimo tempo
2023	Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me	Laggiù qualcuno mi ama

Short

Year	English Title	Original Title	Notes
1985	Nella città barocca
1994	Miracoli, storie per corti
	L'unico paese al mondo
1996	Una Storia Saharawi

Television

Year	English Title	Original Title	Notes
1985	Perfidi incanti		TV movie
1998	La terra trema

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Nasty Love". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
2. D'Amico, Valentina (21 June 2022). "Nastri d'Argento 2022: Bellocchio, Sorrentino e Martone tra i vincitori". MoviePlayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
3. "Martone Mario - Artists". Rossini Opera Festival. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
4. "Aureliano in Palmira". Rossini Opera Festival (in Italian). Retrieved 9 September 2024.
5. "ROSSINI Aureliano in Palmira". Gramophone. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
6. Lodge, Guy (8 September 2021). "'The King of Laughter' Review: Mario Martone's Lavish, Ultra-Italian Theatrical Biopic Is a Lot to Digest". Variety. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
7. Goodfellow, Melanie (5 February 2025). "Goodfellas Unveils Star-Studded EFM Slate With New Films By Cristian Mungiu, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Claire Denis, Saeed Roustaee, Mario Martone, Raoul Peck & Fresh Berlinale Acquisition". Deadline. Retrieved 14 March 2025.

External links

• Mario Martone at IMDb