Matteo Garrone

Italian film director and screenwriter

Matteo Garrone

Garrone at the Berlin Film Festival 2020

Born|

Rome, Italy

Occupations|

* Film director
* Producer

Known for| Gomorrah, Tale of Tales, Dogman, Io capitano

Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker.

## Early life[edit]

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

## Career[edit]

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[edit]

### Director[edit]

#### Short films[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 1996 – Terra di mezzo
* 1998 – Guests (Ospiti)
* 2000 – Roman Summer (Estate romana)
* 2002 – The Embalmer (L'imbalsamatore)
* 2003 – First Love (Primo amore)
* 2008 – Gomorrah (Gomorra)
* 2012 – Reality
* 2015 – Tale of Tales (Il racconto dei racconti)
* 2018 – Dogman
* 2019 – Pinocchio
* 2023 – Io capitano

### Producer[edit]

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

## Awards and nominations[edit]

Award  | Year  | Category  | Film  | Result  | Ref.

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Academy Awards | 2024 | Best International Feature Film (representing Italy)  | Io capitano | Pending  | [10]
BAFTA Film Awards | 2009 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Gomorrah | Nominated  | [11]
2019 | Dogman | Nominated  | [12]
British Independent Film Awards | 2008 | Best Foreign Independent Film | Gomorrah | Nominated  | [13]
Cannes Film Festival | 2008 | Grand Prix | Won  | [14]
2012 | Reality | Won  | [5]
César Awards | 2009 | Best Foreign Film | Gomorrah | Nominated  | [15]
David di Donatello | 2019 | Best Film | Dogman | Won  | [16]
Best Director | Won
2020 | Best Film | Pinocchio | Nominated
Best Director | Nominated
European Film Awards | 2008 | European Director | Gomorrah | Won  | [3]
European Screenwriter | Won
2018 | European Film | Dogman | Nominated  | [17]
European Director | Nominated
European Screenwriter | Nominated
2023 | European Film | Io capitano | Nominated  | [18]
European Director | Nominated
Golden Globe Awards | 2009 | Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language | Gomorrah | Nominated  | [19]
2024 | Io capitano | Nominated  | [20]
Independent Spirit Awards | 2009 | Best Foreign Film | Gomorrah | Nominated  | [21]
Nastro d'Argento | 2018  | Best Director | Dogman | Won  | [22]
2020  | Pinocchio | Won  | [23]
Polish Film Award | 2019  | Best European Film | Dogman | Nominated  | [24]
Venice Film Festival | 2023 | Silver Lion | Io capitano | Won  | [25]

## Collaborators[edit]

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

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Marco Onorato (Cinematographer) |

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Marco Spoletini (Editor) |

Domenico Procacci (Producer) |  |  |  |

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Jean Labadie (Producer) |  |  |  |  |  |  |

Jeremy Thomas (Producer) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

Paolo Bonfini (Production designer) |  |  |

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Dimitri Capuani (Production designer) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

Massimo Cantini Parrini (Costume designer) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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) |  |  |

Ciro Petrone (actor) |  |  |  |  |  |

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## References[edit]

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. ^ a b "96TH OSCARS® NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
11. ^ "2009 Film Film Not in the English Language | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
12. ^ "2019 Film Film Not in the English Language | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
13. ^ "2008 Nominations and Jury Announced 11th British Independent Film Awards". BIFA · British Independent Film Awards. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
14. ^ "All the Awards". Festival de Cannes. 24 May 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
15. ^ "Gomorra". Académie des César (in French). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
16. ^ "Matteo GARRONE". Accademia del Cinema Italiano - Premi David di Donatello. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
17. ^ "DOGMAN". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
18. ^ "Nominations 2023 Complete". European Film Academy. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
19. ^ "Gomorrah". Golden Globes. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
20. ^ "Io Capitano". Golden Globes. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
21. ^ Kay, Jeremy. "Rachel, River, Ballast lead Spirit Award nominations with six apiece". Screen International. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
22. ^ "Nastri d'Argento 2018: tutti i vincitori". Nastri d'Argento (in Italian). 4 July 2018. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
23. ^ "Nastri d'Argento 2020: i vincitori". Nastri d'Argento (in Italian). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
24. ^ "Orły | Nominowani do Orłów 2019". Polskie Nagrody Filmowe (in Polish). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
25. ^ "Biennale Cinema 2023 | Official awards of the 80th Venice Flm Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

## Bibliography[edit]

* 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.

## External links[edit]

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Films directed by Matteo Garrone

* Terra di mezzo (1996)
* Ospiti (1998)
* Estate romana (2000)
* The Embalmer (2002)
* First Love (2004)
* Gomorrah (2008)
* Reality (2012)
* Tale of Tales (2015)
* Dogman (2018)
* Pinocchio (2019)
* Io capitano (2023)

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David di Donatello Award for Best Director

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* Gianni Franciolini (1956)
* Federico Fellini (1957)
* Alberto Lattuada (1959)
* Federico Fellini (1960)
* Michelangelo Antonioni (1961)
* Ermanno Olmi (1962)
* Vittorio De Sica (1963)
* Pietro Germi (1964)
* Vittorio De Sica / Francesco Rosi (1965)
* Alessandro Blasetti / Pietro Germi (1966)
* Luigi Comencini (1967)
* Carlo Lizzani (1968)
* Franco Zeffirelli (1969)
* Gillo Pontecorvo (1970)
* Luchino Visconti (1971)
* Sergio Leone / Franco Zeffirelli (1972)
* Luchino Visconti (1973)
* Federico Fellini (1974)
* Dino Risi (1975)

1976–2000|

* Mario Monicelli / Francesco Rosi (1976)
* Mario Monicelli / Valerio Zurlini (1977)
* Ettore Scola (1978)
* Francesco Rosi (1979)
* Marco Bellocchio / Gillo Pontecorvo (1980)
* Francesco Rosi (1981)
* Marco Ferreri (1982)
* Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (1983)
* Ettore Scola (1984)
* Francesco Rosi (1985)
* Mario Monicelli (1986)
* Ettore Scola (1987)
* Bernardo Bertolucci (1988)
* Ermanno Olmi (1989)
* Mario Monicelli (1990)
* Marco Risi / Ricky Tognazzi (1991)
* Gianni Amelio (1992)
* Roberto Faenza / Ricky Tognazzi (1993)
* Carlo Verdone (1994)
* Mario Martone (1995)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (1996)
* Francesco Rosi (1997)
* Roberto Benigni (1998)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (1999)
* Silvio Soldini (2000)

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* Gabriele Muccino (2001)
* Ermanno Olmi (2002)
* Pupi Avati (2003)
* Marco Tullio Giordana (2004)
* Paolo Sorrentino (2005)
* Nanni Moretti (2006)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (2007)
* Andrea Molaioli (2008)
* Matteo Garrone (2009)
* Marco Bellocchio (2010)
* Daniele Luchetti (2011)
* Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (2012)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (2013)
* Paolo Sorrentino (2014)
* Francesco Munzi (2015)
* Matteo Garrone (2016)
* Paolo Virzì (2017)
* Jonas Carpignano (2018)
* Matteo Garrone (2019)
* Marco Bellocchio (2020)
* Giorgio Diritti (2021)
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European Film Award for Best Director

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* Paweł Pawlikowski (2014)
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* Paweł Pawlikowski (2018)
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European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

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* Giuseppe Tornatore (2013)
* Paolo Virzì (2014)
* Paolo Sorrentino (2015)
* Paolo Virzì (2016)
* Gianni Amelio (2017)
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* Matteo Garrone (2020)
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