Matteo Rovere

Italian director, screenwriter and producer (born 1982)

Matteo Rovere

Born| 22 January 1982 (1982-01-22) (age 42)

Rome, Italy

Occupations|

* Film director
* screenwriter
* film producer

Matteo Rovere (born 22 January 1982) is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer. He's the youngest Italian film-maker to have won the Nastro d'argento for best producer, with I Can Quit Whenever I Want.

## Life and career[edit]

Born in Rome in 1982, Matteo Rovere started directing short films at very young age, and his shorts were screened at over 140 festivals.[1]

In 2007, his short film Homo Homini Lupus won the Nastro d'Argento for best short film.[1]

In 2009 he made his feature film debut with the coming of age drama A Game for Girls, which was entered into the competition at the 2008 Rome International Film Festival.[1] He debuts as film producer with the documentary Pietro Germi – Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo, presented at the 62° Cannes Film Festival.

In 2012 his second feature film as director Drifters debuts on theaters, the film is adapter from Sandro Veronesi novel with the same name and interpreted by Andrea Bosca, Miriam Giovanelli, Claudio Santamaria, Michele Riondino and Massimo Popolizio. The film was presented in London as global preview the year before in occasion of the British Film Institute Festival.

In 2014 he's film producer of Sydney Sibilia's I Can Quit Whenever I Want, film that makes more than 5 million euros at the box office, achieving 12 nominations for the David di Donatello and 5 nominations for Nastro d'argento. Matteo Rovere won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Producer.

In 2016 he wrote, directed and produced his third film Italian Race, starring Stefano Accorsi and Matilda De Angelis. It became one of the most successful box office hits in Italy that year, well received both by critics and audience. The film won best cinematography, best editing, best sound editing, best make-up artist and best musical effects at the 2017 David di Donatello's awards and one Nastro d'argento for best film editing. That year he also produced two sequels of I Can Quit Whenever I Want, entitled I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Masterclass and I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Ad Honorem.

In 2019 he directed the historical drama The First King: Birth of an Empire (Il primo re), starring Alessandro Borghi and Alessio Lapice. The film was nominated for eight Nastro d'argento awards such as Best Film and Best Director. The same year he was appointed as showrunner, producer and director of Romulus, a Sky Original TV series.[2]

In 2020 he also produced, together with Ascent Film, the biopic The Bad Poet, about the last days of Gabriele D'Annunzio, and the claustrophobic thriller Shadows, with Mia Threapleton and Lola Petticrew.[3]

## Filmography[edit]

### Director and screenwriter[edit]

#### Film[edit]

* Gitanes – documentary (2004)
* A Game for Girls (2008)
* Drifters (2011)
* Italian Race (2016)
* The First King: Birth of an Empire (2019)

#### TV series[edit]

* Romulus (2020)

### Producer[edit]

* Homo homini lupus – short film (2006)
* Pietro Germi: Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo, regia di Claudio Bondì – documentary (2009)
* Ritratto di mio padre, directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi – documentary (2010)
* Oggi gira così – short film (2010)
* Altra musica – short film (2012)
* The Pills 1/2 – webseries (2013)
* The Pills – webseries (2013-2014)
* I Can Quit Whenever I Want, directed by Sydney Sibilia (2014)
* The Ice Forest, directed by Claudio Noce (2014)
* Zio Gianni \- TV series (2014-2015)
* La prima volta (di mia figlia), directed by Riccardo Rossi (2015)
* The Pills – Sempre meglio che lavorare, directed by Luca Vecchi (2016) – executive producer
* I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Masterclass, directed by Sydney Sibilia (2017)
* Moglie e marito, directed by Simone Godano (2017)
* The Italian Jobs: Paramount Pictures e l'Italia, directed by Marco Spagnoli – documentary (2017)
* I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Ad Honorem, directed by Sydney Sibilia (2017)
* Sembra mio figlio, directed by Costanza Quatriglio (2018)
* Ovunque proteggimi, directed by Bonifacio Angius (2018)
* The First King: Birth of an Empire (2019), directed by Matteo Rovere (2019)
* Croce e delizia, directed by Simone Godano (2019)
* The Champion, directed by Leonardo D'Agostini (2019)
* The Bad Poet (2020)
* Shadows (2020)
* Rose Island (2020)
* Marilyn's Eyes (2022)
* Mixed by Erry (2023)

