Nanni Moretti

Nanni Moretti

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.
    Known for
    Directing
    Place of birth
    Bruneck, Italy
    Birthday
    8/19/1953
Quiet Chaos
Quiet Chaos
6.447
The Son's Room
The Son's Room
7.083
Aprile
Aprile
7.45
Dear Diary
Dear Diary
7.424
Bianca
Bianca
7.561
The Mass Is Ended
The Mass Is Ended
7.384
Ecce Bombo
Ecce Bombo
7.393
Palombella Rossa
Palombella Rossa
7.198
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dreams
7.049
The Second Time
The Second Time
5.8
I Am Self-Sufficient
I Am Self-Sufficient
6.541
Opening Day of Close-Up
Opening Day of Close-Up
5.439
Caro Nanni
6.5
Film Quiz
Film Quiz
6.6
Dalla quercia alla palma - 40 anni di Padre Padrone
Dalla quercia alla palma - 40 anni di Padre Padrone
0
How Do You Speak, Brother?
How Do You Speak, Brother?
6.5
An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'
0
Bourgeois Pate
0
Say Something Left-Wing
6.8
Cheerful Ischia and Smiling Collarbones
6
Venanzio Revolt: I miei primi 80 anni di cinema
Venanzio Revolt: I miei primi 80 anni di cinema
0
Piazza Mazzini
6
Santiago, Italia
Santiago, Italia
7.168
The Only Country In The World
0
Senza troppo recitare la follia
Senza troppo recitare la follia
0
A Brighter Tomorrow
A Brighter Tomorrow
7.111
Las Leonas
Las Leonas
7.3
The Last Championship
0
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
0
Defeat
Defeat
0
We Have a Pope
We Have a Pope
6.8
The Yes Man
The Yes Man
7.1
My mother
My mother
6.634
I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
0
Anguish Cry of Predator Bird
Anguish Cry of Predator Bird
6.3
Evviva Giuseppe
Evviva Giuseppe
6.5
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
5.8
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
0
Padre Padrone
Padre Padrone
6.792
Three Floors
Three Floors
6.4
Voi siete qui
0
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
0
Te lo leggo negli occhi
Te lo leggo negli occhi
6.5
Girlfriend in a Coma
Girlfriend in a Coma
6.8
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
6.8
The Caiman
The Caiman
6.672
The Hummingbird
The Hummingbird
7.2
It's Happening Tomorrow
It's Happening Tomorrow
5.6
A Special Day
A Special Day
6
Noi siamo cinema
Noi siamo cinema
0
Three Lives and Only One Death
Three Lives and Only One Death
6.712
To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema
6.665
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