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Paolo Sorrentino

Directing·May 31, 1970·Naples, Campania, Italy

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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.

Golden Globes2013
Best Non-English Film

Film	Credit
La Grazia2025 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Parthenope2024 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
Il teatro di Mattia Torre : Backstage2022 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Il teatro di Mattia Torre : Gola2022 · Director	Director
Il teatro di Mattia Torre : Migliore2022 · Director	Director
Il teatro di Mattia Torre : Perfetta2022 · Director	Director
Il teatro di Mattia Torre : Qui e ora2022 · Director	Director
Il teatro di Mattia Torre : 4562022 · Director	Director
Il teatro di Mattia Torre : In mezzo al mare2022 · Director	Director
The Hand of God2021 · Producer, Screenplay, Director	Producer, Screenplay, Director
Little Adventure in Rome2018 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Loro2018 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Loro 22018 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Loro 12018 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Killer in Red2017 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Youth2015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Le voci di dentro2014 · Director	Director
Sabbia2014 · Director	Director
Rio, I Love You2014 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Dream2014 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Great Beauty2013 · Comparsa, Screenplay, Director	Comparsa, Screenplay, Director
This Must Be the Place2011 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
In the Mirror2011 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
NNapoli 242010 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Slow Game2009 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
L'Aquila 2009: Five Directors in the Rubble2009 · Director	Director
Il Divo2008 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Family Friend2006 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Fiat Croma2005 · Director	Director
Saturday, Sunday & Monday2004 · Director	Director
The Consequences of Love2004 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
GGiovani talenti italiani2004 · Director	Director
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops2002 · Director	Director
The Long Night2001 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
One Man Up2001 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Love Has No Bounds1998 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Paradise1994 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
UUntitled Carlo Ancelotti DocumentaryDirector	Director