Paolo Genovese | |
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 Gianni Profita Alessandro Gassmann Silvio Orlando Genovese and Luca Miniero. | |
| Born | 20 August 1966 (age 55) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Director Screenwriter |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Paolo Genovese (born 20 August 1966) is an Italian director and screenwriter.
Born in Rome, after graduating in Economics and Business Genovese started his career at McCann Erickson, directing over one hundred commercials and winning several awards. [1] [2] In 1998 he started collaborating with Luca Miniero co-writing and co-directing the short film La scoperta di Walter; the duo made their feature film debut in 2002, with the critically acclaimed comedy film A Neapolitan Spell . [1] [2]
Genovese made his solo-directing debut in 2010, directing The Santa Claus Gang . [1] [2] In 2016, his film Perfect Strangers won the Award for Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature Film at the Tribeca Film Festival and was awarded best film at the David di Donatello Awards. [3] [4]
On November 9, 2019, it was announced that Hollywood Gang, Leone Film Group and Lotus Productions will co-produce the Genovese's The First Day Of My Life from a screenplay by Kirk Jones, Marco Belardi, Andrea Leone and Raffaella Leone. [5] Principal photography began on January 18, 2021 and was scheduled to conclude on March 19, 2021 in Rome, Italy. [6] [7]
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