Paolo Sorrentino

Directing · Born 1970-05-31 in Naples, Campania, Italy

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me as Sé stesso
• The Hand of God: Through the Eyes of Sorrentino as Self
• Room 999 as Self
• We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
• The Great Beauty as Comparsa
• Three Touches as se stesso
• A Matter of Heart as se stesso
• Cinque mondi as Self
• Cercando La grande bellezza as Self
• What Do You Know About Me as Self