Paolo Sorrentino

Born: 1970-05-31

Paolo Sorrentino (Italian: [ˈpaːolo sorrenˈtiːno]; born 31 May 1970; Naples) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Italian cinema working today. He is known for visually striking and complex dramas and has often been compared to Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni. He has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award two Cannes Film Festival prizes, four Venice Film Festival Awards and four European Film Awards. In Italy he was honoured with eight David di Donatello and six Nastro d'Argento. Sorrentino made his directorial film debut with the Italian comedy-drama One Man Up (2001) for which he received the Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director followed by The Consequences of Love (2004), The Family Friend (2006), and This Must Be the Place (2011). The biographical drama Il Divo (2009) was awarded the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize. He received critical acclaim with the art drama The Great Beauty (2013) which won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe, and the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He followed with Youth (2015), Loro (2018), and The Hand of God (2021) the latter of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He is also known for his work on television creating and directing the HBO drama series The Young Pope (2016), and The New Pope (2019). He worked with songwriters Antonello Venditti, Paloma Faith and Mark Kozelek and written three books published in Italian. He works with authors and producers including Francesca Cima and Nicola Giuliano, Toni Servillo and Luca Bigazzi. Actors in his films have included Sabrina Ferilli, Michael Caine, Fanny Ardant, Harvey Keitel, Isabella Ferrari, Elena Sofia Ricci, Sean Penn, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jude Law, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Nanni Moretti, Filippo Scotti, Carlo Verdone, Antonio Albanese, Frank Langella and Jane Fonda.


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The Great Beauty

as Comparsa
Released: 2013-05-21

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after...

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The Caiman

as il marito di Aidra in "Cataratte"
Released: 2006-03-24

Bruno Bonomo was a famous producer of B-movies in the ‘70s. After a long hiatus, Bonomo offers a...

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A Matter of Heart

as se stesso
Released: 2009-04-17

Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring...

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Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me

as Sé stesso
Released: 2023-02-23

The life of a dying young man at the short age of only forty-one after playing the lead in Il...

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Room 999

as Self
Released: 2023-10-05

In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema,...

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We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2021-12-16

An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.

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The Hand of God: Through the Eyes of Sorrentino

as Self
Released: 2021-12-10

Director Paolo Sorrentino returns to Naples, his hometown, and reflects on his youth in an...

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Cinque mondi

as Self
Released: 2016-10-10

Roberto Benigni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Gabriele Salvatores, Paolo Sorrentino and Giuseppe...

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What Do You Know About Me

as Self
Released: 2009-10-16

Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with...

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Three Touches

as se stesso
Released: 2014-11-13

Several actors are members of a amateur soccer team. They followed in their preparations for a...

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I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto

as Self
Released: 2004-01-01

Various generations of filmmakers talk about what cinema means for them.

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Cercando La grande bellezza

as Self
Released: 2015-10-24

Drama, documentary

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Boris

as himself
First aired: 2007-04-16

Boris is an Italian television series created by Luca Manzi and Carlo Mazzotta, initially...

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Call My Agent - Italia

as uncredited
First aired: 2023-01-20

Welcome behind the scenes of Italian show business from the point of view of those in charge of...

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GialappaShow

as uncredited
First aired: 2023-05-21

Marco Santin and Giorgio Gherarducci - supported in the studio by Mago Forest, a great cast of...

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