Matteo Garrone | |
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 Garrone at the Berlin Film Festival 2020 | |
| Born | Rome, Italy |
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| Known for | Gomorrah , Tale of Tales , Dogman , Io capitano |
Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker.
Matteo Garrone | |
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| Garrone at the Berlin Film Festival 2020 | |
| Born | Rome, Italy |
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| Known for | Gomorrah , Tale of Tales , Dogman , Io capitano |
Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker.
Matteo Garrone was born in Rome, Italy, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, Donatella Rimoldi. [1]
In 1996 Garrone won the Sacher d'Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film Silhouette, that became one of the three episodes that are on his first long feature, Terra di Mezzo in 1997. [2]
Garrone won the European Film Award for Best Director and the David di Donatello for Best Director for Gomorrah (2008). [3] [4] His film Reality (2012) won the Grand Prix at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. [5]
His films Tale of Tales (2015) and Dogman (2018) were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and the 2018 Cannes Film Festival respectively. [6] [7] The Nastro d'Argento awarded Garrone both Best Producer and Best Director with Dogman. [8] He received the latter again for Pinocchio (2019). [9]
In 2024, his film Io capitano (2023) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, representing Italy. [10]
Garrone likes to work with the same team of filmmakers, often hiring cast and crew from his previous films. Regular members of the 'team' include:
| Collaborators | Terra di mezzo | Guests | Roman Summer | The Embalmer | First Love | Gomorrah | Reality | Tale of Tales | Dogman | Pinocchio | I'm capitan |
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| Marco Onorato (Cinematographer) |  | | | | | | |||||
| Marco Spoletini (Editor) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Domenico Procacci (Producer) | | | | | |||||||
| Jean Labadie (Producer) | | | | | |||||||
| Jeremy Thomas (Producer) | | | | ||||||||
| Paolo Bonfini (Production designer) | | | | | | ||||||
| Dimitri Capuani (Production designer) | | | | | |||||||
| Massimo Cantini Parrini (Costume designer) | | | | ||||||||
| Banda Osiris (Composer) | | | | ||||||||
| Alexandre Desplat (Composer) | | | |||||||||
| Massimo Gaudioso (co-writer) | | | | | | | | | |||
| Ugo Chiti (co-writer) | | | | | | ||||||
| Maricetta Lombardo (Sound) | | | | | | | | | | ||
| Ciro Petrone (actor) | | | | ||||||||
The Nastro d'Argento for Best Director is a film award bestowed annually as part of the Nastro d'Argento awards since 1946, organized by the Italian National Association of Film Journalists, the national association of Italian film critics.
The David di Donatello for Best Editing is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano to recognize outstanding efforts on the part of film editors who have worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. It was first presented during the 1981 edition of the David di Donatello award show.
Gomorrah is a 2008 Italian crime film drama directed by Matteo Garrone, based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Roberto Saviano, who also collaborated in the screenplay. It deals with the Casalesi clan, a crime syndicate within the Camorra — a traditional criminal organization based in Naples and Caserta, in the southern Italian region of Campania.
The Nastro d'Argento is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.
Rocco Antonio Papaleo is an Italian actor, film director and singer.
The Embalmer is a 2002 Italian noir-drama film directed by Matteo Garrone. The film was selected for the Quinzaine des Realisateurs in the 2002 Cannes Film Festival as L'etrange monsieur Peppino. The plot is based on real events. For his performance in the film Ernesto Mahieux won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor. The film was also awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Script and two Nastro d'Argento awards for best editing and best producer.
Banda Osiris are an Italian ensemble of musicians, actors and composers.
Marco Spoletini is an Italian film editor.
Stefano Sollima is an Italian director and screenwriter.
Marco Onorato was an Italian cinematographer.
Marcello Fonte is an Italian actor. He received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Dogman.
Edoardo Pesce is an Italian actor.
Pinocchio is a 2019 fantasy film, co-written, directed, and co-produced by Matteo Garrone, based on the 1883 book The Adventures of Pinocchio by Italian author Carlo Collodi. The film stars child actor Federico Ielapi as the title character, Roberto Benigni as Geppetto, Gigi Proietti as Mangiafuoco, Rocco Papaleo and Massimo Ceccherini as the Cat and the Fox, and Marine Vacth as the adult Fairy with Turquoise Hair. This was the final film featuring Proietti to be released before his death in November 2020.
Artex Film is an Italian film production and distribution company founded in 2017.
Massimo Cantini Parrini is an Italian costume designer.
Dalia Colli is an Italian make-up artist.
The 80th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 30 August to 9 September 2023, at Venice Lido in Italy.
Io capitano is a 2023 drama film directed by Matteo Garrone, from a screenplay written by Garrone with Massimo Gaudioso, Massimo Ceccherini and Andrea Tagliaferri.
The 64th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 27 March 2019 to honor the best in Italian cinema in 2018. It was hosted by Carlo Conti.
Sodoma: The Dark Side of Gomorrah is a 2012 Italian comedy Vincenzo Pirozzi. The film is a spoof of Neapolitan mafia films, in particular of Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah. It won the Best Comedy Film award at the 2012 New York City International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere.
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