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Matteo Garrone

Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker.

Matteo Garrone
Garrone at the Berlin Film Festival 2020
Born
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Film director
  • Producer
Known forGomorrah, Tale of Tales, Dogman, Io capitano

Early life

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

Career

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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 for Dogman.[8] He received the latter again for Pinocchio (2019).[9]

In 2019, Garrone was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[10] 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.[11]

Filmography

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Director

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Short films

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  • 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

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Producer

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

Awards and nominations

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Award Year Category Film Result Ref.
Academy Awards 2024 Best International Feature Film (representing Italy) Io capitano Nominated [12]
BAFTA Film Awards 2009 Best Film Not in the English Language Gomorrah Nominated [13]
2019 Dogman Nominated [14]
British Independent Film Awards 2008 Best Foreign Independent Film Gomorrah Nominated [15]
Cannes Film Festival 2008 Grand Prix Won [16]
2012 Reality Won [5]
César Awards 2009 Best Foreign Film Gomorrah Nominated [17]
David di Donatello 2019 Best Film Dogman Won [18]
Best Director Won
Best Original Screenplay Won
2020 Best Film Pinocchio Nominated
Best Director Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
2024 Best Film Io capitano Won
Best Director Won
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
European Film Awards 2008 European Director Gomorrah Won [3]
European Screenwriter Won
2018 European Film Dogman Nominated [19]
European Director Nominated
European Screenwriter Nominated
2023 European Film Io capitano Nominated [20]
European Director Nominated
Golden Globe Awards 2009 Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language Gomorrah Nominated [21]
2024 Io capitano Nominated [22]
Independent Spirit Awards 2009 Best Foreign Film Gomorrah Nominated [23]
Nastro d'Argento 2018 Best Director Dogman Won [24]
2020 Pinocchio Won [25]
Polish Film Award 2019 Best European Film Dogman Nominated [26]
Venice Film Festival 2023 Silver Lion Io capitano Won [27]

Collaborators

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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:

Collaborators Terra di mezzo Guests Roman Summer The Embalmer First Love Gomorrah Reality Tale of Tales Dogman Pinocchio I'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

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  1. ^ Donadio, Rachel (6 February 2009). "Living Where Crime Conquers All". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ Elley, Derek (22 December 1996). "Land in Between". Variety. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b "EFA Night 2008". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  4. ^ Jennings, Sheri. "Gomorrah leads winners at David Di Donatello Awards". Screen International. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  5. ^ a b "65th Festival de Cannes Awards". Festival de Cannes. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  6. ^ "The 2015 Official Selection". Festival de Cannes. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  7. ^ "The 2018 Official Selection". Festival de Cannes. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Nastri d'argento, Matteo Garrone stravince: otto premi a 'Dogman'". la Repubblica (in Italian). 30 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Nastri d'argento 2020: «Favolacce», «Pinocchio» e gli altri vincitori". GQ Italia (in Italian). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  10. ^ "ACADEMY INVITES 842 TO MEMBERSHIP". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  11. ^ "96TH OSCARS® NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  12. ^ "96th Oscars: See the Full List of Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  13. ^ "2009 Film Film Not in the English Language | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  14. ^ "2019 Film Film Not in the English Language | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  15. ^ "2008 Nominations and Jury Announced 11th British Independent Film Awards". BIFA · British Independent Film Awards. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  16. ^ "All the Awards". Festival de Cannes. 24 May 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Gomorra". Académie des César (in French). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  18. ^ "Matteo GARRONE". Accademia del Cinema Italiano - Premi David di Donatello. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  19. ^ "DOGMAN". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  20. ^ "Nominations 2023 Complete". European Film Academy. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  21. ^ "Gomorrah". Golden Globes. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  22. ^ "Io Capitano". Golden Globes. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  23. ^ Kay, Jeremy. "Rachel, River, Ballast lead Spirit Award nominations with six apiece". Screen International. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  24. ^ "Nastri d'Argento 2018: tutti i vincitori". Nastri d'Argento (in Italian). 4 July 2018. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  25. ^ "Nastri d'Argento 2020: i vincitori". Nastri d'Argento (in Italian). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  26. ^ "Orły | Nominowani do Orłów 2019". Polskie Nagrody Filmowe (in Polish). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  27. ^ "Biennale Cinema 2023 | Official awards of the 80th Venice Flm Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

Bibliography

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  • 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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