## Nominations and awards[edit]

* David di Donatello
* 2014 - Nomination for Best Producer \- I Can Quit Whenever I Want
* 2017 - Nomination for Best Film \- Italian Race
* 2017 - Nomination for Best Director \- Italian Race
* 2017 - Nomination for Best Original Screenplay - Italian Race
* 2018 - Nomination for Best Producer \- I Can Quit Whenever I Want - Masterclass and I Can Quit Whenever I Want - Ad honorem
* 2020 - Nomination for Best Film \- The First King: Birth of an Empire
* 2020 - Nomination for Best Director \- The First King: Birth of an Empire
* 2020 - Nomination for Best Original Screenplay - The First King: Birth of an Empire
* 2020 - Award for Best Producer \- The First King: Birth of an Empire
* Nastro d'argento
* 2007 - Award for Best Short Film - Homo homini lupus
* 2014 - Award for Best Producer \- I Can Quit Whenever I Want
* 2019 - Nomination for Best Director - The First King: Birth of an Empire
* 2019 - Nomination for Best Film - The First King: Birth of an Empire
* 2019 - Award for Best Producer \- The First King: Birth of an Empire
* 2019 - Award for Best Producer \- Il Campione
* Globo d'oro
* 2017 - Nomination for Best Screenplay - Italian Race

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Redazione. "Matteo Rovere". MyMovies. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
2. ^ "Sky Italia to Explore Birth of Rome in New Series 'Romulus'". The Hollywood Reporter. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
3. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (15 November 2019). "Sky Italia Backs Its First English-Language Film, Thriller 'Shadows' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Matteo Rovere at IMDb

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Films directed|

* A Game for Girls (2008)
* Drifters (2011)
* Italian Race (2016)
* The First King: Birth of an Empire (2019)

Films produced|

* I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2014)
* The Ice Forest (2014)
* The Pills – Sempre meglio che lavorare (2016)
* I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Masterclass (2017)
* Moglie e marito (2017)
* I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Ad Honorem (2017)
* The First King: Birth of an Empire (2019)
* The Bad Poet (2020)
* The Beast (2020)
* Rose Island (2020)
* Shadows (2020)
* Mondocane (2021)
* The Hanging Sun (2022)
* Marilyn's Eyes (2022)
* Mixed by Erry (2023)
* El paraíso (2023)

TV series created|

* Romulus (2020)

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Nastro d'Argento Award for Best Producer

* Peg Film (1954)
* Dino De Laurentiis / Carlo Ponti (1955)
* Cines (1956)
* Carlo Ponti (1957)
* Dino De Laurentiis (1958)
* Franco Cristaldi (1959)
* Goffredo Lombardo (1960)
* Dino De Laurentiis (1961)
* Alfredo Bini (1962)
* Goffredo Lombardo (1963)
* Angelo Rizzoli (1964)
* Franco Cristaldi (1965)
* Marco Vicario (1966)
* Antonio Musu (1967)
* Alfredo Bini (1968)
* Luigi Carpentieri / Ermanno Donati (1969)
* Alberto Grimaldi (1970)
* Silvio Clementelli (1971)
* Mario Cecchi Gori (1972)
* Alberto Grimaldi (1973)
* Franco Cristaldi (1974)
* Rusconi Film (1975)
* Andrea Rizzoli (1976)
* Edmondo Amati (1977)
* RAI TV (1978)
* RAI TV (1979)
* Franco Cristaldi / Nicola Carraro (1980)
* Fulvio Lucisano / Mauro Berardi (1981)
* Mario Cecchi Gori / Vittorio Cecchi Gori (1982)
* RAI TV (1983)
* Gianni Minervini (1984)
* Fulvio Lucisano (1985)
* Fulvio Lucisano (1986)
* Franco Committeri (1987)
* Angelo Barbagallo / Nanni Moretti (1988)
* Mario Cecchi Gori / Vittorio Cecchi Gori (1989)
* Claudio Bonivento (1990)
* Mario Cecchi Gori / Vittorio Cecchi Gori (1991)
* Angelo Barbagallo / Nanni Moretti (1992)
* Angelo Rizzoli (1993)
* Fulvio Lucisano / Leo Pescarolo (1994)
* Mario Cecchi Gori / Vittorio Cecchi Gori (1995)
* Angelo Barbagallo / Nanni Moretti (1996)
* Antonio Avati / Pupi Avati / Aurelio De Laurentiis (1997)
* Marco Risi / Maurizio Tedesco (1998)
* Medusa Produzione (1999)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (2000)
* Tilde Corsi / Gianni Romoli (2001)
* Fandango (2002)
* Fandango (2003)
* Angelo Barbagallo (2004)
* Aurelio De Laurentiis (2005)
* Riccardo Tozzi / Marco Chimenz / Giovanni Stabilini (2006)
* Angelo Barbagallo / Nanni Moretti (2007)
* Domenico Procacci (2008)
* Fabio Conversi / Maurizio Coppolecchia / Nicola Giuliano / Andrea Occhipinti / Francesca Cima (2009)
* Giorgio Diritti / Simone Bachini (2010)
* Domenico Procacci (2011)
* Domenico Procacci (2012)
* Isabella Cocuzza / Arturo Paglia (2013)
* Domenico Procacci / Matteo Rovere (2014)
* Luigi Musini / Olivia Musini (2015)
* Pietro Valsecchi (2016)
* Attilio De Razza / Pierpaolo Verga (2017)
* Archimede / Rai Cinema / Matteo Garrone / Paolo Del Brocco (2018)
* Groenlandia / Rai Cinema / 3 Marys Entertainment (2019)

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