Mario Martone

Mario Martone
Born	(1959-11-20) 20 November 1959 (age 64) Naples, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1985–present

Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His films have been shown in prestigious international film festivals over the world. His L'amore molesto (1995) was selected competed for the Palme d'Or in the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] Two of his films Noi credevamo (2010) and Leopardi (2014) have been selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the at the 67th Venice International Film Festival^[2] and 71st Venice International Film Festivall.^[3][4]

He is also a noted stage director for operas. He staged the premiere performance of Lorenzo Ferrero's opera Charlotte Corday, which opened at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma on 21 February 1989. In 2014 Rossini Opera Festival, he staged a new production of Gioachino Rossini's Aureliano in Palmira.^[5][6]

• Perfidi incanti (1985)
• Nella città barocca (1985)
• Morte di un matematico napoletano (1992)
• Rasoi (1993)
• Miracoli, storie per corti (1994)
• L'unico paese al mondo (1994)
• L'amore molesto (1995)
• Una storia Saharawi (1996)
• I vesuviani (1997)
• La terra trema (1998)
• Teatro di guerra (1998)
• Lulu (2001)
• L'odore del sangue (2004)
• Caravaggio, l'ultimo tempo (2005)
• Noi credevamo (2010)
• Leopardi (2014)
• Capri-Revolution (2018)
• The Mayor of Rione Sanità (2019)
• Qui rido io (2021)^[7]
• Nostalgia (2022)
• Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me (2023)

• Mario Martone at IMDb