Nanni Moretti
Directing
Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈnanni moˈretti]; born 19 August 1953; Brunico) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. The Palme d'Or winner in 2001, in 2012 he was the President of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for "The Son's Room", a Silver Bear at the 1986 Berlin Film Festival for "The Mass is Ended" and a Silver Lion at the 1981 Venice Film Festival for "Sweet Dreams", in addition to the David di Donatello Award for Best Film on three occasions (for "Caro diario" in 1994, "The Son's Room" in 2001 and "Il caimano" in 2006). Moretti was born in Bruneck, Italy to Roman parents who were both teachers. His father was the late epigraphist Luigi Moretti, a Greek teacher at Sapienza University of Rome. His brother is literary scholar Franco Moretti. While growing up Moretti discovered his two passions, the cinema and water polo. Having finished his studies he pursued a career as a producer, and in 1973 directed his first two short films: Pâté de bourgeois and The Defeat (La sconfitta). In 1976, Nanni Moretti's first feature film Io sono un autarchico (I Am Self-Sufficient) was released. In 1978, he wrote, directed and starred in the movie Ecce Bombo, which tells the story of a student having problems with his entourage. It was screened at the Cannes Festival. Sogni d'oro won the Silver Lion at the 38th Venice International Film Festival. La messa è finita won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. He may be best known for his films Caro diario (Dear Diary, 1993; followed in 1998 by a sequel, Aprile) and La stanza del figlio (The Son's Room, 2001), the latter of which won the Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Moretti has used certain actors several times in his films, generally playing minor roles. His father Luigi appears in 6 films, Dario Cantarelli and Mauro Fabretti in 5, Antonio Petrocelli in 4. More notable Italian actors he has employed frequently in his films include Silvio Orlando, who appears in 5 films (including the role of protagonist in Il caimano) and Laura Morante, who was featured in Sogni d'oro, Bianca and The Son's Room.[citation needed]. Having played waterpolo in the B division of the Italian championship, his experience later inspired his film Palombella Rossa ("palombella," which literally means "little pigeon," refers to a type of lob shot). His other work has not been widely seen outside Europe, but within his country Moretti is known as a maker of wryly humorous and eccentric films, usually starring himself. His most recent role was in the film Mia Madre (My Mother, 2015) Moretti is also an outspoken political leftist. In 2002, he organized street protests against the government of Silvio Berlusconi. Il caimano (2006) is in part about Berlusconi's controversies: in one of the three portraits of the Italian prime minister Moretti himself plays Berlusconi. Aprile also deals with Italy's political situation and Moretti's views on it. His 2011 film We Have a Pope screened In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema
as Self
Age 71 (now 72)
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Dalla quercia alla palma - 40 anni di Padre Padrone
as Himself
Age 64 (now 72)
Cheerful Ischia and Smiling Collarbones
Director
Age 63 (now 72)Cheerful Ischia and Smiling Collarbones
as Self
Age 63 (now 72)
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
as Self
Age 63 (now 72)
Venanzio Revolt: I miei primi 80 anni di cinema
as Narrator
Age 62 (now 72)
To Each His Own Cinema
as Nanni Moretti (segment "Diario di uno spettatore")
Age 54 (now 72)
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
Director
Age 54 (now 72)
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
Director
Age 52 (now 72)
I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
as Self
Age 50 (now 72)
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 49 (now 72)
The Only Country In The World
as Cesare Botero / Self
Age 41 (now 72)
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
as Self
Age 31 (now 72)
Riso in bianco – Nanni Moretti atleta di se stesso
as Self
Age 31 (now 72)
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Also Known As
난니 모레티, Giovanni Moretti, Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti
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