Matteo Garrone

Early life

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

Career

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.

Garrone won the European Film Award for Best Director and the David di Donatello for Best Director for Gomorrah (2008). His film Reality (2012) won the Grand Prix at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

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. The Nastro d'Argento awarded Garrone both Best Producer and Best Director for Dogman. He received the latter again for Pinocchio (2019).

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

Filmography

Director

Short films

• 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

• 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

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

Awards and nominations

Collaborators

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:

References

Bibliography

• 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.

References

1. Donadio, Rachel. (2009-02-06). "Living Where Crime Conquers All". The New York Times.
2. Elley, Derek. (1996-12-22). "Land in Between".
3. Jennings, Sheri. "Gomorrah leads winners at David Di Donatello Awards".
4. (2015-04-15). "The 2015 Official Selection".
5. (2018-04-12). "The 2018 Official Selection".
6. (2018-06-30). "Nastri d'argento, Matteo Garrone stravince: otto premi a 'Dogman'".
7. (2020-07-06). "Nastri d'argento 2020: «Favolacce», «Pinocchio» e gli altri vincitori".
8. (2019-07-01). "ACADEMY INVITES 842 TO MEMBERSHIP".
9. "96TH OSCARS® NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED".
10. (10 Mar 2024). "96th Oscars: See the Full List of Winners".
11. "2009 Film Film Not in the English Language {{!}} BAFTA Awards".
12. "2019 Film Film Not in the English Language {{!}} BAFTA Awards".
13. "2008 Nominations and Jury Announced 11th British Independent Film Awards".
14. (2008-05-24). "All the Awards".
15. (2012-05-26). "65th Festival de Cannes Awards".
16. Feinberg, Scott. (2023-10-09). "Capri, Hollywood Film Fest: Italian Oscar Entry ‘Io Capitano,’ About African Migrants, to Receive Humanitarian Award".
17. "Gomorra".
18. "Matteo GARRONE".
19. "EFA Night 2008".
20. "DOGMAN".
21. "Nominations 2023 Complete".
22. "Gomorrah".
23. "Io Capitano".
24. Kay, Jeremy. "Rachel, River, Ballast lead Spirit Award nominations with six apiece".
25. (2018-07-04). "Nastri d'Argento 2018: tutti i vincitori".
26. (2020-07-06). "Nastri d'Argento 2020: i vincitori".
27. "Orły {{!}} Nominowani do Orłów 2019".
28. (2023-09-09). "Biennale Cinema 2023 {{!}} Official awards of the 80th Venice Flm Festival".