Matteo Garrone

Biography

Matteo Garrone (born 15 October 1968; Rome) is an Italian filmmaker. Born in Rome, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, 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. He won Best Director at the European Film Awards and at the David di Donatello Awards for Gomorrah (2008), among many other awards. His film Reality (2012) competed in competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix. 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 with Dogman. He received the latter again for Pinocchio (2019).

Directed

1. Dogman (2018) — Director
2. Tale of Tales (2015) — Director
3. Pinocchio (2019) — Director
4. Gomorrah (2008) — Director
5. Io Capitano (2023) — Director
6. Reality (2012) — Director
7. The Embalmer (2002) — Director
8. First Love (2004) — Director
9. Roman Summer (2000) — Director
10. Land in Between (1996) — Director
11. Guests (1998) — Director
12. Oreste Pipolo, fotografo di matrimoni (1998) — Director
13. The Castle of the Tarots (2021) — Director
14. Silhouette (1996) — Director
15. Le mythe Dior (2020) — Director
16. Delightful (2017) — Director
17. Welcome Holy Spirit (1997) — Director
18. The Case of Force Majeure (1998) — Director
19. Before Design: Classic (2016) — Director
20. The One (2017) — Director
21. Les Fantômes du Cinéma (2025) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Caiman (2006) — direttore della fotografia
2. Piazza Vittorio (2017) — Himself
3. Pina Bausch a Roma (2017) — Self
4. Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth (2014) — Self