Matteo Garrone

Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker.

Matteo Garrone
Born
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Film director
  • Producer
Known forGomorrah, Tale of Tales, Dogman, Io capitano

Early life

Matteo Garrone was born in Rome, Italy, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, Donatella Rimoldi.[1]

Career

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]

Filmography

Director

Short films

  • Silhouette (1996)
  • Bienvenido espirito santo (1997)
  • Un caso di forza maggiore (1997)
  • Oreste Pipolo, fotografo di matrimoni (1998)
  • Before Design: Classic (2016)
  • Delightful (2017)
  • Entering Red (2019)
  • Le mythe Dior (2020)
  • The Tarot Deck (Le château du tarot) (2021)

Feature films

Producer

  • Silhouette (1996)
  • Terra di mezzo (1996)
  • Ospiti (1998)
  • Estate romana (2000)
  • Mid-August Lunch (2008)

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryFilmResultRef.
Academy Awards2024Best International Feature Film (representing Italy)Io capitanoNominated[11]
BAFTA Film Awards2009Best Film Not in the English LanguageGomorrahNominated[12]
2019DogmanNominated[13]
British Independent Film Awards2008Best Foreign Independent FilmGomorrahNominated[14]
Cannes Film Festival2008Grand PrixWon[15]
2012RealityWon[5]
César Awards2009Best Foreign FilmGomorrahNominated[16]
David di Donatello2019Best FilmDogmanWon[17]
Best DirectorWon
2020Best FilmPinocchioNominated
Best DirectorNominated
European Film Awards2008European DirectorGomorrahWon[3]
European ScreenwriterWon
2018European FilmDogmanNominated[18]
European DirectorNominated
European ScreenwriterNominated
2023European FilmIo capitanoNominated[19]
European DirectorNominated
Golden Globe Awards2009Best Motion Picture – Non-English LanguageGomorrahNominated[20]
2024Io capitanoNominated[21]
Independent Spirit Awards2009Best Foreign FilmGomorrahNominated[22]
Nastro d'Argento2018Best DirectorDogmanWon[23]
2020PinocchioWon[24]
Polish Film Award2019Best European FilmDogmanNominated[25]
Venice Film Festival2023Silver LionIo capitanoWon[26]

Collaborators

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:

CollaboratorsTerra di mezzoGuestsRoman SummerThe EmbalmerFirst LoveGomorrahRealityTale of TalesDogmanPinocchioI'm capitan
Marco Onorato (Cinematographer)
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Marco Spoletini (Editor)
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Domenico Procacci (Producer)
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Jean Labadie (Producer)
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Jeremy Thomas (Producer)
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Paolo Bonfini (Production designer)
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Dimitri Capuani (Production designer)
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Massimo Cantini Parrini (Costume designer)
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Banda Osiris (Composer)
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Alexandre Desplat (Composer)
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Massimo Gaudioso (co-writer)
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Ugo Chiti (co-writer)
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Maricetta Lombardo (Sound)
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Ciro Petrone (actor)
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References

Bibliography

  • Luciana d'Arcangeli, ‘Fatalmente tua: Garrone, il noir e le donne’, in the special issue “An Eye on Italy” on Italian Cinema of the e-journal Flinders University Languages Group Online Review – FULGOR, Volume 5, Issue 3, June 2018, pp. 14–26 - https://www.fulgor.online/vol5-issue3-2018-forthcoming
  • Luciana d'Arcangeli. "The Films of Matteo Garrone: Italian Cinema Is Not Embalmed" in William Hope (ed) "Italian Film Directors in the New Millennium". Cambridge, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2010, pp. 175–187.
  • Pierpaolo De Sanctis, Domenico Monetti, Luca Pallanch. "Non solo Gomorra. Tutto il cinema di Matteo Garrone", Rome, Edizioni Sabinae, 2008.

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